The White Lotus Official Podcast

Interviewers asked great questions, discussed points of view I hadn’t considered, and never spoiled the next episode. I loved the bonus with Mike White, and the talk around buddhist themes. This podcast was immensely entertaining, and gave me a whole level of appreciation for a show I already loved. Afterwards I searched Jia Tolentino and downloaded other podcasts she’s appeared on, and I can’t wait to listen to them. PS please take the moderator of Netflix’s The Diplomat under your wing — that podcast is shockingly boring for such a good show.

While I did enjoy moments of this podcast, I felt like the focus was way too much on homosexuality. Sure it’s a theme but I feel like it does the show a disservice acting like that’s one of the main aspects. I would have liked to have them actually talk about each episode and the events that happen and deep dive into the characters. Very little of that was on display. Kinda disappointed.

Btw from Let’s Go Brandon tee shirt wearing people the second someone disagrees- hey keep politics of it, but it’s totally okay to shove your views in everyone’s face all other times.

This is the weakest of the official podcasts that I’ve listened to. The House of the Dragon and The Last of Us podcasts are really excellent. This one is well-produced and gets the job done, not much beyond that. All of the official podcasts suffer from the same affliction of not being able to critique the show at all, which is expected. I would encourage Jia to try to mix up her vocabulary as I’m not sure I’ve heard someone use the expression, “giving ____” as much as she does here.