Twin Peaks, Chris Cornell, Alien: Covenant, Black Mirror – IP 76

It is happening again!

That’s right – we are back with another episode covering the most interesting pop culture of the week. Our topics this episode include:

  • Twin Peaks returns and Sean attempts to make sense of David Lynch and Mark Frosts’ deep, dark, inscrutable work. Does it live up to the immense hype and Sean’s great expectations? Listen to find out!
  • Chris Cornell died last week and Amita Patel shares her feelings and memories of the singer and also provides a guide to finding some of his best work online.
  • Alien: Covenant is the latest offering from Ridley Scott and Sean lets you know whether this film lives up to what we’ve come to expect from the director of Gladiator,  Thelma & Louise and of course, the original Alien.
  • The creators of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, spoke at Vulture Fest in NYC and Amita Patel was there in order to share the inside scoop with you! Listen to hear insight into the creation of one of the great shows on TV today.
  • The Big Sell! Listen to hear what Sean thinks of Amita’s Big Sell from last week, the web series Hot Ones, which features celebrities promoting their latest project . . . while they eat hot wings. Amita’s pick features Key & Peele in the hot seat. And then Sean Big Sells Amita on a British singer (imagine that) he’s recently discovered.

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Amita’s Top 5 songs to remember Chris Cornell:

Audioslave- Like a Stone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QU1nvuxaMA

Soundgarden- Black Hole Sun (solo vocals): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY5tDB9mp3c

Temple of the Dog- Hunger Strike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUb450Alpps

Nothing Compares 2 U- Prince cover @ Sirius XM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUDRU9-HRk

I Will Always Love You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOvH5LSH9Sw