Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective

5.11: The Test Dream

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Episode notes

Vik takes "The Test Dream" on a test drive. This episode also features an impromptu Test Dream-inspired rap. What.

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Topics discussed:

-Dream depictions in art, music, tv, and film

-Tame Impala

-A$AP Ferg

-Two of the best lines of the entire series in one episode

-Godfather & Goodfellas references

-Allusion to Westerns, even though we're not making one

-Christopher chomping at the bit

-Zapruder film

-Dirk, Kobe, Shaq, and Mike D'Antoni(?) references

-Why, in addition to Tony, we're not prepared

-& more

More to explore:

On Game Federer, Vik Singh and Brian Clark relive and revisit every Roger Federer Grand Slam title.

On Run it back, Vik Singh looks back at granular moments in basketball history that shaped the game, culture and us.

On Plain Text Ideas, Vik Singh talks to experts, practitioners and thinkers across the spectrum about big ideas and how to see them through.

And on Fake Plastic Podcast, Savannah Wright explores the music of Radiohead through careful analysis and conversation.

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Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays (@alternatethursdays) production created by Vik Singh (@vik.js)

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