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BLACK MIRROR

Netflix Series

Netflix

It's been awhile but Black Mirror is back with 5 new episodes that let you think about connectivity, technology, interpersonal relationships and so much more! This season we're left with wondering about the extent of privacy and how by giving it out, we may be allowing more access to who we are then we ever thought! We also look at how much our love for True Crime may uncover secrets and behaviors that we never thought that those who we know have! It also makes us think about how the act of assisting someone or giving time to others can have adverse affects. We found that we were able to binge all the episodes in one weekend day and left our screens wondering about these themes as well as hoping that there would be another season to keep us pondering soon!

AND JUST LIKE THAT

Max Original

HBO/Max + Spotify

Fans of Sex and the City were treated to And Just Like That last year which picked up with the our favorite ladies of NYC. We returned to them last year in new circumstances as well as bringing in new friends to shake up what we knew about them and to diversify their lives!

This month, the second season is back with more stories to tell, more challenges to take on, and to to continue to strive to live their best lives with an array of nuances!

As you know, this show also has a podcast companion series which takes us into the writer's room to talk in depth about each episode as well as to talk about how they approached writing the episode, whose personal experiences it was based on and how it ties into art, styling and more. Episodes of this spin-off series drop weekly and if you missed anything, you can catch up on Max for this series as well as Sex and the City. Also listen to the podcast show on your favorite platforms.

HIDDEN SIGNAL:EVERGREEN

QCODE

Spotify

We're enjoying another immersive audio drama from QCODE has been released and it takes us to the end and possible beginning of the world in Hidden Signal: Evergreen. Hidden Signal is an Anthology for QCODE and Evergreen focuses on a hand selected team of the world's greatest minds who are trapped in a subterranean biosphere. They realize that on Earth, an asteroid has destroyed the surface and that they are tasked to create a new society. Mistrust abounds among the group and the line between hero and villain is not easily seen in this fictional podcast. With so much uncertainty, can they come together and trust one another?

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FATAL ATTRACTION

Paramount+ Original

Paramount

We remember seeing the original Fatal Attraction with Michael Douglas (Wall Street, The Game, Ant-Man franchise) and Glenn Close (Air Force One, Damages, Tehran).

We watched how emotions went from an illicit passion to aggression to stalking and how those involved navigate these relationships which made this an epic thriller!

The Fatal Attraction reboot brings these concepts and feelings together with Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek, Dr. Death, The Affair) and Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex, Party Down, Fleishman is in Trouble) pick up the characters of Dan Gallagher and Alex Forrest. Although the series is based on affairs, we see what happens after and how those involved deal with the fallout of his actions.

LOVE & DEATH

Max Original

HBO/Max + Spotify

This mini-series focuses on the true crime story of the death of Betty Gore by Candy Montgomery. Whether you saw Hulu's version, Candy or not, Love & Death is worth taking a look at how this story involving members of a small community interact with one another when this crime and murder trial took place. Elizabeth Olsen (Avengers franchise, Wandavision, Doctor Strange in the Mutiverse of Madness) and Jesse Plemons (Vice, The Irishman, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie) showcase these characters in another light.

We suggest that as you watch the 7 episodes, you also listen to the companion podcast of the same name as it brings insight to the series with those in front of and behind the camera. In partnership with Texas Monthly which reported the story when it came out during the trial, journalists share what took place to those involved after the trial, the Texas justice system, the culture at that time, and other insights.

THE FOXES OF HYDESVILLE

QCODE

Spotify

We always enjoy when QCODE drops a new series that takes us into another story that is guaranteed to be an immersive audio experience!

In The Foxes of Hydesville, we go back to the 1800's where Leah Fox (Carey Mulligan) has been estranged from her brother and teenage sisters. In this true story about the Fox sisters, we learn that they are not welcome in their town due to being mediums.

On the request of her brother, she takes them to where she lives and works to keep them safe while realizing that they have harnessed a power that is not only lucrative, but ultimately creates the social-religious movement of Spiritualism in the nineteenth century.

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IRON CHEF: QUEST FOR AN IRON LEGEND

Netflix Originals

Netflix

We grew up watching Food Network's Iron Chef America as well as the classic Iron Chef We grew up watching Food Network's Iron Chef America as well as the classic Iron Chef where competitors navigated culinary challenges presented by the chairman. The idea of being able to create a number of dishes from the secret ingredient was always a thrill to see.

Like a number of our faves, Netflix's Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend is back with a few twists in it's 8 episode season. Challengers who you may know from visiting their restaurants or their appearances on BRAVO's Top Chef go up against 5 Iron Chefs (noted chefs Marcus Samuelsson, Dominque Crenn, Curtis Stone, Gabriela Cámara and Ming Tsai) to see if they can ultimately become an Iron Legend. Each episode has secret ingredients and Alton Brown and Chef Kristen Kish keep us connected to the action as well as providing culinary nuggets that we can use in our own kitchen! The judges (Chef Andrew Zimmern, Nilou Motamed - who both serve as permanent judges and a special guest that joins them) also weigh in on the dishes and share other culinary tidbits that creates a relaxed style around the business at hand.

THE BEAR

FX Networks

Hulu

This month, the much anticipated The Bear hits Hulu. We follow Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White - Homecoming, Shameless, The Birthday Cake) who is a young chef who comes home to run his family's sandwich shop in Chicago due to a death in his family.

We see him navigate how this culinary world is different then what he is used to, the realities of working in a small business, staff dynamics and the impact of his brother's suicide. With his understanding of what he has taken on, he is also aware of the need to transform The Original Beef of Chicagoland, his brother's restaurant, himself and his staff as he embraces his chosen family.

LISTENING IN

QCODE

Spotify

We use voice assistant devices to navigate our day. Whether it's adding a note to our to-do list, turning on devices without having to lift a finger and pulling up other kinds of information, it's such a comfort. What if you were able to use your device to find out about what's taking place in your apartment building and you find out more about your life that you never knew - even a potential plot that could ultimately affect your life? QCode's Listening In takes us on this immersive ride.

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THE GIRL BEFORE

Max Original

HBO Max

We've all had those moments when we want to have a clean slate of sorts. When life gets hectic or confusing, it's time to change things up. In The Girl Before, we meet an architect who has a home where in exchange for staying there, you must agree to a series of rules and way of living. We are introduced to 2 women that opt to participate in this contract in different time periods. At times, their lives mirror one another, even when they have never met each other. The connection is the house, the architect/owner and a grieving man.

How much privacy are you willing to give up in order to reduce the chaos and clutter of your life? At what point do you decide that managing your life on your terms of more important then simply giving it away?

In this 4 episode limited series, you see the impact of making decisions and how each choice creates a number of options for better and for worse.

INVENTING ANNA

Netflix Originals

Netflix

Anna Delvey was a NY It Girl heiress on the move and was on the way to create a social club that allowed the elite sect of NYC and artists to come together. Anna worked to get the appropriate funding to ensure that her vision would be everything she thought it could be. She went on a number of meetings, met the right people and even created an inner circle of sorts that kept her finger on the pulse of what was going on.

The only part that was missing was that she was not a rich heiress waiting for her trust fund or for her father not to cut her off. She was a woman filled with ambition ready to move the chess pieces that she needed and left debts and embarrassment to those that connected with her that didn't know her full story.

In Inventing Anna, Shonda Rhimes delves into this story that has been the subject of a number of podcasts to dig deep into the players involved and additional information on this story that continues to evolve.

CLASSIFIED

QCODE

Spotify

When QCODE drops its immersive scripted podcasts, we know we will be intrigued. Their latest, CLASSIFIED, follows Ivan Harris who finds himself at the Ravenholm Institute.

They say that he will remain there until his delusions are gone. He knows that he is an assassin who fell in love with the woman he was supposed to kill. Who's right and how will he find out?

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BLACKOUT

QCode

Spotify

Last Season, QCode's BLACKOUT, an apocalyptic thriller, introduced us to a small-town radio DJ, Simon Itani (Academy Award winner Rami Malek of Mr. Robot, Bohemian Rhapsody and The Little Things) fights for his family and community when the power grid is shut down nationwide bringing on a devolving modern civilization.

In season 2 which started a few weeks ago, it picks up after Simon's family escapes. As they wait out what took place, their paths cross with an old family friend Wren (played by Aja Naomi King of How to Get Away with Murder, The Upside and Sylvie's Love). In the safehouse that she found them at, she tells Simon and his family what she experienced in Boston when the power grid went down and how she got out of Boston. As she talks about her life prior to the chaos and after, we are left wondering if she can be trusted and what can they find out about the origins of this blackout and who profits from the wide sweeping chain of events that took place.

EDITH!

QCode + Crooked Media

iHeart Radio

Edith! is a scripted political satire podcast by QCode and Crooked Media reimagines history starring Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, I Care a Lot and Jack Reacher) as Edith Wilson, the second wife to President Woodrow Wilson explores the untold true-ish story of America's secret First Female President.

We get introduced to Edith's life prior to her husband suffering a massive, paralyzing stroke in the White House. Telling no one, she does the unthinkable. For nearly a year, after the end of World War I, she acts as the de facto unelected President. She signed issue orders as her husband, fired people as him and caused international incidents in his name. A number of historians believe she took on this role near the end of his presidency.

While all of these activities are going on, enemies that are external and internal get closer to finding out her most guarded secret. In this limited series, we learn about how the events took place, the role that she played and her thoughts of doing so.

MARY J BLIGE'S MY LIFE

Amazon Original Documentary

Amazon Prime Video

With 13 albums, Mary J Blige notes that her second album, My Life, is her most important one. This documentary talks about the importance of this album which allowed her to speak to her fans as well as to survive what was happening around her. This 17 track album was a lyrical therapy for her and was mainly produced by P. Diddy and Chucky Thompson.

The documentary, Mary J Blige’s My Life, explores the making of the album and allows her to get candid with members of her family, collaborators, record execs (Andre Harrell, Jimmy Iovine) actors (Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson) and fellow artists (Method Man, Nas, Alicia Keys) as they talk about her transition from the projects to the upper echelon of the music industry. Mary also talks frankly about her struggles on camera.

Viewers are left thinking about how she was able to be involved in the shift of R&B as well as to buck the notion of what an artist of the genre was perceived to be. We also get an insider view on the obstacles that took place between her first album, What's the 411 and how that affected her as she was in the process of creating My Life.

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YOUNGER

Paramount+

Parmount+

The final season of Younger has finally dropped with its initial episodes being available on Paramount+ and the remainder being available weekly. If you've yet to catch up on this series which focuses on a woman's quest to have her ideal job and life by pretending to be younger than she is.

As we watch her navigate her life in book publishing, maintaining new friendships and old ones as well as being a single mother, we see her come into her own as she realizes what she wants in life.

We're looking forward to how loose ends will be tied up with the cliffhanger from season 6!

MAY I ELABORATE? DAILY WISDOM FROM JB SMOOVE

Team Coco

Apple Podcasts

We've been a fan of JB Smoove ever since we saw him on Curb Your Enthusiasm playing Leon Black who is always giving advice to Larry David as well as being readily available to help him in whatever shenanigans that they have gotten themselves into.

In this newly launched podcast, May I Elaborate? Daily Wisdom From JB Smoove, he shares an inspirational quote every Monday - Thursday. JB not only shares his thought on the quote, but he expands its meaning and how it can be applied to your life. With episodes under 15 minutes, it's a light and funny way to go about your day. We're looking forward to hearing him muse about the mundane to the aspirational in his newest show.

SOFT VOICE

QCode

Spotify

Last summer, we were introduced to podcasts produced by QCode which is known for its immersive shows that have covered a wide array of subjects. In Soft Voice, we are introduced to Lydia, a real estate agent in London who has a perfect life. In addition to being a top agent, she has a stable and dependable boyfriend, a great place to live, savings, and a regimented life. We realize that she is led by Soft Voice, a voice that makes sure she stays on the straight and narrow and lives in moderation. She doesn't make decisions on her life and leans on her as a crutch.

One day, she realizes that Soft Voice has left and she isn't being reminded or scolded. In her place, Dark Voice utilizes strong suggestions to make her more active in her life. These suggestions lead her to begin questioning the life that she has been living and creates chaos that results in losing the very things that made her stable.

How will Lydia navigate her life and will she be able to do so without the need for either voice?

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DIRTY DIANA

QCODE MEDIA

Spotify

QCODE Media is known for their podcasts that are immersive audio experiences as well as following along with characters that have lifestyles that make you want to know more about them. In Dirty Diana, executive produced by and starring Demi Moore, we are introduced to a sex-positive podcast with a twist. Diana, played by Demi, looks to escape her predictable life as well as to avoid her crumbling marriage. She privately runs an erotic site where women are able to share their intimate sexual fantasies that placed them in the center.

Diana finds herself battling her two worlds while also making sure that one side has no way of knowing about one another.

Starting this month, this 6-part show has a number of notable voices that are included in the narrative. We also gain insight on how a relationship dissolves and how a couple works to find their way back to one another. This podcast also takes a look at sexuality and sensuality and what that looks like in the modern age. It's beyond looking at what it looks like but in telling the stories and placing it all through the lens of women.

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BRAVE NEW WORLD

Peacock Original

Peacock TV

In a world where everyone belongs to everyone else, this Peacock Original looks at an idyllic utopia where the ecosystem's peace and stability are balanced on family, history, money, privace and controlling ones monogamy. At birth, in the Hatchery, residents in New London are assigned a Greek letter in the alphabet which correlates to predestined life roles due to the expected caste system that they will be placed in based on their bio-engineering.

Although many may enjoy this, there are those who live in the margins begin to question the way their society has been structured. This series is based on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel where values of vice and virtue are turned on its head as a means to support the good of the populace as a whole.

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I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK SERIES + PODCAST

HBO

HBO Max + Spotify

I'll Be Gone in the Dark is a series on HBO and with a companion podcast that is release at the conclusion of each episode. This series is named after Michelle McNamara's book which primarily focuses on her as well as a collective of True Crime sleuths in the hunt for The Golden State Killer. We learn about the early days of True Crime, her relationship with the police department in gathering evidence as a civilian. The series also looks at her husband, Patton Oswald and how he supported her career.

Michelle's focus on this case leads to her writing articles, sharing information on her blog and podcast as well as writing a book of the same name. The series also explores her untimely death and how the True Crime community came together to release her book and how the investigation continued to eventually catch this serial killer through innovative methods.

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