Podcasts TV Criticism Is Dead Sex Education, Columbus, and getting Pratted

Sex Education, Columbus, and getting Pratted

Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 9 a.m.

We discuss Sex Education and Columbus, a series and a film about coming of age, in a sense.

04:51 Sex Education, on Netflix, is not only delightfully raunchy and silly, but it also may be the healthiest depiction of sexual identity and exploration on TV.

24:18 Columbus, available VOD or on Topic on Amazon Video, is a quiet portrait of how two lives can intersect and prompt change in each other — helped along here by modernist architecture.

41:44 Plus, culture notes about "which normal guy celeb will get 'Pratted' next?" And a shout out to the workers of IATSE.

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Music: REEKAH

Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu