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Crossing Streams

San Diego radio vet Craig Elsten is joined each week by a rotating cast of top voices to talk about streaming TV, current and past shows, and much more. Each week is a different show and co-host.

#183: TALK NERDY TO ME-Hey Star Wars, Get Your S*** Together, Obi-Wan is BAD! Plus: Ms Marvel Pilot (with Ken Gartin)

38 mins; June 10, 2022

#182: We Own This City Season Review, New #1 Show?? (with John Gennaro)

56 mins; June 02, 2022

#181: Better Call Saul Midseason Finale Review (with Ben Higgins)

56 mins; May 26, 2022

#180: Is Doctor Strange 2 The BEST MCU Movie? Plus: Moon Knight & The Batman (with Ken Gartin)

66 hours 54 mins; May 19, 2022

#179: Is Outer Range Good? Season 1 Spoiler Review (with Ryan Phillips)

53 mins; May 13, 2022

#178: Ozark Series Finale Mega-Podcast (with Drew Steck)

78 hours 29 mins; May 06, 2022

#177: Better Call Saul Season 6 Episodes 1-3 (with Ben Higgins)

60 hours 52 mins; April 27, 2022

#176: Moon Knight is MARVEL's Most Offbeat Show Yet (with Ken Gartin)

55 mins; April 21, 2022

#175: Atlanta Season 3 Episodes 3-4 (with John Browner)

53 mins; April 13, 2022

#174: Severance Season One Finale Review--New #1 Show! (with Drew Steck)

64 hours 44 mins; April 09, 2022

#173: Minx and Pachinko Reviews (with Liddy Loree)

60 hours 49 mins; April 06, 2022

#172: Atlanta Season 3 Episodes 1-2 (with John Browner)

47 mins; March 29, 2022

#171: jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (with Andy Keatts)

69 hours 50 mins; March 24, 2022

#170: "Severance" Episodes 4-6 Review (with Drew Steck)

58 mins; March 22, 2022

#169: The Tourist Proves Jamie Dornan Can Do Comedy + Pam & Tommy Finale Review (with Liddy Loree)

56 mins; March 17, 2022

#168: "Somebody Somewhere" is our New #1 Show plus First Look at "The Dropout" (with Liddy Loree)

56 mins; March 10, 2022

#167: The Wild Mystery of "Severance" plus "1883" Finale Review (with Drew Steck)

92 hours 3 mins; March 04, 2022

#166: First Looks at "Single Drunk Female" and "Reacher" (with Megan Reindl and Tom Callahan)

64 hours 6 mins; February 25, 2022

#165: Peacemaker Season 1 Finale Review (with Ken Gartin)

44 mins; February 17, 2022

#164: Book of Boba Fett Finale Review + Where to Watch Oscar-Nominated Films Streaming (with Ken Gartin)

69 hours 18 mins; February 11, 2022

#163: Ozark Season 4 Part 1 (episodes 1-7) Spoiler Review (with Drew Steck)

71 hours 28 mins; February 04, 2022

#162: Is 1883 Taylor Sheridan's Best Show? Plus, Ozark Season 4 Episodes 1-3 Recap (with Drew Steck)

78 hours 36 mins; January 28, 2022

#161: Yellowjackets Wrap-up and The Righteous Gemstones (with Liddy Loree)

58 mins; January 25, 2022

#160: First Looks at "Peacemaker" and "Book of Boba Fett" (with Ken Gartin)

66 hours 49 mins; January 21, 2022

#159: Our First #1 Show of 2022--HBO's Station Eleven Season-in-Review (with Ryan Phillips)

71 hours 18 mins; January 14, 2022

#158: Our Most-Anticipated New and Returning Shows for 2022 (with Liddy Loree)

59 mins; January 11, 2022

#157: Our 2022 Streaming Platform Review (with Drew Steck and Liddy Loree)

117 hours 23 mins; January 06, 2022

#156: Crossing Streams' Top-20 Shows for 2021 (with Liddy Loree)

114 hours 13 mins; December 30, 2021

#155: The Hawkeye Finale and 2021 MCU Year in Review (with Ken Gartin)

72 hours 21 mins; December 29, 2021

#154: Station Eleven Is A Late Contender for #1 Show (with Ryan Phillips)

93 hours 12 mins; December 23, 2021

#153: Reality Wrap-Up of Survivor 41 and The Challenge 37 (with Marisa Cali)

69 hours 30 mins; December 17, 2021

FULL F*&^ING BEAST Succession Season 3 Episode 9: All The Bells Say

129 hours 20 mins; December 14, 2021

#152: Catching up on "What We Do in the Shadows" Season 3 (with Liddy Loree)

34 mins; December 09, 2021

FULL F*&^ING BEAST Succession Season 3 Episode 8: Chiantishire

137 hours 50 mins; December 07, 2021

#151: First Look at 'Yellowjackets' and 'The Wheel of Time' (with Liddy Loree)

65 hours 44 mins; December 02, 2021

FULL F*&^ING BEAST Succession Season 3 Episode 7 Review: Too Much Birthday

138 hours 34 mins; November 30, 2021

#150: The Hawkeye debut, Hit Monkey and Survivor 41 (with Ken Gartin)

83 hours 31 mins; November 26, 2021

FULL F*&^ING BEAST Succession Season 3 Episode 6 Review: What It Takes

108 hours 40 mins; November 23, 2021

#149: American Rust and Mayor of Kingstown Reviews (with Steven Woods)

48 mins; November 19, 2021

FULL F*&^ING BEAST Succession Season 3 Episode 5 Review: Retired Janitors of Idaho

119 hours 35 mins; November 16, 2021

FULL F*&^ING BEAST Succession Season 3 Episode 4 Review: Lion in the Meadow

111 hours 12 mins; November 09, 2021

#148: Only Murders in the Building Finale Review (with Liddy Loree)

63 hours 52 mins; November 04, 2021

FULL F*^%ING BEAST: Review of Succession Season 3 Episode 3, "The Disruption"

123 hours 14 mins; November 02, 2021

#147: The Very Bad Second Season of "The Morning Show" (with Rebecca Lawson Gennaro)

47 mins; October 28, 2021

FULL F*^%ING BEAST--Succession Season 3 Episode 2 Review: Mass in the Time of War

119 hours 54 mins; October 26, 2021

#146: Reviewing 'Midnight Mass' with Chappell from #RHAP and "Nothing But Netflix"

84 hours 57 mins; October 21, 2021

FULL F*^%ING BEAST--Succession Season 3 Episode 1 Review: "Action Stations!"

90 hours 59 mins; October 19, 2021

#145: Ted Lasso Season 2 Finale Review! (with Marisa Cali)

87 hours 31 mins; October 14, 2021

FULL F*^%ING BEAST Episode One: Succession Season Three Preview Podcast

73 hours 7 mins; October 12, 2021

#144: The Many Saints of Newark, "What If?" Finale & Star Wars: Visions (with Ken Gartin)

82 hours 32 mins; October 08, 2021

#143: Why 'Squid Game' is Netflix's All-Time #1 Show, and Why You Should Watch (with Liddy Loree)

91 hours 56 mins; September 30, 2021

#142: 'The Other Two' and 'Reservation Dogs' Finale (with Liddy Loree)

62 hours 4 mins; September 23, 2021

#141: Reservation Dogs and Mr. Corman (with Liddy Loree)

59 mins; September 09, 2021

#140: 'Ted Lasso' Season Two Mid-Season Review (with Marisa Cali)

49 mins; September 03, 2021

#139: 'Dave' Season Two Finale Review (with Steven Woods)

50 mins; August 26, 2021

#138: Let's Talk About That Finale of "The White Lotus" (with Liddy Loree)

71 hours 24 mins; August 19, 2021

#137: The Suicide Squad is a Fun DC Movie, Finally! (with Ken Gartin)

65 hours 53 mins; August 13, 2021

#136: The White Lotus and This Way Up (with Liddy Loree)

60 hours 25 mins; August 05, 2021

#135: Ted Lasso Season 2 Episodes 1 and 2 (with Marisa Cali)

49 mins; July 30, 2021

#134: Mr Inbetween Director Nash Edgerton talks Season Three Finale and Much More

61 hours 4 mins; July 22, 2021

#133: 'Loki' Season One Finale Review + Black Widow Review (with Ken Gartin)

50 mins; July 15, 2021

#132: 'Dave' on FX Levels Up (Uncomfortably) in Season Two (with Steven Woods)

53 mins; July 09, 2021

#131: Sweet Tooth Walks a Tightrope And Gets There (with Ryan Phillips)

68 hours 26 mins; July 01, 2021

#130: Our Top-5 Shows for the First Half of 2021

47 mins; June 24, 2021

#129: Season Finale Review of HBO's "Hacks" (with Paul Reindl)

54 mins; June 17, 2021

#128: Mr Inbetween Does It All + First Look at 'Loki' & M.O.D.O.K. (with Ken Gartin and Steven Woods)

89 hours 18 mins; June 10, 2021

#127: The Underground Railroad is Brilliant and Brutal (First Look) + Mare of Easttown Finale

56 mins; June 04, 2021

#126: For All Mankind MEGA-EPISODE with full Season Two Review (with Liddy Loree)

75 hours 22 mins; May 28, 2021

#125: The Joy of Girls5Eva, plus The Nevers First-Half Finale Review & Mare of Easttown

60 hours 0 mins; May 19, 2021

#124: Invincible Season Finale Review + this year's Top Documentaries (with Ken Gartin)

70 hours 17 mins; May 13, 2021

#123: Reviewing Mare of Easttown + Sasquatch (with Liddy Loree)

58 mins; May 06, 2021

#122: Falcon and the Winter Soldier Finale Review + First Look at "The Nevers" (with Liddy and Ken)

83 hours 45 mins; April 29, 2021

#121: Reviews of "The Serpent" and "Made For Love" (with Liddy Loree)

55 mins; April 22, 2021

#120: "Q: Into The Storm" with Brooke Binkowski and John Gennaro

57 mins; April 13, 2021

#119: First Look at "Invincible" plus "Godzilla vs Kong" (with Ken Gartin)

52 mins; April 08, 2021

#118: Zack Snyder's Justice League + Falcon and the Winter Soldier debut (with Ken Gartin)

64 hours 49 mins; March 24, 2021

#117: The Disturbing Power of HBO Max's "Allen v. Farrow" (with Liddy Loree)

68 hours 24 mins; March 18, 2021

#116: WandaVision Finale MEGA-Episode + Judas and the Black Messiah (with Liddy Loree and Ken Gartin)

100 hours 2 mins; March 10, 2021

#115: HBO Max Goes International to Stay On Top (It's A Sin/The Investigation/The Head) with Liddy Loree

68 hours 43 mins; March 04, 2021

#114: Planning for the Streaming Drought + Nomadland and WandaVision (with Liddy Loree and Ken Gartin)

69 hours 40 mins; February 25, 2021

#113: Finale Review of "30 Coins", First Look at "The Head", & Framing Britney Spears (with Liddy Loree and Madelyn York)

81 hours 35 mins; February 18, 2021

#112: Unpacking the Brilliance of Hulu's "In and Of Itself" (with John Gennaro)

78 hours 27 mins; February 11, 2021

#111: First Look at Showtime's "Your Honor" plus The Expanse Season Five Review

92 hours 58 mins; February 05, 2021

#110: The Joy of the Heist in Netflix's "Lupin", plus the Tiger Woods HBO Documentary

67 hours 53 mins; January 29, 2021

#109: WandaVision is Off to a Slow Start, 30 Coins Eps 3-4 and the Night Stalker Documentary (with Liddy Loree)

55 mins; January 20, 2021

#108: Our Must-Watch Shows for 2021, plus "First Look" at HBO's 30 Coins (with Liddy Loree)

63 hours 44 mins; January 13, 2021

#107: The Best Streaming TV Platforms to Use in 2021, and Finale Review of "Industry"

144 hours 47 mins; January 07, 2021

#106: Our Top-25 Shows of 2020 (with Liddy Loree)

127 hours 9 mins; December 29, 2020

#105: The Mandalorian Season 2 Mega-Episode with Spoilers and Star Wars News (with Ken Gartin)

98 hours 10 mins; December 22, 2020

#104: The Great Shows We Missed in 2020 (with Liddy Loree)

71 hours 29 mins; December 16, 2020

#103: The Flight Attendant is a Breezy Thriller, plus Murder on Middle Beach review (with Liddy Loree)

60 hours 3 mins; December 09, 2020

#102: The Queen's Gambit is the Show we Need for 2020 (with Rebecca Lawson) plus The Undoing (with Woods)

67 hours 2 mins; December 04, 2020

#101: The Mandalorian Season 2 Review Podcast (Episodes 1-4) with Ken Gartin

48 mins; November 24, 2020

#100: Peak TV Potluck on our 100th Episode (with ALL our Five-Time Hosts!)

76 hours 53 mins; November 18, 2020

#99: Tehran and Counterpart are Two Great Picks for Espionage TV (with Darren Smith)

43 mins; November 12, 2020

#98: Spooky Episode! Reviewing The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Third Day (with Liddy Loree)

68 hours 59 mins; October 28, 2020

#97: Finale Reviews for Lovecraft Country, The Boys and The Vow (with Liddy Loree)

71 hours 51 mins; October 21, 2020

#96: Is "Raised by Wolves" this year's Lost? Plus, we watch "V" on '80s Island!

69 hours 10 mins; October 14, 2020

#95: Why It's Time to Watch "Better Things", + Ted Lasso finale & Lovecraft Country ep8 (with Liddy Loree)

66 hours 39 mins; October 08, 2020

#94: True Crime Time with "The Vow" and "A Wilderness of Error" plus Lovecraft Country (with Liddy Loree)

53 mins; October 02, 2020

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