Murder Magnets: A Poker Face Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

It’s a full house this week to tackle Charlie’s latest adventure in the cutthroat land of New York City real estate. Join Penny, Becky, Jason, and special guests Jen and Rob to talk it out. Next up: Poker Face S2E10 “The Big Pump.” Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to bullshit@podcastica.com.  Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Links: Check out Rob’s art and articles on AI: ROBGON.COM Dirge Without Music by Edna St. Vincent Millay: https://poets.org/poem/dirge-without-music  This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say  One Art by Elizabeth Bishop: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art  Check out all our other shows at podcastica.com.  Check out Becky’s podcast “What’s On Tonight” at https://www.facebook.com/people/Whats-On-Tonight/61566882612402/  Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Man, this week’s episode really keeps you guessing. Guess whether it was one of Penny and Jason’s favorites of the series. Alright, we’ll just tell you. It was. Or WAS it?! Next up: Poker Face S2E9 “A New Lease On Death.” Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to bullshit@podcastica.com.  Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Check out all our other shows at podcastica.com.  Check out Becky’s podcast “What’s On Tonight” at https://www.facebook.com/people/Whats-On-Tonight/61566882612402/  Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vroom vroooom, buckle up everybody, start your engines, and let’s burn rubber as Penny, Jason, and special guest Steve “Live Steve” Brown speed through this week’s episode! Seems this one was a lot of people’s least favorite, but we pulled the ep over for a pit stop, broke it down, kicked the tires, popped the hood and looked around inside the engine, and found a ton of great stuff in there. A real hummer. :P From the news: • Credit Where Credit’s Due: How ‘Poker Face’ Uses a Font to Pay Homage to Its ’70s Inspirations: https://www.indiewire.com/2023/02/poker-face-peacock-credits-font-1234806871/ • Poker Face Guest Star Tim Blake Nelson on Rian Johnson: “He’s Constantly Trying to Outdo Himself”: https://consequence.net/2023/02/tim-blake-nelson-poker-face-interview/ Write or voice-message in and we'll respond to your feedback on the podcast!  • You can find our contact info and all our other shows at: podcastica.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back, Murder Magneteers! Join Jason, Penny and Jade as they dissect Episode 6, “Exit Stage Death.” This one is about the theater, so you know our resident actor has a lot to say. The play within a show, “Ghosts of Pensacola,” won’t be winning any Tony Awards, but Ellen Barkin and Tim Meadows deliver fantastic performances. Links: 'Poker Face' showrunners talk dry ice, that twist and breaking the formula with 'Exit Stage Death' https://sports.yahoo.com/poker-face-showrunners-talk-dry-184219126.html  'The Ghosts of Pensacola' from 'Poker Face' is a gloriously theatrical treat; The play may be fake, but it FEELS real to me https://mashable.com/article/poker-face-the-ghosts-of-pensacola Ellen Barkin on Her Theatrical ‘Poker Face’ Performance and “F***ing Hilarious” Episode https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/poker-face-ellen-barkin-theater-episode-interview-1235321354/ YouTube Interviews Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4fUf8Fy6ZnIRMlrC9FBMihMVOVSoQ4ae Write in or leave a voice message and we’ll share and respond to your feedback on the podcast. You can find out contact info and other shows at podcastica.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The old ladies did it, bitches! I think we can all agree that Estelle Getty walked so that, years later, Judith Light and S. Epatha Merkerson could run! Penny, Jason and Jade are joined by a special guest Kara for what many have said is their favorite episode of Poker Face thus far. Sorry for the length this week, but, NECESSARY! And since we actually managed to make it through this whole episode without referencing the Golden Girls (don't know how that happened), on behalf of all four of us; to all of our listeners: <3 Thank you for being a friend <3 Links: Lil Rel Howery interview: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/poker-face-lil-rel-howery-villain-the-stall-season-one-nope-oscars-snubs-1235314527/ Judith Light/ Lucky Mckee interview https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/poker-face-judith-light-stunts-natasha-lyonne-time-of-the-monkey-1235316204/ Hotline: When she hears bullshit, she calls bullshit — literally. Not all of us are so gifted, but Charlie is here to help. All you have to do is call the handy-dandy Poker Face hotline at 1-866-NOBLSHT (1-866-662-5748) to hear Charlie debunk the world's most common lies. https://mashable.com/article/poker-face-hotline-natasha-lyonne Tell us what you want us to ask Charlie on our next podcast when we'll be covering epidode 6! Or, call the hotline yourself and let us know about your chat! Write in or leave a voice message and we’ll share and respond to your feedback on the podcast. You can find out contact info and other shows at podcastica.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us on the road with Charlie and her new friends, Doxxology, for a rip-roaring metal adventure, complete with MURDER! Enjoy this free-ranging conversation about true artistry, being barefoot, misophonia, the nature of metal and crowd-surfing. You’ll be humming Merch Girl for weeks.  REST IN METAL! Interviews Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4fUf8Fy6ZnIRMlrC9FBMihMVOVSoQ4ae Nora and Lila Zuckerman (show runners-sisters) talk about the format of the show, as “how catch em” and about rooting for the villain.: https://youtu.be/-QiHy3HcNOs (https://youtu.be/-QiHy3HcNOs) Slinkachu’s art can be found at slinkachu.com Write in or leave a voice message and we’ll respond to your feedback on the podcast. You can find out contact info and other shows at podcastica.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We put the podcast in your teeth, but YOU gonna get it out! Links from news: Molly Givens' interview with Ryan Johnson on creating the show, collaborators  https://youtu.be/V9AjClvlyMc Natasha Lyonne and Ryan Johnson, trace the TV origins of poker face. The star and creator of the peacock crime, thriller, discuss its influences, including Columbo murder she wrote in Magnum PI.  Ryan Johnson, and Natasha Lyonne list their favorite episodes of the shows that inspired poker face. Both put Colombo, //murder she wrote, magnum p.i. //NYPD Blue and the twilight zone.  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/arts/television/rian-johnson-natasha-lyonne-poker-face.html Write or voice-message in and we'll respond to your feedback on the podcast. You can find our contact info and all our other shows at: podcastica.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Such a fun episode! We had a blast with it. This is what happens in here.  Deception and Lying Quiz: https://www.paulekman.com/quizzes/lying-quiz/ From the news: • How Rian Johnson Plans to Subvert TV’s Binge Model with Poker Face: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/poker-face-rian-johnson-interview-natasha-lyonne-knives-out-3-1235303704/  • Poker Face: Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne Explain the Limits of Charlie’s Lie-Detecting Gift: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/poker-face-rian-johnson-natasha-lyonne-charlie-lie-detecting-1235502345/  • Humans Are Pretty Louse Lie Detectors: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-pretty-lousy-lie-detectors/  Write or voice-message in and we'll respond to your feedback on the podcast. You can find our contact info and all our other shows at: podcastica.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poker Face kicks off with a banger of an episode, with an introduction to our intrepid, truth-divining, Lady Galahad-of-a protagonist, Charlie Cale, and a fantastically weaselly guest-starring performance by none other than Adrien Brody. Jade, Penny, and Jason chat about our favorite parts, the implications of being able to tell when anyone is lying, and much much more. Enjoy! Experiencing domestic violence? We hope not, but if you are, you can find help at that National Domestic Violence Hotline website: https://www.thehotline.org/get-help/ Having suicidal thoughts? Call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Sending you love. Write or voice-message in and we'll respond to your feedback on the podcast. You can find our contact info and all our other shows at: podcastica.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Penny, Becky & Jason as they discuss the ups and downs of heists and rom coms.  Next up: Poker Face S2E8 “The Sleazy Georgian.” Let us know your thoughts! You can email or send a voice message to bullshit@podcastica.com.  Or check out our Facebook group, where we put up comment posts for each episode, at facebook.com/groups/podcastica. Links: Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson on Why ‘Poker Face’ Scared Hollywood Execs, Ignoring Internet Hate and How the Show Is a Bold ‘Act of Feminism’: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/poker-face-natasha-lyonne-rian-johnson-scare-hollywood-hate-1236413625/  Check out all our other shows at podcastica.com.  Check out Becky’s podcast “What’s On Tonight” at https://www.facebook.com/people/Whats-On-Tonight/61566882612402/  Show support and get ad-free episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff: patreon.com/jasoncabassi  Or go to buymeacoffee.com/cabassi for a one-time donation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices