‘Squid Game’ Season 2, ‘What If…?’ Season 3, and Ringer-Verse Recommends: December 2024

The Ringer-Verse

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Green light! Ben and Daniel Chin discuss the second season of ‘Squid Game,’ focusing on how the streaming phenomenon follows up its first act without the element of surprise, its new spin on the formula from the sensational Season 1, and the future of the franchise. Then, they react to the third and final season of ‘What If…?’, breaking down the highs and lows of the latest set of episodes, how the whole series excelled and disappointed, and its MCU legacy (43:49). Finally, the Ringer-Verse and ‘House of R’ crews give gifts of nerd-culture content in the latest installment of 'Ringer-Verse Recommends,’ their monthly mini-pod about fandom favorites from TV, anime, movies, video games, books, comics, and beyond that were released recently but not yet covered in-depth on a full-length episode (1: 10: 37). Host: Ben Lindbergh Guests: Daniel Chin, Mallory Rubin, Joanna Robinson, Steve Ahlman, Jomi Adeniran, Matt James, Arjuna Ramgopal, Van Lathan, and Zach Kram Producer: Carlos Chiriboga Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What something is is not the same as what it means.
0:07.0	But to understand that, you will need to do more than simply watch.
0:14.0	You must learn to see. Perhaps here you can begin.
0:28.2	Perhaps here you can begin. Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your nexus feed for all things fandom.
0:48.8	I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor of The Ringer, welcoming you to our penultimate podcast of 2024. I may be the frontman
0:56.4	today, but I can't keep the VIPs happy without some help. So with me is a VIP, a very important
1:02.8	podcaster, a ringer staff writer who could have voted X to go home, but instead voted Circle to
1:09.4	play one more pod. Daniel Chin. Hello, Daniel.
1:12.9	Hey, Ben. Thanks for having me. Happy holidays. Same to you. We are the watchers. We are your guide
1:19.2	through these vast new realities. Follow us and ponder the question. What if we binged all of Squid
1:25.5	Game season two and what if season three?
1:28.1	And hopped on Mike to talk about it.
1:29.8	That's what we're doing today.
1:31.4	The week between Christmas and New Year's is ripe for veging out and catching up on content.
1:38.0	And that is what we are here to help with.
1:40.4	Now, normally at the end of the month, that's when we present the latest edition of
1:44.2	Ringiverse Recommends, our collection of testimonials from the whole Ring ofverse crew,
1:49.3	and you are still getting that at the end of this episode. So stay tuned to hear the whole
1:53.6	crew chime in on what they've been watching or reading or playing or listening to this month.
1:58.9	But this time, Ringiverse Recommends is just a bonus because you are also getting essentially
2:04.3	a full-length podcast prelude.
2:07.6	We have a full itinerary today.
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