Nip/Talk: Recent Episodes
Alistair Ryder and Lewis Knight
A journey deep into the mind of Ryan Murphy. Hosted by freelance culture writer Alistair Ryder and entertainment reporter Lewis Knight.
The latest project released as part of Ryan Murphy's Netflix deal has arrived to very little fanfare, and a month later, has been immediately forgotten. In this week's episode of Nip/Talk, Alistair and Lewis finally sink their teeth into Halston, and try to find out if anybody would be satisfied by this drawn-out biopic miniseries.
After a two-month hiatus (because you can't subject yourself to too much Ryan Murphy content at once), Alistair and Lewis are back, and diving straight into season four of the almost titular show. And this season has everything; subplots about organ harvesting rings, Scientology, and of course, Peter Dinklage's bizarre attempt at a French accent. Ladies and gentlemen, we are once again #TalkingTuck.
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On this episode of Nip/Talk, Nathan Osborne returns to talk all things Scream Queens, a Ryan Murphy flop that's... actually quite fun?
cw: this episode ends with a ten-minute segment where the gang take part in a Buzzfeed quiz, you have been warned.
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We continue our odyssey into Ryan Murphy's breakout show, as we analyse the intensely problematic third season of Nip/Tuck. As well as outlandish storylines, the season also aims to tackle serious issues ranging from transphobia to sexual assault - but does it manage to sensitively handle this, while also introducing the wildest plots yet? Alistair and Lewis discuss.
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It's unlucky number 13 as we dive back into the world of American Horror Story for the diminishing returns of Freak Show. Lewis plays devil's advocate as returning guest Amy West (Total Film, Radio Times) defends the series, and Alistair isn't having any of it.
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This week on Nip/Talk, Alistair and Lewis discuss both seasons of The Politician, the first show created as part of Ryan Murphy's Netflix deal, which has already been lost to the streaming algorithm. If you were wondering when Alistair would start losing his mind at having to cover every Ryan Murphy show, this is the episode for you.
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We're back on American Horror Story - and are joined by our first returning guest! Clarisse Loughrey (The Independent) joins us to talk all things Coven, the third season of Ryan Murphy's anthology series, and to dissect everything from problematic storylines to, ahem, problematic crushes.
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In the first episode of 2021, Alistair and Lewis dive into the not unproblematic second season of Nip/Tuck, and thank Ryan Murphy for giving us the greatest gift of all - an episode where JK Simmons gets tits, so he can understand women.
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This week, musical aficionado Stace Williams joins Lewis and Alistair to dissect The Prom, Ryan Murphy's big budget Netflix adaptation of the Broadway phenomenon. But what does it lose from stage to screen? And should James Corden be on trial at the Hague? On our last episode of 2020, we aim to answer all this and more.
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This week, Digital Spy's deputy TV editor David Opie joins us as we continue our odyssey through American Horror Story with Asylum...
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This week on Nip/Talk, we're continuing our miniseries on Ryan Murphy's feature length efforts (leading up to the release of The Prom) with Eat, Pray, Love. In this episode, we discuss everything from the sheer amount of product tie ins to promote this film to what it would look like if it was made in the post Instagram era, all while going quietly insane after having watched this boring epic.
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With Ryan Murphy's latest feature directorial effort The Prom coming next month, we've decided to go back through his big screen filmography, starting with his non-existent Oscar baiting debut Running with Scissors. Our apologies to guest Nathan Osborne, who we made sit through this thing.
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This week, Alistair and Lewis are joined by The Independent's chief film critic Clarisse Loughrey as they start their deep dive into American Horror Story with 2011's Murder House. The gang discuss everything from depicting school shootings in media to the power of butts, so strap in.
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This week Alistair and Lewis head into the Murphy back catalogue for the first time, to the show that put him on the map: Nip/Tuck. A sensation when it aired, the show has largely been forgotten, but remains a fascinating blueprint for the genre we now call "Ryan Murphy".
In this episode we discuss Lewis watching this when he was 10 years old, many of its dated plot lines, and of course, the three episode self circumcision story arc.
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This week, Alistair and Lewis get to sit back and relax as they're joined by Kyle Turner and Jack King, who have a LOT of thoughts on the Netflix adaptation of The Boys in the Band. But does this faithful remake have any reason to exist? Is Zachary Quinto too attractive for his role? And has Ryan Murphy been critically redeemed after his recent Netflix efforts? We discuss all this and more.
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On this week's Nip/Talk, freelance film and TV writer Amy West joins Alistair and Lewis to discuss the conclusion to season one of Ratched. But where can the second season go from here? Is the first season a little bit problematic? And is Alistair's insane theory about a season 2 plot twist going to get him a job in Ryan Murphy's writer's room? We discuss all this and more.
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In the first episode of Nip/Talk, Lewis and Alistair discuss Ryan Murphy's latest Netflix series Ratched. But did anybody want this One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel? Does this even make sense as an origin story? And would Mildred Ratched be into BDSM? In the first episode of a two part special, we try to answer this and more.
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Get ready for chaos. Join Alistair Ryder and Lewis Knight as they embark upon their journey inside Ryan Murphy's brain, on their masochistic quest to watch every single TV series and film he's created over the years.
Episode 1, the first of a two part spectacular on Ratched, launches next week.