A Peaks podcast, a light and biting beer, and an updated paint-by-numbers
Twin Peaks Rewatch podcast
I’ve been a big fan of the folks at Idle Thumbs for a long time—listening to the thoughtful video game discussion of their original podcast during commutes to college, mourning the death of the show in 2010, and Kickstarting its revival a few years later. Its hosts went on to create some incredible games, like the first season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Gone Home, and Firewatch, and the original podcast has since expanded into a network of shows covering all manner of games and other media. Chris Remo and Jake Rodkin, two members of the core Thumbs and now Important If True crew, lead their Twin Peaks Rewatch show, so named because it began with them watching and analyzing each episode of the original run, although they’ve since pivoted to covering The Return as it airs. I’m sure there are tons of great Twin Peaks podcasts out there, but I’d be surprised if the conversations were as insightful and varied as Rewatch’s. Remo and Rodkin do an excellent job weaving together discussion of the show’s plot points, Lynch’s filmmaking techniques, and the themes that emerge from both, while peppering in just enough speculation about the show’s supernatural elements and riffing on its oddball humor to keep things lively. It’d make a particularly good companion for anyone who’s considering jumping into the show from the beginning, but it’s also been essential listening for me every week as I recover from each trip inside Lynch’s psyche. [Matt Gerardi]
