Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 14: Happy Town, Breaking Bad, and more

Wednesday brings with it another episode of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast, this time with Dan and I (with no new "Lost" episode to dissect) trying to muster some enthusiasm to talk about "Idol," teaming up to slam "Happy Town," discussing our divergent paths with this season of "Survivor," checking in on the awesomeness of "Breaking Bad" this season, and more.

Fienberg has all the relevant links and times up at his blog, and if you subscribe via iTunes or RSS, it should be all ready to download. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 13: Party Down, Gravity, You Don't Know Jack and more

New Firewall & Iceberg podcast is up, in which Dan and I talk about a bunch of things, including Friday's return of "Party Down." NJ.com has the relevant podcast links and running times. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 12: Conan to TBS, Doctor Who, Glee and more

A late night edition of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast this week, and you can find the relevant links, files and running times over at NJ.com. Normal schedule should be restored next week. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 11: Lost, Chuck and Justified

Even during family time, there is occasional down time, and while I sat around waiting for a delivery, Fienberg and I recorded a fast-paced, three-item Firewall & Iceberg podcast episode. Relevant links and whatnot are available at NJ.com. No listener mail this week, but the "Justified" segment is largely inspired by the comments in recent episode discussion here. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 10: Treme, Miami Medical and the V countdown clock

Another installment of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast is up, with Dan and I jumping the gun on "Treme" due to the likelihood of me being off next week (and also because it gave me the chance to tell one David Mills story that I left out of the earlier post). So stream, download, listen, etc. (the NJ.com link has all the relevant details, including the rundown) Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 9: Caprica, V, Survivor and more

In case you're somehow still not tired of me talking on podcasts this week, the new episode of Firewall & Iceberg is up and ready. NJ.com has the rundown, as well as the usual links for downloading, streaming, subscribing, etc. Click here to read the full post

The Sports Guy and I talk TV, take two

I made my second guest appearance on today's installment of "The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons" podcast, in which The Sports Guy and I ran through an awful lot of mid-season TV topics, spending a while on certain shows ("Justified," "Lost") and going more rapid-fire through some of the other goodness that's airing over the next couple of months (like me, Bill is a fan of "Party Down," pictured above).

The exchange at the very end of the hour-long show could have serious ramifications on the dynamic of tomorrow's Firewall & Iceberg podcast.

(Also, if you're somehow not sick of hearing me after an hour with Simmons and the usual long talk with Fienberg, I was also a guest on this week's episode of Local TV Now. And if you missed my first "B.S. Report" stint back in October and/or the interview I did with Simmons about "30 for 30," you can find both here.) Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 8: Breaking Bad, United States of Tara, Nurse Jackie and more

Fienberg and I just completed another edition of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast, which you can either steam or download over at NJ.com or subscribe to in iTunes (and if you do, don't forget to rate and/or review us if you can).

Long show this week for some reason, despite fewer topics than last week's. Call it babbling, or bantering, or whatever, but there be a lot of talk. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 7: The Pacific, Justified, Winning Time and more

Another episode of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast has been posted, and as mentioned in both the blog post and the intro to the show, we're now up on the iTunes Store, so subscriptions, reviews and/or ratings will all be greatly appreciated.

The page at NJ.com has the usual rundown of topics and times, and we appear to have consistently figured out how to keep the sound quality good. And, as I did over at the other site, props to David J. Loehr for coming up with the logo(s). Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 6: American Idol, Lost, Office baby, and why can't anybody cast a pilot?

The latest episode of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast has been posted, and now there are instructions on how to subscribe to a dedicated podcast RSS feed, whether in iTunes or not.

Sound quality much better this week. Joke quality less so. I blame myself. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 5: Parenthood, American Idol, Lost and more

It's Wednesday, so time for another episode of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast. The post at NJ.com has the full rundown of topics by time so you can avoid spoilers and/or shows you don't care about.

More technical issues this week than last, I'm afraid (karma for us getting cocky, I think), and there's still a specific roadblock to getting on the iTunes store that we have to work on. But stream/download away. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 4: Olympics, American Idol, NBC comedies and more

It's Wednesday afternoon, which means it's time for another episode of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast, this time with Dan and I talking about the Winter Olympics, "Idol," HBO's animated comedies, the state of NBC's Thursday sitcoms, "Burn Notice," "Men of a Certain Age" and "Lost."

Sound quality is much improved on both ends this week. Now we can move on to licking other problems like putting it on the iTunes store, a theme song, etc. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 3: Chuck-pocalypse now, Lost, American Idol and more

The third episode of the Firewall & Iceberg podcast has been posted, with Dan and I debating and/or discussing the "Chuck"-pocalypse, last night's "Lost," "American Idol," "Past Life," "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," HBO's "How To Make It In America" and the end of the DirecTV run of "Friday Night Lights." There's even a little rundown of the timing of each segment so you can, say, skip over the "Lost" talk if you haven't seen the episode yet. Click here to read the full post

Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 2.1: Lost, Fringe, American Idol and more

So, after the fun hijinx Fienberg and I had with our first podcast attempt at press tour, we gave it another go via Skype today, so head on over to NJ.com to download the new podcast and read my explanation for what's in it, and for why, however lame this version is, it's not 1/10th as horrible as the one we recorded, then abandoned, earlier today. Click here to read the full post

Introducing: The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast (or whatever we call it)

Fienberg and I have been talking forever about doing a podcast, and given that we're both in the same city, at the same hotel, we decided to experiment with one. The first (and potentially last) podcast episode has now been posted over at Hitfix.com for streaming and/or as an MP3 download. Give us time to settle on a name, a permanent hosting site, putting it on iTunes, a theme song(*), etc., etc., etc. Right now, it's just 40+ minutes of us free-associating about things we've seen and heard at press tour (including a whole lot about that Conan fellow).

Hope you like it.

(*) How much do you think Mike Post would charge to compose and record a 20-second podcast theme? We'd love to just slap the "Magnum, P.I." theme at the start, but I suspect we'd be sued. A lot. Click here to read the full post