‘Alien: Earth’ Episodes 1-2 Deep Dive, Plus Noah Hawley and Alex Lawther!

House of R

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Mal is joined by Rob Mahoney to dive deep into the first two episodes of ‘Alien: Earth’! They talk about everything from the Xenomorph to the tech overlords to some unexpected ‘Peter Pan’ references. Later, you can listen to an interview with Noah Hawley and Alex Lawther that Mal and Jo did at Comic-Con! (00:00) Intro(14:23) Opening snapshot(30:42) The Maginot(01:02:02) Tech overlords(01:33:29) The Lost Boys(01:47:35) Hermit and Wendy(02:13:09) Odds and ends(02:17:33) Noah Hawley and Alex Lawther Hosts: Mallory Rubin, Rob Mahoney, and Joanna RobinsonGuests: Noah Hawley and Alex LawtherProducers: Carlos Chiriboga and John RichterSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.3	Podcasts network. I'm Mallory Rubin. Joining me today. Here to tell me that it's not about the money people so I think it's about the money
0:59.8	with trillionaires it's Rob Mahoney Mal it's not not about the money you know it can be both
1:07.8	I'm here to have I'm here on the mountaintop to have a scintillating conversation with someone smarter than me. But it can also be about the money too. So really, why not both? Will that person be a 12 year old? Who's to say? Will you be eating a red apple? Are you like boy cavalier, a member of team red apple? I guess it depends on how we want, like, your cosmic crisps. Is that a red apple? It's not a red. I'm anti-red delicious. If that is strictly the binary, come on. Of course. When I say Team Red Apple, I mean, Pink Lady, Honey Crisp. If Honey Crisp is inclusive, then, yeah, I'm on your team.
1:44.7	I got you.
1:45.6	I got you.
1:46.8	Okay.
1:55.7	We're here today to talk about the first two episodes, the double premiere of Alien Earth,
2:00.8	which has arrived on our television screens on FX. Rob, you're joining me to chat about this show today.
2:05.0	We are uniting, reuniting and uniting in the absence of our beloved co-host, Joanna Robinson,
2:14.7	who is out for a few weeks here recovering.
2:18.1	We miss Joe terribly.
2:19.6	We love Joe.
2:20.3	We were thinking of Joe every second of the day, including when we talk about the Apple Wars
2:23.7	and about alien Earth and about basically everything else in life.
2:28.7	You want to say what one of your favorite things is about podcasting with Joe?
2:31.6	Just a little tree for her here at the top?
2:33.9	Anything and everything. Honestly, there really is no better comfort than just feeling like
2:40.3	you're in the hands of someone like Joe on a pod where she is steering the ship. She knows exactly
2:45.0	where to go. She knows exactly what buttons to push. I just get to sit here and react.
2:48.8	I have that great pleasure. Yeah.
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