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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Daniel Chin patrol the Mojave and discuss the literally mind-blowing second episode of the second season of 'Fallout,' "The Golden Rule." After sharing their overall review, they assess each of the episode’s four main settings and story lines, point out the parallels between characters, and wrestle with this season’s accelerated world-building. They also consider whether becoming a ghoul is good, the Golden Rule vs. the Ghoul-den Rule, the likelihood of surviving a nuclear explosion by hiding in a fridge, aliens in 'Fallout' lore, and more. Intro (0:30) Overall review of the episode (03:32) Hank catch-up (06:20) What’s new with Norm (13:26) Lucy and the ghoul (18:30) Maximus and the Brotherhood (38:01) Fridge science, 'Fallout' lore, and more (50:00) Host: Ben Lindbergh Guest: Daniel Chin Producer: Brian H. Waters Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Danny Kelly and it's officially fantasy football season, which means the ringer fantasy football show is back with the latest news from around the NFL and everything you need to get ready for the fantasy football season.
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0:51.6	Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your Nexus feed for all things fandom.
0:58.6	I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor at The Ringer, an elder cleric of the Brotherhood of Buttonmash.
1:04.3	And just so you know, I am nice.
1:07.0	With me today, emerging from the fridge where he wrote out a nuclear blast.
1:11.2	It's another nice guy.
1:12.7	Ringer's staff writer, Daniel, Daniel.
1:15.6	Hey, Ben.
1:16.3	Good to be back.
1:17.6	We united on the Last of Us, season two recap pods for button mash.
1:22.1	And I hope that we're happier this time around, that we have consistently nicer things to say about the second
1:28.6	season of Fallout.
1:29.4	I think we will.
1:30.4	I think so too.
1:32.2	I mean, what a bummer, but you know, that was still a blast doing those week to week.
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