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The Official Watchmen Podcast

HBO

Tv & Film, After Shows

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Host Craig Mazin sits down with Watchmen writer and executive producer Damon Lindelof to talk about episodes one, two, and three. Lindelof and Mazin dive into the origin of the series and its complex portrayal of race in America. They also dig into worldbuilding, uncover easter eggs, and discuss new and legacy characters. Make sure to watch the first three episodes of Watchmen to avoid spoilers. The next episode of this podcast comes out after episode six of the series. Watchmen airs Sundays at 9 PM on HBO. The Official Watchmen Podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios. Need a refresher on the graphic novel? Here’s a video that summarizes it in less than two minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLkKWeCS4xU To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are people who believe that this world is fair and good.
0:07.0	It's all lollipops and rainbows.
0:15.0	I remember what happened to my parents.
0:19.0	You remember what happened to your parents.
0:22.0	You and me, Tofu, we don't do lollipops and rainbows, because we know those are
0:27.4	pretty colors that just hide what the world really is. Black and white. Hi, my name is Craig Maison. You may know me best as the writer and
0:46.1	executive producer of Chernobyl miniseries from HBO. For that show I did a
0:51.0	podcast I collaborated with Peter Siegel and it went pretty well.
0:54.9	I think a lot of shows are thinking about doing a podcast like this, but I can think of no show
0:59.0	more deserving of a podcast than the one we're going to be discussing today. Watchman, the new
1:05.4	Dramatic Series from HBO. I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of
1:08.5	podcasts about this show, but there is only one podcast, this one the official Watchman Podcast, that features the man at the center of it all.
1:18.0	My guest for this episode and all of our episodes to come, writer and executive producer of Lost, of The Leftovers, and most importantly,
1:26.1	of Watchmen, Damon Lindeloff.
1:28.5	Damon, welcome.
1:29.5	Thank you.
1:30.5	It's good to be official, I guess.
1:31.8	Welcome to your own show.
1:33.0	Thanks.
1:34.0	In each episode of this podcast, we're going to be covering three episodes of Watchmen, so I'm already
1:38.1	panicking about the time.
1:39.8	It's not my fault that you have made the densest, richest, tightest dramatic show I've seen in a long, long time.
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