The ‘Sopranos’ Episode That Got Us Hooked

The Prestige TV Podcast

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4.2 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Hooked, Jo and Rob go to therapy with Van to talk through why "College" will make you obsessed with ‘The Sopranos’! (0:00) Intro (03:15) What is ‘The Sopranos’? (08:06) When did Van watch ‘The Sopranos’? (22:23) Season 1, Episode 5: "College" (37:04) How were women treated in the show? (55:10) What is the most ’90s thing about the show? (1:00:21) Final thoughts Email us! ⁠prestigetv@spotify.com⁠ Subscribe to the ⁠Ringer TV YouTube channel⁠ here for full episodes of The Prestige TV Podcast and so much more! Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney Guest: Van Lathan Producers: Olivia Crerie and Ashleigh Smith Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to the prestige TV podcast feed.
0:16.3	I'm Joanna Robinson.
0:17.5	I'm Rob Mahoney.
0:18.5	We're here with the series season, let's say, finale of Hooked with a very special guest.
0:27.7	It's Van Leithin.
0:30.4	Van What's up?
0:31.0	What's up, everybody?
0:32.1	How are you guys doing?
0:33.1	Tell me about the vibe today.
0:34.6	You're coming in high.
0:35.5	You're coming in with the pigskin.
0:37.0	I feel this is a good time.
0:41.6	Like I've spent this past weekend watching Demon Slayer, one battle after another,
0:46.7	the smashing machine, all it.
0:48.2	It's just a good time to be talking stuff.
0:51.2	There's a lot of stuff to be talking about.
0:52.6	Look, world's on fire.
0:53.8	That's okay. We're focused. It's not what of stuff to be talking about. Look, world's on fire. That's okay.
0:54.6	We're focused. It's not what it's about today. All right. Say that for higher. We're going to go back in time. We're going to go back to the 90s. Please. When the world was less on fire. Does that sound like a good idea? This is Hooked, which of you have not been listening to our previous episodes of Hooked, the premise of which is what, Rob Mahoney?
1:14.0	It is, if you were talking about it. This is Hooked, which of you have not been listening to our previous episodes of Hooked,
1:11.7	the premise of which is what, Rob Mahoney?
1:14.0	It is if you were trying to get a friend, or in this case, two podcasters, to watch a show
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