‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 3 Deep Dive and Theories: Trumpism in the Friend Group

The Prestige TV Podcast

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Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney react to the unraveling of Tim Ratliff (6:29), Trump playing a role in this season (20:33), and Walton Goggins finally turning on the con man charm (29:36). Plus, some "nice guy" talk about Gaitok (38:53) and, with the inclusion of Parker Posey following Jennifer Coolidge, which Christopher Guest character actor do we want to see in Season 4 (50:16)? Email us! [email protected] Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of ‘The Prestige TV Podcast’ and so much more! Try Coffee mate Creamers Now: http://coffeemate.com Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr. Video Supervision: John Richter Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of the Prestige TV podcast is brought to you by CoffeeMate.
0:03.5	CoffeeMate has been searching the globe for flavors that pair perfectly with coffee.
0:09.6	So when they heard that the new season of HBO's The White Lotus was set in Thailand, they were inspired to broop two new flavors.
0:16.5	Thai ice coffee and pinia colada flavored creamers.
0:20.0	They're available for a short time only. so for the love of coffee, go try them now.
0:43.8	Hello. Hello, welcome back to the Press to News TV podcast feed.
0:44.7	I'm Joanna Robinson.
0:45.7	I'm Rob Mahoney.
0:52.9	We're here to talk about White Lotus, season three, episode three, the meaning of dreams.
0:54.6	Rob, how are you doing?
0:55.7	I'm doing great.
0:59.5	I don't have any dreams of note to mark down as far as to parse their meaning.
1:01.3	Do you have any dreams you want to pick apart today?
1:02.6	Gosh, no.
1:07.6	We've already been through Rob Mahoney anxiety dream corner on a different pod.
1:08.2	That's true.
1:09.2	We've already talked about that.
1:11.2	Do I have a recurring anxiety dream?
1:18.3	Well, let me ask you this. Saxon brings up, you know, the very primal idea of having nightmares about fire and snakes.
1:22.7	I can't say I've ever had a nightmare about fire and snakes. Are you a snake dreamer?
1:27.9	No, I'm not a snake dreamer, but what a fun thing that would to be. Um, I don't, I can't remember my dreams and I think that's a blessing.
1:31.9	I think mostly my dreams are like awkward, socially anxious interactions.
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