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The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott

Your Numbers Are Bad (with Damon Lindelof and Dan Erickson)

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott

Audacy, Red Hour, Great Scott

Tv & Film

4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today is the Lost / Severance crossover we've all been waiting for. Adam sits down with Damon Lindelof, the co-creator of Lost, and Dan Erickson, the big brain who created Severance, for a wide-ranging conversation about fandom, how Lost inspired Severance, the origins of the "mystery box" show, and why Dan keeps getting sent 27 Dresses memes. Then, Ben and Adam answer some fan hotline questions, including: are Mark's fishes okay?!

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1:39.6

You know that thing where people say we're going to edit it out, but then they leave it in?

1:42.7

Oh, yeah.

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But this one will definitely...

1:44.0

That's a big podcast movie, by the way.

1:46.8

Particularly before a question. Like, you know, you don't have to answer this. We can edit it out. But, you know. Right. Or we'll edit out this whole thing. And then you feel like you're let in on something that they did. That's right. Yeah, so this will actually be edited out.

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