Still Watching

Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the third episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Bull Elephants." Harper and Daphne split off from Cameron and Ethan (who run across Mia and Lucia!). Tanya gets some negative news from a tarot card reading. Portia and Alfie cross paths with a cold man in a pool.This podcast includes an interview with Michael Imperioli who plays Dominic on the show, a character that is trying to actually change.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

All ten episodes of season 5 of The Crown are now on Netflix, and Dynasty's Erin Vanderhoof joins Vanity Fair reporter Julie Miller for a special Still Watching breaking down the first five episodes of the new season. Catching up with the royals in the 90s, the decades of Charles and Diana's bitter divorce and the Queen's "annus horribilis", the new season includes plenty of drama for every adult member of the royal family, plus the introduction of new key figures like Mohamed Al-Fayed and Hasnat Khan. Vanity Fair's royal correspondent and Dynasty cohost Katie Nicholl also joins for a conversation about how the real-life royals are feeling about the new season, and why the show may be much more than just an inconvenience for the newly crowned King Charles III. For more on The Crown, read all of Vanity Fair's coverage.Subscribe to Dynasty. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the second episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Italian Dream". Everything gets more complicated for the couplings of the second season, especially for Dominic and Tanya. Portia and Alfie find common ground, Harper can't stop picking at Cameron and Daphne.This podcast includes an interview with Beatrice Grannò who plays Mia on the show and has an amazing musical moment this episode.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.This week, Richard and Chris rejoin Mark White's dark comedy series for a news season about flawed people at an international five star hotel, another titular White Lotus. Besides Jennifer Coolidge's Tanya and Jon Gries' Greg, there's a whole new cast that includes this week's interview subject Will Sharpe who plays Ethan on the show.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon.This week, for the season finale, "The Black Queen" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to analyze what happened on Dragonstone when Rhaenyra learned Aegon had been crowned king and attempts to hold the realm together while gathering banners for a looming war.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon.This week, for the penultimate episode of the first season, "The Green Council" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to oversee the doings at King's Landing that lead to the coronation of King Aegon II, as the Hightowers seize control of King's Landing after Visery's death.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon.This week, for the eighth episode of the series, "The Lord of the Tides" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson for another time jump on the series. Rhaenyra and Daemon are lured back to King's Landing to defend their claim, where they find the Hightowers in control, because Viserys in even worse. Vaemond Velaryon makes play to be Lord of the Tides and keeps...his tongue. Allicent visits her King in the night.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon.This week, for the seventh episode of the series, "Driftmark" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to Attend Laena's funeral at Driftmark, which brings our quarreling families and their children to the same location for some child-on-child violence and the claiming of Vhager.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon.This week, for the sixth episode of the series, "The Princess and the Queen" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to jump ahead a decade in Westeros. Allicent's children have grown up, Rhaenyra has three children of their own. A rumor about the father of Rhaenyra's kids causes mayhem in the realm.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon.This week, for the fifth episode of the series, "We Light The Way," Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to finally meet Daemon's wife and attend Rhaenyra's wedding.For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices