//podcastplus.net/feed/watching-the-americans~726716e3 Watching The Americans is a fan podcast dedicated to the FX show, The Americans. Send us in your thoughts about each episode by calling 919-907-0542 or emailing watchingtheamericans@gmail.com Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:20:33 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/TAP001_02_WTA.mp3 We are thrilled to have had such a great introduction to the world of His Dark Materials this week! Seeing Lyra, Lord Asriel, the Master, the Gyptians, and of course Mrs. Coulter made us so happy! Plus: Pan and Stelmaria and that darn monkey daemon! Of course, this is S01E01 “Lyra’s Jordan”! It aired on […] Sat, 16 Nov 2019 01:29:16 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/TAP001_02_WTA.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/TAP001_01_WTA.mp3 Welcome to Lyra’s world! We are Sara and Chip, hosts of the podcast Watching The Americans,  which explored the world of Soviet spycraft in the 1980s on FX’s “The Americans”. Now we are turning to another place and time, that of our heroine Lyra Belacqua, and the adventures that lie ahead for her in the […] Sat, 16 Nov 2019 01:27:06 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/TAP001_01_WTA.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans130.mp3 Tovarishchi! After six amazing, incredible, and ultimately beautifully heartbreaking seasons, The Americans is done. There is so much richness in this show, and we want to take one last look at it all. To do so, we have our roundtable friends Kathleen (aka alternakat), Barb, Roland, & Chris to join the fun! We reflect on […] Wed, 13 Jun 2018 01:17:55 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans130.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans129.mp3 The Americans, our collective passion for 6 years, has finally come to an end. And what an ending! No one dies, yet everyone suffers mightily. A fitting conclusion to one of the best television shows in the modern era! Of course we could go on and on about S06E10 “START”, which aired on May 30, […] Fri, 08 Jun 2018 01:17:39 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans129.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans128.mp3 The Americans, our collective passion for 6 years, has finally come to an end. And what an ending! No one dies, yet everyone suffers mightily. A fitting conclusion to one of the best television shows in the modern era! Of course we could go on and on about S06E10 “START”, which aired on May 30, […] Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:26:28 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans128.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans127.mp3 The Americans, our collective passion for 6 years, has finally come to an end. And what an ending! No one dies, yet everyone suffers mightily. A fitting conclusion to one of the best television shows in the modern era! Of course we could go on and on about S06E10 “START”, which aired on May 30, […] Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:55:47 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans127.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans126.mp3 It was a gathering, a party (not communist exactly!), and a little bit of our The Americans community together at the end. The bitter and the sweet mingled as we ground our teeth, yelled out, and shed a few tears as the best show on TV came to its brilliant conclusion. Join us as the […] Sun, 03 Jun 2018 05:53:32 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans126.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans125.mp3 What can we say about the awesomeness that is our friend Kelly AuCoin? He got us started as our very first interviewee and then connected us with other with people working on The Americans! So who better to be the last of our series? Kelly shares his thoughts about Pastor Tim’s appearance this week, his […] Wed, 30 May 2018 18:58:07 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans125.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans124.mp3 Could we be any more tense than we were this week? Could we have yelled at the TV any more? Could Philip be The Flash in an alternate universe? Well, The Americans universe is imploding, more characters are dying, and we are freaked out and exhausted by the end of S06E09 “Jennings, Elizabeth”! The penultimate […] Tue, 29 May 2018 02:37:22 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans124.mp3 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans123.mp3 Could we be any more tense than we were this week? Could we have yelled at the TV any more? Could Philip be The Flash in an alternate universe? Well, The Americans universe is imploding, more characters are dying, and we are freaked out and exhausted by the end of S06E09 “Jennings, Elizabeth”! The penultimate […] Sun, 27 May 2018 20:47:25 +0000 http://traffic.libsyn.com/talesfromthecask/watchingtheamericans123.mp3