'What We Do In The Shadows': A Comedy With Bite

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March 29, 201912:00 AM ET

Linda Holmes

Glen Weldon

Stephen Thompson

Tasha Robinson

'What We Do In The Shadows': A Comedy With Bite

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The comedy series What We Do In The Shadows imagines what a slacker reality show might look like if all the roommates were vampires. The show is based on a 2014 film of the same name, which was helmed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. A new cast of vampires inhabits the FX show.

Show Notes:

Read Glen's review of What We Do In The Shadows
Watch Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser
What's making Stephen happy: A Different Forest by Hauschka and Past Lives by Caleb Burhans
What's making Glen happy: And The Boyfriends by Brendan Maclean
What's making Tasha happy: The documentary Hail Satan?
What's making Linda happy: Some Guys by Jonathan Coulton

The audio was produced and edited by Jessica Reedy.