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With various hosts scattered or taking time off for the holidays, Ben Lindbergh and Van Lathan toss out the typical Recommends format for this month and devote the whole episode to one show that hasn&#8217;t been covered on The Ringer-Verse or the House of R podcast: Pluribus. Ben and Van explore what made Vince Gilligan&#8217;s Apple TV series a challenging yet fulfilling watch, discuss what sets the series apart from other sci-fi fare, and look ahead to a (distant) second season. Happy New Year!
Host: Ben Lindbergh 
Guest: Van Lathan 
Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman

Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

Ben Lindbergh

Host of ‘Higher Learning’ and ‘The Midnight Boys.’

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