On episode 3 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther continue their look at the shows that went toe-to-toe with Lost's second season. This time it's "Threshold" from CBS. How did a network mostly known for making shows exclusively viewed by old people interpret this cultural moment? Not by giving their entry a lot of money, that's for sure. Tune in for discussion of unpleasant strobe effects, number 3 pencils, and whether Ninjago is Lego.

Episode 3 - Threshold

On episode 7 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther take a look at the memorable "Lost for Teens" show Flight 29 Down. Can these crazy kids survive the wilderness? More importantly, will they ever learn a traditional end-of-episode moral?

Tune in for discussion of democracy, Achewood, and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Episode 7 - Flight 29 Down

On episode 8 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther take a ride down The River, a 2012 found footage horror series from the creator of Paranormal Activity. It sounded downstream of our interests, but did it turn out to make a splash? Water.

Tune in for discussion of reverse shots, Liam Neeson, and Lone Star.

Episode 8 - The River

It's episode 9 of The Lost Broadcasts, and Esther and Hannah are trapped! Not in a mysterious town, just in having to watch all 13 episodes of Persons Unknown. Can seven kidnapped strangers find their way out of a mysterious town? More importantly, can our hosts?? 

Tune in for discussions of Deus Ex, eyepatches, and Zepp.

Episode 9 - Persons Unknown

Buckle up your seatbelt and slam on the pedal! Adjust your mirrors and pump some gas! The Lost Broadcasts is hitting the road to talk Drive, the most swiftly-cancelled Lostalike yet, and a show that proves the value of a nationwide high-speed rail system. Get on it, Congress! 

Tune in for discussions of The Amazing Race, Whedonesque, and 2007 Twitter.

Episode 10 - Drive

Throughout our history, mankind has been shaped by them. Some call them Incidents. Some call them Situations. To us….they are Events. But what is THE Event, on this sprawling conspiracy thriller series? To learn that, you’ll just have to listen.

Tune in for discussion of bipartisanship, children’s riddles, and Unknown.

Episode 11 - The Event

Things are getting crazy on The Lost Broadcasts……this month we’re covering the third season of a British procedural spinoff of Doctor Who that was like the X-Files with gay guys. Until, that is, they decided to be like Lost (with gay guys)! 

Tune in for discussion of Coriolanus, chip shops, and the noble people of Poland.

Episode 12 - Torchwood: Children Of Earth

V is a versatile little letter. Could stand for Victory, or Viciousness. Could stand for Values, or Violence. Also it means five. But on this 2009 sci-fi thriller, V stands for Visitors.......from another world! 

Tune in for discussion of Solyndra, Memogate, and the Crumb and Get It Bakery incident.

Episode 13 - V

As the first season of The Lost Broadcasts comes to a close, Hannah and Esther dive into the first Lostalike to run for more than two seasons! It only ran for three, but who’s counting? Under the Dome is adapted from the Stephen King novel of the same name, but it goes in some wildly divergent directions.

Tune in for discussion of dome, domes, and dome.

Episode 14 - Under the Dome

The Lost Broadcasts is BACK for season two! For our first arc, we're entering New Worlds, and the first new world is.....an old one?! Terra Nova takes one Disney-style family back to Jurassic times to live in a colony run by Colonel Quaritch from Avatar. Really it's just a lot of Avatar across the board. Does the show have the powerful roar of a Tyrannosaur, or the pathetic limpness of some kind of ancient plant?

Tune in for discussion of Chompers, Slashers, and Gleebos.

Episode 15 - Terra Nova

The Lost Broadcasts is a monthly podcast about TV shows that tried to be Lost and failed to launch. Hosted by Esther (@capybaroness) and Hannah (@HannahYoleau).

Episode 3 - Threshold

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