Category: Taboo FX River Rants

Taboo – Just Need to Get It Off My Chest

Sorry for the length of this – just need to get it off my chest. Tom Hardy gave quite an interesting interview indicating that as the story unravels, the intention is that we go back & look at things which might have seemed inconsequential initially but reveal more importance. He...

My Thoughts on Taboo

Hi, my Name is Jasmine. I just want you to know I enjoy the show. I want to share some of my thoughts with you. I was reading something that Tom Hardy said. And I am thinking that James is only the step brother. The sister is the child of...

Duel: Similarities to Flashman

Hi Guys Hope you are well. Massive fan from the U.K keeps up the good work. Quick email while watching the duel in episode 5 I was struck by the similarities to The duel between Flashman vs Bernier in the novel Flashman by George Mcdonald Fraser. I’ve read all the...

James Delaney “Hmm” Supercut

Hey Guys, Been listening since the Westworld pod, I love it, keep it up! I have a request for you or your listenership. An audio (or video, if legal) supercut of every well placed “Hmm” from James Delaney. For me, each one of these superbly timed grunts has the power...

Hooded Henchman Foreshadowing and Mud Rant

Hey, Shatters! been thoroughly enjoying your Taboo podcasts reactions and river rants and especially reminisShating on old 80s-90s Movies as well. it been especially nostalgic for me and Big D said it, there is a generation of kids now who just haven’t seen or heard of half these movies and...

Tell Carlsbad I Want Tea

What does James Delaney really want? The attempt to break EIC’s monopoly in China-Canada tea trade seems a way to get back at the Company (and getting rich while at it), and it also represents the core of the proposal that Delaney makes to the Crown and to the Americans....

Godders Is a Sissy

Hi Guys! Absolutely LOVE your podcasts!!!!! I watch the BBC episodes on Saturdays so waiting for your podcasts is nerve racking to say the least. Episode 3 was my favorite but this, episode 4 has taken the lead! With the giant assassin. I felt James was digging his blades into...

James Delaney’s Birth Mother Is Anna

Guys! Good podcast but you can drive me nuts when you don’t have all the script information or the historical references for your discussions. Probably not enough time to digest the episode and research all the details in time for your recording. You do make me think about stuff and...