Audiosphere: Documenting some of podcasting’s most fascinating shows and hosts

BY MARGY ROCHLIN April 9, 2020 Steve Schirripa and Michael Imperioli — also known, respectively, as the sweet-natured foot soldier turned capo Bobby “Baccalà” Baccalieri and Tony Soprano’s swaggering hothead protégé Christopher Moltisanti on “The Sopranos” — dropped a TV rewatch podcast called “Talking Sopranos” on Monday. If it lives up to its potential, “Talking Sopranos” could be a godsend in these difficult times: a chance for everyone sheltering in place to escape inside an episode, to recall the glory that is this iconic, beautifully made crime drama in all its emotional and physical violence and eccentric hilarity, guided by two insiders breaking down the action and swapping memories.. Schirripa also admits to having never listened to a podcast. In the first installment, Imperioli kicks things off by admitting they’re both depressed and they don’t begin rewatching the hour-long pilot until 34 minutes into the podcast. On what other podcast can you hear that actor Tony Sirico, who played the preening thug Paulie Walnuts, was once a nightclub bouncer and claimed to regularly give wedgies to Jimi Hendrix?.