Jia Tolentino

Something I relate to. What do you make of that? Is he afraid that something is going to come undone?

Something I relate to. What do you make of that? Is he afraid that something is going to come undone?

Like everyone in the family is aware that it could go away any second in very different ways. Exactly.

Like everyone in the family is aware that it could go away any second in very different ways. Exactly.

Sam, thank you so much for talking to us.

Sam, thank you so much for talking to us.

Thanks to our guests, Tame and Lisa and Sam, and we'll see you all next week.

Thanks to our guests, Tame and Lisa and Sam, and we'll see you all next week.

Hello, and welcome to the White Lotus official podcast, Companion to Season 3. I'm Chia Tolentino.

Hello, and welcome to the White Lotus official podcast, Companion to Season 3. I'm Chia Tolentino.

We will be your co-hosts throughout this journey in Thailand. We'll be recapping and breaking down the episodes, discussing some of the larger big picture themes. We'll be speaking with the cast and the crew.

We will be your co-hosts throughout this journey in Thailand. We'll be recapping and breaking down the episodes, discussing some of the larger big picture themes. We'll be speaking with the cast and the crew.

And if you haven't had a chance yet, I strongly recommend you check out the Look Back episodes of this podcast in which host Evan Ross Katz dives deep into the first two seasons of White Lotus and speaks with everyone from Mike White to Jennifer Coolidge. You can find those episodes on this very podcast feed.

And if you haven't had a chance yet, I strongly recommend you check out the Look Back episodes of this podcast in which host Evan Ross Katz dives deep into the first two seasons of White Lotus and speaks with everyone from Mike White to Jennifer Coolidge. You can find those episodes on this very podcast feed.

Are you holding back your greatest tidbit about this season specifically, which is...

Are you holding back your greatest tidbit about this season specifically, which is...

Well, I'm Gia. I write for The New Yorker. I'm one of those toxic people that believes, like, but if I went to The White Lotus, I would just have an amazing time and be happy. Funny enough, though, I have been to all three shooting locations. I mean, not in connection to specifically the filming of The White Lotus, but I have been... more or less a vacationer in all three places.

Well, I'm Gia. I write for The New Yorker. I'm one of those toxic people that believes, like, but if I went to The White Lotus, I would just have an amazing time and be happy. Funny enough, though, I have been to all three shooting locations. I mean, not in connection to specifically the filming of The White Lotus, but I have been... more or less a vacationer in all three places.

So I'm an asshole just like the rest of them slash us.

So I'm an asshole just like the rest of them slash us.