‘3 Body Problem’ Episodes 1-5 and Benioff and Weiss’s Adaptation Prowess

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about news that ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 has been delayed indefinitely, and get into whether or not the show will ever come back (1:00). Then, they discuss the first five episodes of ‘3 Body Problem,’ touching on how Benioff and Weiss are at their best when working from a source material (15:43) and how the show manages to make dense sci-fi material feel light and fast-paced (34:32). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered about the meaning behind your favorite song lyric or why certain melodies make your skin tingle?
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0:29.7	I ain't sports to have to clear the room.
0:35.0	Stand up and walk now.
0:38.0	Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:40.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:41.0	I am an editor at the Ringinger.com and joining me in the studio
0:45.9	With several new promising applications for nanofibers, it's Andy Green World
0:51.8	I think I could be a good nanofiber scientist because as far as I can tell
0:57.1	you type a little bit you just type and then you say we got to turn this off or turn it on
1:01.8	again yeah we're gonna be talking about the first five episodes of Three Body Problem
1:06.7	Season 1 because my guy Andrew Tape Crusher Greenwald I was taking a page out of the Ben Solak playbook.
1:14.0	Yeah, you know?
1:16.0	I do a deep draft draft prep.
1:18.0	Watch more than half a season of three body problems,
1:20.0	so we were going to talk up through the episode judgment day which is quote
1:23.4	unquote the big one it's the one to watch through and we're gonna chat all
1:27.2	about our feelings about that show this any admin stick the landing.
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