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Fake the Nation

476. A Happy Labor Day Episode (w/Emily Flake, Jim Tews, John Nichols and Gianmarco Soresi)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by Emily Flake of the New Yorker and comedian Jim Tews to discuss the list of the best movies of the first quarter of this century! Then comedian Gianmarco Soresi and National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation, John Nichols provide their best takes on the phenomenon of Mankeeping.

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0:00.0

Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.com. U.K.-slash-wondery. That's audible.com.uk-l-wondery. Hello, hello. This is Fake the Nation where we talk about news. We talk about politics and where we recognize Labor Day by not laboring. But don't worry, we have baked some excellent and brand new conversations to

0:22.6

round out your summer. Let's get into it with our first conversation, an entire quarter century

0:29.1

of movies. Here we go. Guys, I love a list. And the New York Times just came out with a list of

0:36.9

top 100 movies of the first quarter century. And oh my God, I couldn't help but talk about it to do just that. I'm joined by comedian and owner-operator of St. Nell's wonderful residency in Pennsylvania. She's also a cartoonist for the New Yorker, the incredible Emily Flake. Hey, Emily.

0:56.3

Hello. I am also joined by the Incredible comedian

0:58.0

who has a special out called Jim

1:00.1

Toos with Pictures and an album

1:02.1

out called Jim Toos without pictures.

1:04.4

It is the wonderful Jim Toos. Hey, Jim.

1:06.4

Hi.

1:07.7

So you guys, the New Yorker, the New Yorker,

1:10.3

the New York Magazine, the no, the fuck, the New York Times.

1:16.1

I just have to go through all of our major publications.

1:19.6

The New York Times came out with this list.

1:23.1

Turns out of the 100 movies, there was a little interactive element.

1:26.9

You could click on which

1:27.9

one you've seen, which ones you haven't seen, whatever, which ones you look forward to seeing.

1:31.4

And I have seen 66 out of these 100 movies, which felt pretty good. Or it felt that the movies

1:38.5

were too basic because I've seen so many of them. I don't know what I felt like. But did you, what did you,

1:45.4

what was your first thought seeing this list? That's a lot of movies.

1:54.2

Yeah, it's a lot of movies. I was kind of reminded of like, oh, right, I meant to see this.

1:59.4

Or it also kind of reminded me how

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