#629 - Slow Train Coming

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

With a high-profile mayoral election on the horizon in Da Big Apple, we're in a New York frame of mind on this episode. We were also in the mood for a good-ass movie, so we watched THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974), the subway-set New York heist classic where everyone is ugly and annoyed. PLUS: We check in on everyone's favourite disgraced Manhattan politician. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus "The Paucity of Abundance" by Luke Savage - https://www.lukewsavage.com/p/the-paucity-of-abundance "The Parable of a Communally-Bought Lot" by Freddie deBoer - https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-parable-of-a-communally-bought

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0:00.0	I happen to like New York.
0:04.0	I happen to like this town.
0:08.0	I like the city air.
0:10.0	I like to drink of it.
0:12.0	The more I know New York, the more I think of it.
0:16.0	Welcome to Michael and us. I'm Will Sloan.
0:18.0	Here is always with.
0:19.0	Luke Savage.
0:20.0	Welcome back, everyone. Have you seen the episode of the Adam Friedland show with Anthony Weiner on it? I have not. Okay, it's so good. I've seen a few clips. And can we just meditate on Anthony Weiner for a moment? Maybe our younger listeners don't remember Anthony Weiner? Y'all remember Anthony Weiner?
0:36.1	That was like 2012 or something?
0:38.3	Yeah, it was mid-late Obama era.
0:40.3	The downfall of a promising young liberal congressman.
0:43.3	Cancel culture run amok.
0:45.3	Accidentally tweeted a picture of his dick, then accidentally sent his dick to some other people,
0:50.3	then accidentally sent his dick to some more people, including some people he
0:55.1	really shouldn't have sent it to.
0:57.2	Serving time in prison.
0:59.1	And also importantly, he was the husband of Huma Abidon, the Hillary Clinton conciliary.
1:04.9	And, you know, greatest legacy is that it was his laptop that James Comey, et cetera, et cetera.
1:12.6	Donald Trump became president. You know,
1:17.2	when you really, when you really stack it all up, it's an incredible legacy. I disagree, though, because his legacy is actually the Weiner documentary, which we talked about on this podcast many
1:23.4	years ago, which I think is... Let's watch it again. I would watch it again. I would do a second episode on it.
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