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After Dark: 2020 U.S. Election Night Post-Mortem

The Filmcast

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In our very first official Patreon-backed After Dark, David, Devindra and Jeff discuss what it was like to experience the U.S. Election this week. Read Roxane Gay's piece about why This is America.

Beginning in 2021, you'll only be able to get Slashfilmcast After Dark episodes through our Patreon, at patreon.com/filmpodcast. Patrons will also get episodes first.

Thanks to all Watchers, Good Sitters, and Money Horses for making this content possible!

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, David Chen here. Listeners probably know that we recently launched a Patreon page at patreon.com slash film podcast.

0:06.0

It's where you can get episodes of the slash film cast after dark as well as ad free episodes.

0:11.0

What you're about to hear is an episode of the after dark we published a couple nights ago on the Patreon feed.

0:16.0

We're giving it away for free here on the main feed. Of course, a lot of stuff has happened since Thursday night right now.

0:22.0

It's Saturday morning and as I'm recording this, Joe Biden has been declared the president elect by all major news networks.

0:29.0

Yeah, that was not known to us at the time they recorded this, but hopefully you find what we discuss enjoyable and interesting nonetheless.

0:38.0

Thanks and here is the episode.

0:41.0

Gentlemen, I spent most of this week watching a darkly comic drama unfold on my television in which the incumbent of a US presidential election seemed to be losing.

0:50.0

The prospect of a tie in the electoral college briefly arose. The president's supporters tried to tell election officials to finish counting the votes before embarrassingly reversing course and trying to stop the vote.

1:01.0

And ultimately much the surprise of everyone it ended up hinging on Nevada.

1:06.0

But enough about Veepe seasons four and five gentlemen. Wow.

1:11.0

Yeah, spoilers for Veepe seasons four and five, which I haven't seen.

1:14.0

That's how you knew to correctly pronounce Nevada, right?

1:17.0

That is correct. Boom goes dynamite. Welcome to the slash film cast after dark everyone. This is our first after dark that we are recording.

1:27.0

You know, four patrons at our Patreon page at patreon.com slash film podcast. That's patreon.com slash film podcast.

1:36.0

We're recording this right now on Thursday, November 5th at 7 15 PM Pacific time.

1:42.0

It's very important to say it to the minute. Yeah, it's really really important. We're about seconds in there. Yeah, we're about to be wildly out of date.

1:51.0

Perhaps perhaps perhaps all science currently point to the prospect that Joe Biden is going to win the election.

1:57.0

But a lot could happen between when we're recording this and when you are going to actually listen to it.

2:03.0

But yes, I do just want to say a big thank you to our patrons at patreon.com slash film podcast for backing us.

2:09.0

And basically patron.com slash film podcast is how you are going to be able to get after darks like this episode long into the future.

2:17.0

We are giving after darks away through the end of the year, but starting in 2021, patron.com slash film podcast only way you can get at the after darks.

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