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Cannonball with Wesley Morris

Best of 2016 with Bill Simmons, Heben Nigatu, Tracy Clayton and Ezra Edelman | Episode 15

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

The New York Times

News, News Commentary, Arts, Society & Culture

4.79.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show we're talking to some of our favorite people on Earth about the culture from 2016 — the movies, the music, the moments — that will stick with them. We've got Bill Simmons, CEO of the Ringer; Ezra Edelman, director of "OJ: Made in America"; and Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton, the hosts of BuzzFeed's "Another Round." Plus, we answer a voicemail from a very special listener.

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0:00.0

I'm Wesley Morris.

0:01.2

I'm Jenna Wortham, and this is Still Processing.

0:08.6

So, it's the end of the year, Jenna.

0:11.1

It's almost January.

0:13.6

Can't come fast enough.

0:14.7

People are making those lists.

0:16.6

They're checking them twice.

0:17.8

And we thought it'd be fun to have people

0:20.1

that don't normally get to make lists or do it professionally,

0:23.7

who also make culture we like or are people we like a lot.

0:27.6

Come on and talk about what they liked in 2016.

0:30.4

Yeah, we basically made a list of our favorite people of 2016

0:33.3

and asked them to come and tell us what they liked about 2016.

0:36.1

And then we took the top four people.

0:38.6

And we'll show out of that.

0:40.2

Well, cut through it.

0:40.8

Very hungry games. I love it.

0:42.0

Yeah, so we did.

0:43.5

So we have three segments for you guys.

0:45.5

They're all a little bit different.

0:47.2

Everyone brought their own special sauce,

0:49.8

senes to their list, and they told us what their moments were.

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