‘Black Widow’ Analysis and Mailbag | Mallory Rubin Featuring Joanna Robinson

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🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Mallory Rubin is joined by Vanity Fair senior writer Joanna Robinson to usher in Phase 4 of the MCU with 'Black Widow'! They dive into the themes and characters of the long-anticipated blockbuster (05:15). They also dive into the mystery of the villain Taskmaster and the themes of family (56:42). Later they are joined by Jomi to answer your mailbag questions (134:39). Host: Mallory Rubin Guests: Joanna Robinson Producer: Steve Ahlman Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal and TD St. Matthew-Daniel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if the Len Bayes story is about University of Maryland, Fienham, who was the second pick of
0:04.5	the 1986 draft who went to the Celtics and just two days later had one of the most tragic and
0:09.2	shocking deaths in sports history. The podcast investigates how Bayes's death changed the
0:13.6	trajectory of NBA history, sparked America's cocaine panic, and made a lasting impact on the
0:18.3	world of sports and far beyond. Check out What If the Len Bayes story on the book of basketball
0:23.1	2.0 feed on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And I think that for a couple deep
0:28.8	undercover Russian agents, I think we did pretty great as parents. Yes, we had our orders and we
0:34.7	played our roles to perfection. Who cares? That wasn't real. What? That wasn't real. Who cares?
0:42.0	Don't say that. Please don't say that. It was real. It was real to me. You are my mother.
0:49.7	You were my real mother. The closest thing I ever had to one. The best part of my life was fake.
0:59.6	And none of you told me. Greetings and welcome into the ringer verse.
1:24.0	Here on the ringer podcast network, I'm Mallory Rubenco, host of Benjamin, head of editorial here at
1:29.6	the ringer. And it is my absolute pleasure to invite you not only to boot a pest, boot a pest,
1:35.3	boot a pest, but to join us on the ringer's Nexus podcast feed for all things fandom.
1:43.5	There's a lot happening on the ringer verse right now. We're here today to talk about Black
1:48.5	Widow. But later this week, we will have two more pods for you on the Loki season finale.
1:54.8	Midnight boys will give you their instant reactions on Wednesday and I will be back with you on
1:59.6	Friday to dive into the finale and the season as a whole. Remember, following a verse on Spotify,
2:05.5	wherever you get your podcasts, follow us across our social channels. And bear in mind as always.
2:12.3	Our friendly neighborhood spoiler warning. Today's episode will contain spoilers
2:17.1	from the new movie, Black Widow. Lots of spoilers right from the jump as well as details from the
2:24.1	entire MC run to date. So proceed with more caution than everyone who challenged Alexi to an arm
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