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🗓️ 20 September 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello, listeners. It's your host, Pete Davis here to share that over at the bird feed, |
0:14.5 | we just released one of our weirdest bonus episodes yet. It stars our legal editor |
0:20.7 | Oranimni and our editor-in-chief Nathan J. yet. It stars our legal editor, Orinimni, and our editor-in-chief |
0:22.5 | Nathan J. Robinson. It's called Room 101. Room 101 was a BBC radio show in which |
0:32.2 | celebrities came on and discussed their pet gripes and tried to convince the host to consign the objects |
0:41.5 | of their pet gripes to the titular Room 101, the punishment room from George Orwell's |
0:48.4 | 1984. In this episode, Orrin and Nathan recreate the show, sharing their loathing for a famous lawyer, |
0:58.1 | a classic book, a gummy bear brand, a mode of transportation, a major city, a social media |
1:05.3 | platform, a famous leftist, and yes, garnishes. We're going to share an excerpt from the episode here, |
1:14.2 | but if you want to hear the full episode, which for a gripe fest is quite educational and pleasant, |
1:20.4 | all you need to do is become a patron over at our Patreon page. That's patreon.com slash |
1:26.5 | current affairs. You give us $5 a month and we give you access to |
1:30.9 | all of these bonus episodes from the current affairs extended universe. If you don't want to, |
1:36.5 | though, no worries. We'll be back with a main episode on this feed next week. But for now, |
1:43.5 | here's an excerpt from Orrin and Nathan's bonus, Room 101. |
1:49.8 | Now, the next one on your list is something that a lot of people love. |
1:54.6 | And this is, again, you trying to deny other people their pleasure and satisfaction. |
2:00.3 | It's a genre of cinema that is, many people would say, with this thrilling, spine tingling. |
2:07.7 | This is horror films. |
2:09.4 | It's alive. |
2:12.4 | It's alive. |
2:13.4 | It's alive. |
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