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Breaking Down the First Episode of ‘The Mandalorian’ and Inside the Launch of Disney+ | The Watch

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

‘The Mandalorian’ premiered this week, and although we have a lot of mixed feelings about the pilot, we're willing to hang on (1:38). Then Bloomberg reporter Lucas Shaw takes us inside the launch of Disney+ (28:52) and tells us why we shouldn’t be calling this the “streaming wars” (58:28). Plus: We break down what may be the most controversial episode of ‘Survivor’ in the history of the show (1:10:56). Host: Chris Ryan Guests: Andy Greenwald, Lucas Shaw, and Riley McAtee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Ranger Podcast Network.

0:03.9

As awards season continues to pick up through the fall, make sure you're subscribed to the

0:07.4

Big Picture Podcast with Sean Fennesey.

0:10.0

He and Amanda Dobbins will cover everything you need to know about this fall's Oscar

0:13.6

contenders, and Sean will be interviewing the industry's premier directors leading up

0:17.5

to the awards.

0:18.8

You can listen to his conversations with Bong Junho, Noah Bongback, Antonio Bandera's

0:23.0

and more on Apple Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Thanks for listening to today's episode of the Watch, really jam-packed show today.

0:33.6

I talked to Andy Greenwald about the Mandalorians first episode.

0:37.7

I talked to Lucas Shaw from Bloomberg about the streaming wars and why we maybe shouldn't

0:41.7

be calling it streaming wars.

0:42.9

It was a great conversation about Apple and Disney Plus and Netflix and all the other streaming

0:47.8

services that are vying for your attention and your wallet.

0:50.9

And then I talked to Riley McAtey about last night's incredibly controversial episode of

0:55.8

Survivor, one of the most complicated, complex episodes of a reality show that I've ever

1:01.0

seen.

1:02.0

And I think one that people will be talking about for a long time.

1:03.8

So I was really glad to break that all down with Riley.

1:06.9

Before I let you go and get you into the podcast, if you haven't yet, we just wanted to

1:10.5

drop a quick reminder to make sure you're following the watch on Twitter at the WatchPod.

1:15.3

And if you're on Facebook and you want to join in on the conversation, we have a really

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