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Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Vox film critic and culture reporter Alissa Wilkinson joins Matt and Dara to take a break from politics (sort of) to talk about movies. They discuss the state of the streaming wars, the fate of the post-Covid movie theater, and rehearse some Hollywood history to discover that vertical integration might be... good? Plus, some research is examined that deals with spectator inattention and umpire performance in Major League Baseball. Resources: "On going back to the movies" by Alissa Wilkinson (Vox; June 23) The Paramount Decrees (Dept. of Justice) "Judge Agrees to End Paramount Consent Decrees" by Eriq Gardner (Hollywood Reporter; Aug. 7, 2020) White paper: "The Dynamics of Inattention in the (Baseball) Field" by James E. Archsmith, Anthony Heyes, Matthew J. Neidell & Bhaven N. Sampat (NBER; June 2021) Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie), Film Critic and Culture Reporter, Vox Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Producer Ness Smith-Savedoff, Engineer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tara, you on your phone.
0:01.2	I'm on my phone.
0:02.4	Is this your fault?
0:03.6	Don't be on your phone anymore.
0:05.4	I don't go to movies.
0:06.8	Well, see, I mean, see, I'm a different part of the problem.
0:10.3	Yeah.
0:11.1	See, you're the real problem.
0:12.5	I'm definitely not the one to go to the movies
0:16.0	so that there's a robust movie going economy for me to visit
0:20.2	when I get a baby's.
0:21.6	Uh, something tells me that people like me who don't go to movies
0:25.0	because we can fake our way through them
0:27.0	reading a bunch of content about movies on the internet
0:29.3	are not really the problem.
0:30.8	Hey, I appreciate that as a person who makes the living
0:33.5	writing content about movies.
0:34.9	Ask me how many F-9 pieces I've read.
0:37.5	Ask me whether I'm going to see F-9.
0:39.7	It is a lot of fun.
0:40.8	I gotta say.
0:56.5	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box
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