“Content Is King” with Movie Producer Brian Grazer; Back-to-School Uncertainties

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🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Movie and television producer behind “Apollo 13,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Empire,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood,” and “Arrested Development” Brian Grazer reflects on the legacy of friend and media titan Sumner Redstone. Grazer considers which media giants will be able to set themselves apart from the rest in a crowded content landscape. President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten shares her strategy for safe education during a pandemic, as well as the government's role in reopening schools. Plus, Lyft and Uber may need to hit the road out of California, at least temporarily.

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0:00.0	This is Quark Pod. I'm C.M.C. producer Katie Kramer, today on our podcast.
0:07.0	Ride Share Lift reports a huge decline in revenue and may be forced to suspend operations in California.
0:13.0	People that depend on it, what is the alternative?
0:16.3	I mean, you may not have any contingency plan.
0:18.4	Hitchhiking's danger.
0:20.0	Back to school or back to the living room,
0:22.2	the president of one of the largest teachers unions lays out what's at stake to restart safely.
0:26.6	Start remotely, but then phase in a start when you know that you have the materials and the resources.
0:34.4	And remembering Media Legend Sumner Redstone
0:36.7	with colleague, friend, and movie producer Brian Grazer.
0:39.6	He'll be remembered as a builder.
0:41.4	As we all know, he was absolutely fearless.
0:44.0	Plus Grazer, the man behind a beautiful mind
0:46.2	and Apollo 13 on whose content could be king
0:49.4	in the landscape crowded with giants.
0:51.3	I would bet on the one that's philosophy had the most commitment to
0:56.0	content and quality. It's Thursday, August 13th, 2020, Spark Pot begins right now.
1:03.6	Good morning.
1:04.2	Welcome to Spock Box right here on C.
1:06.1	I'm Andrew Osorkin, along with Joe
1:07.4	Kernan and Melissa Lee, who's with us.
1:09.3	Today, Becky's off Melissa Lee in the house.
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