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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Crazy NFL Trade Deadline Swings and the Future of Filmmaking With Sheil Kapadia, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Sheil Kapadia to react to the NFL trade deadline moves (2:54). Then, Sean Fennessey and Van Lathan join to discuss the movie industry, young filmmakers, and much more (50:58)! Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Sheil Kapadia, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Get Gameday Deals all season long only on Uber Eats. Order Now. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Bill Simmons podcast brought to you by Fandual Sportsbook, as well as the Ringer podcast network.

0:07.1

We put up a new rewatchables last night.

0:08.7

We did the Truman Show with special guest Glenn Powell, and he was great.

0:14.3

And the podcast was awesome.

0:15.7

So I would highly encourage you to go check that one out.

0:20.3

You can listen on not only on the ringer, but on the

0:23.6

ringer website as well, all of our football stuff, trade deadline happened this week, some

0:28.5

head scratchers. Shield Capote is going to come on in one second and talk about that. And then

0:35.0

I'm going to run something. So yesterday, Sean Fantasy and Van Lathen and I did a rewatchables.

0:40.7

And we did two hours on a Brian De Palma movie.

0:45.5

And at the end, as I was saying goodbye and wrapping it up,

0:49.6

we got in this conversation about De Palma and filmmakers and just movies

0:53.6

and went for like

0:56.0

another 75 minutes. And it was, it was kind of an argument, but we're all friends. So it was just

1:03.0

like more like a debate. And we ended up talking about the, uh, the future of the movie

1:07.5

business, how to find young filmmakers, what is creativity in 2025.

1:12.7

It's just, it just goes all over the place. And we decided to cut it out of the rewatchables

1:18.4

to just run it here because otherwise the rewatchables would have been three plus hours.

1:22.3

Plus, I think it's something that can hold its own. And I thought it was really good.

1:26.8

And it's the kind of stuff that, I don't know, sometimes in pods, I think it's something that can hold its own. And I thought it was really good. And it's the kind of stuff that, I don't know, sometimes in pods, I think people are afraid to really disagree with each other and get mad at each other and the whole thing. And I think with us, because we've all known each other for so long, we can have conversations where it's like nobody's trying to win the conversation. We're just arguing in a good way. So I thought it was really good and I wanted to run it here. So we're going to have Shio Kapati and I are going to talk about the NFL trade deadline and Dallas and the Jets and all the, and did the Super Bowl picture change. And then me and Sean and Van talking about movies. Let's take a break. Bring a Pearl Jam. Sorry my video isn't great. I'm in Boston, but so be it. Anyway's take a break. Bring a Pearl Jam. Sorry, my video isn't great. I'm in Boston,

2:02.4

but so be it. Anyway, taking a break. This episode of the Bill Simmons podcast is presented by State Farm.

2:08.8

Having insurance isn't the same as having State Farm. It's like needing the protection

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