Culture Gabfest - Need for Speed
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
This week, the panel begins by re-visiting the Top Gun academy with Top Gun: Maverick. Then, the panel is joined by critic and author Jason Bailey to assess the career of George Carlin, presented in the two-part documentary George Carlin’s American Dream. Finally, the panel discusses the defamation trail of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard that is gripping the media.
In Slate Plus, the panel remembers the career of Ray Liotta.
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Endorsements
Dana: The film Paris, 13th District, which is a light, French relationship movie where everyone has perfect sweaters, deep wine glasses, and engaging romantic arguments.
Julia: A birdwatching app, Merlin. Which can now identify birds by shazaming its song to identify the bird species.
Steve: Guardian book review from Anil Gomes, titled “Private Notebooks 1914–1916 by Ludwig Wittgenstein review—sex and logic,” about the first translation of famous philosopher’s notebooks in English.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is "Any Other Way" by Particle House.
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| 0:00.0 | Critics are calling the creator of masterpiece. |
| 0:03.0 | Joshua, take care of it. |
| 0:04.8 | I promise. |
| 0:06.0 | It's the best film of the year. |
| 0:08.0 | Phenomenal, the best sci-fi film in ages. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm getting you out of this. |
| 0:14.0 | The creator is breathtaking and scale and vision. |
| 0:17.0 | It's mesmerizing, visually stunning, |
| 0:20.0 | and see this film on the biggest screen possible. |
| 0:23.0 | The creator, pretty PG-13, |
| 0:25.0 | maybe inappropriate for children under 13, |
| 0:27.0 | only in theaters Friday. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey everybody, it's Tim Heidecker. |
| 0:32.0 | You know me, Tim and Eric Bridesmaid's |
| 0:34.0 | and Fantastic Four. |
| 0:35.0 | I'd like to personally invite you |
| 0:37.0 | to listen to Office Hours Live with me |
| 0:39.0 | and my co-hosts DJ Doug Pound. |
| 0:41.0 | Hello. |
| 0:42.0 | And Vic Berger. |
| 0:43.0 | Howdy. |
| 0:44.0 | Every week we bring you last fun games |
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