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Hey everyone.

Here at what next our job is to ask questions. And this year we asked a lot of serious ones

about war politics, fascism, health care. But some of our questions were a little less orthodox.

Questions like, has Pickleball invaded our towns?

Do aliens exist?

And is Stephen Spielberg actually cursed?

Since it's the holidays, we're going to take a break from the headlines and listen back to some of our wackier questions.

So if you're on a little vacation from the news right now, we promise, these shows are

going to be like unwrapping a present, even if you're a world famous director.

Today we ask how a man who invented the blockbuster seems to have had such

trouble at the Academy Awards. This show originally aired before the 2023

Oscars when Stephen Spielberg seemed to have a real shot at bringing home some golden statues.

That did not work out for him.

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