Elite Old Guy Excellence with Stephen Rodrick
The Distraction: A Defector Podcast
Defector Media
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Variety’s Stephen Rodrick joins Drew and Roth to talk about his most recent profile of director Paul Schreder. As Stephen is one of the premier profile writers of our time, there are a lot of parallels to draw: this Schreder profile to the one in The Canyons era; what it is like writing profiles in 2024 as compared to 20-year-old Rudy Giuliani article; and the alcoholic similarities between his Johnny Depp profile and the recent Rolling Stone piece on Kidd Rock. In the second half, they dig into the wild drama of the NBA playoffs with Bill Simmons’ takes as the swirling weathervane. And as always, they dive into the Funbag, answering real questions from real listeners.
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Stuff We Talked About
- Paul Schrader On 'Oh, Canada,' Defending Kevin Spacey, Richard Gere
- Lost in the Music - The New York Times
- Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie - The New York Times
- Profile of James Dean by Wells Tower in GQ
- Paul Schrader declares that Roger Corman is overrated right after Corman’s death is announced : r/Letterboxd
- How Kid Rock Went From America's Favorite Hard-Partying Rock Star to a MAGA Mouthpiece
- The Trouble With Johnny Depp
- Francis Ford Coppola’s $100 Million Bet | GQ
- What America Sees in Rudy Giuliani -- New York Magazine
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Credits
- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth
- Producer: Eric Silver
- Editor: Brandon Grugle
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About The Show
The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're back! It's a distraction. I'm Drew. That's Roth. How you doing Roth? I'm good man. |
| 0:07.0 | Somehow I was not totally prepared for that particular. We're back. But yeah, it feels good. |
| 0:11.6 | How long have you? How long have you been doing this show? It's our 3,109th show and I get surprised and a little scared every time. But yeah, I'm here. I'm good. How are you? You good? Yeah, I'm'm I'm definitely that phase of life where it's like I'm |
| 0:26.3 | surprised that certain thing that I've lived through certain things for a long time like you and |
| 0:31.6 | I have done this podcast now together for what like |
| 0:35.2 | six seven years. Yeah. That like the idea that anything lasts longer than like my high school |
| 0:41.4 | or college career did is still very foreign to me. |
| 0:45.0 | Like my in-laws got a new car like 10 years ago and I still think of it as a new car, |
| 0:51.0 | but I'm like I'm sitting in the thing and I'm like this car's |
| 0:52.9 | is fucking old hey wait a second that's fucked up I don't know I don't I don't I'm not what I'm saying |
| 0:59.5 | is I don't like the passage of time yeah same think. Yeah, same. If elected president I would stop time and then I would |
| 1:07.2 | run around with everybody frozen and like pinch their butts and stuff like that and be a very |
| 1:11.2 | naughty little monkey but like I would I would |
| 1:14.9 | slow the passage of time not progress like I'd be fine with progress no |
| 1:21.4 | because the culture we move move into the future but as |
| 1:24.9 | individuals we are frozen while you helplessly touch our butts. |
| 1:28.9 | Right. Honestly like I may or may not like that but if you're the president I would respect your |
| 1:33.7 | right to do it I'm an institutionalist first and time passing by it's our |
| 1:37.7 | guest Stephen Roderick of variety I Stephen oh wow hey. Do you want more to talk about what Drew would do if time was frozen or should we talk about something else? |
| 1:47.0 | Because that's fine too if you'd rather that. |
| 1:49.0 | I could pour myself another cup of curried coffee and listen all day. |
| 1:53.7 | Roderick you you're here for a very special reason because you just profiled |
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