Ep. 110: The End of Deflategate With Bill's Dad and Summer Movies With Wesley Morris

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2016

⏱️ 74 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons brings on his dad to discuss Tom Brady bailing on Deflategate (6:00) and the current feelings in Boston on the Red Sox's recent trade for Drew Pomeranz and on Celtics draft pick Jaylen Brown's inability to finish around the basket. Then, 'New York Times' critic at large Wesley Morris talks pitfalls of the summer movie scene (26:00), the relevance of 'Good Times' today (35:00), Blake Lively's shallow character in 'The Shallows' (52:00), and how to deal with the tragedies poisoning our times (1:02:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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