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The Watch

Ep. 55: ‘Mr. Robot,’ Schoolboy Q, Desiigner, and 'The Night Of' With Sean Fennessey, Jon Caramanica, and Alison Herman

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald tackle the leaked season premiere of USA's 'Mr. Robot.' Then, Sean Fennessey joins Chris to discuss Schoolboy Q's new album, 'Blank Face.' Jon Caramanica of The New York Times comes on to make sense of Desiigner's XXL freestyle and disappointing 'New English' release. Finally, The Ringer's Alison Herman hops on to break down HBO's 'The Night Of' and the current shows on her radar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I need support staff to clear the room.

0:04.0

Stand up and walk now!

0:07.0

Hey guys, what's up?

0:08.0

Just want to let you know today is a special episode of The Watch.

0:10.0

Andy is working on hacking robots, so he's just going to call in for 15 minutes, and then

0:14.5

I'm going to be joined by Editor-in-Chief of the Rainier Sean Fennesy.

0:17.5

We're going to talk about Schoolboy Q.

0:19.0

Our buddy, John Caramonica, from the New York Times calls in to talk a little bit about

0:22.5

designer, and then Allison Herman from the Rainier is going to join me to talk a little

0:26.3

bit about the night of.

0:28.3

And for this episode, check it out.

0:38.3

Hello and welcome to The Watch.

0:40.3

My name is Chris Ryan, and I am an editor at TheRinger.com, and dialing in from the set of

0:46.3

hacking robot, it's Andy Greenwald!

0:49.3

I can't believe you gave me just a nice, true supportive intro.

0:52.3

I thought you were going to start messing with me.

0:54.3

I'm not going to do that, man.

0:56.3

I love that you're on the USA Network.

0:59.3

Look, man, I know we came up together in the world of the pay cable, but making the jump

1:05.6

to basic cable, not everyone can fly that high, not everyone can be a chorus.

1:10.3

I can't wait to announce my show after Criminal Minds.

1:15.3

Dude, if you went to Network, that would be terrific.

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