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Waypoint Radio

Episode 357: There's Verified and Then There's Bluechecks

Waypoint Radio

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4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

It's been a long week in the US, and the Waypoint Radio crew is ready to talk about it. Austin, Gita, Patrick, Rob, and Cado gather around for a Politics Minute about the election and beyond. Then, Rob brings us his impressions on the new series of Xbox's, Patrick and Gita have the latest on the PS5, and Austin has been playing Yakuza: Like a Dragon.


Discussed: Politics Minute 4:52, Xbox Series X 37:08, Marvel's Spiderman: Miles Morales 58:19, Astro's Playground 1:18:32, Yakuza: Like a Dragon 1:54:06


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0:00.0

Oh, what's good internet? It's Friday November 6th and you're listening to Waypoint Radio, episode 357.

0:25.0

I'm a very tired, haggard host Austin Walker joined by similarly, I think, between election week and new console rollout week,

0:35.0

a team of people who have been working very hard and being very stressed, Rob's acne.

0:41.0

You know, I can't say whether it was the election or trying to write my fucking Xbox review at like one in the morning last night that did more damage to me.

0:53.0

Possibly, but I was psychically drained by needing to put those good vibes out to the mail and ballots.

1:00.0

Well, don't worry. We're going to talk about both of those things today and we'll get all out there.

1:05.0

Gita Jackson also here. Hello, I'm also here. Welcome. How do you feel? I feel. Yeah. I mean, you wake up every day since the election evening.

1:17.0

I've just been like, do we know who the president is going to be yet? No. Okay. Just going to keep checking out until then.

1:24.0

As soon as we know, I will stop thinking about beyond late for like five minutes. But until then it's beyond light only.

1:31.0

God. Also, Patrick Kleppek.

1:35.0

I'm here to report. I enjoyed the first 20 minutes of Clyde Barker's Lord of Illusions, which is what I turned to once a weekend clear that I didn't need to watch the election anymore.

1:44.0

Nothing was going to change. I'm going to turn my gaze elsewhere to this violent film and fall asleep in the first 15 minutes of it.

1:53.0

Lord of Illusions. Do you like the illusions or illusions?

1:59.0

All illusions. If it was illusions, that would be extremely funny.

2:04.0

Your Chicago, your ill-wing exit is not making it any easier for me to understand what vowel you were saying.

2:09.0

No. And I don't think I even have a particularly strong one.

2:12.0

No, you really don't. What I used to do.

2:15.0

Yeah, it's called your distance from the city of Chicago.

2:20.0

Yes, yes.

2:21.0

The North of the suburbs are a solid white.

2:24.0

There's no traffic. You can do it in 35.

2:26.0

You're usually looking at like a 50-minute drive to get into the city.

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