Episode 39: Two Cheers for the Writers' Strike? — with Rob Long

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

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🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On episode 39 of the Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles talks to Rob Long, a writer and the founder of Ricochet.com, about the ongoing "Hollywood Strike," which is now on its 114th day. What's it about? Is it justified? How—and when—will it end? Why do entertainment figures have unions? Is streaming ruining everything? Will this strike make it worse? How a big a threat to actors and writers is Artificial Intelligence? And how did Rob get into Hollywood, anyway?

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode
0:04.0	Welcome to episode 39 of the Charles C.W. Cook podcast.
0:26.4	You're probably wondering, who the heck is this skinny guy with the funny last name?
0:32.4	And what the heck is he doing in the middle of this podcast?
0:37.1	Well, the answer is that this is my podcast.
0:41.3	I own it. I bought it from a street vendor for $13.27 back in 1991. I have the title deed
0:50.2	mounted in my downstairs bathroom. And whatever Marjorie Tartufo might have alleged in the Delaware Court of Chancery,
0:57.5	there is a difference between the pronunciation of Cook and the pronunciation of Cook.
1:03.1	It's all in the k.
1:05.6	And anyway, the copyright court agreed with me, not her,
1:09.7	and the prosecutor conceded that there is no way I could have killed all of those people with just a corkscrew and then got back to Buffalo Wild Wings in time for the game.
1:20.6	So what I'm saying is that...
1:23.6	My dear Mr. Regis-Benz, do I request which you have just made of me to receive the record of my home.
1:35.5	Sorry, that was actually a recording of William Gladstone.
1:38.9	I don't know how that got in there.
1:40.2	What I meant to say is...
1:43.6	My guest today is Rob Long, a writer and co-founder of Rickshay
1:49.9	and a currently on strike member of the Hollywood Labor Force.
1:56.1	Rob, welcome to the Charles C.W. Cook podcast.
1:59.9	I could hear the air quotes around labor, by the way.
2:05.1	Well, that's what I was going to ask you.
2:07.0	Because I think we should start with an explanation of what this strikes about.
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