Facebook in the Hot Seat and the Problem With ‘The Simpsons’ | Damage Control (Ep. 453)

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Ringer’s Justin Charity and Kate Knibbs break down Mark Zuckerberg’s week testifying in front of Congress (2:04) and what the legislators questioning him were missing (14:03). Then, they discuss the backlash against the ‘Simpsons’ character Apu (18:07) and how the series decided to address the controversy this week, which caused even more outrage (20:19). More from The Ringer: A Visual Guide to the Facebook Congressional Hearing Five Pressing Questions About Facebook’s Future ‘The Simpsons’ Decides There’s No ‘Problem With Apu’ ‘The Problem With Apu’ Wonders How to Rehabilitate the Embarrassing ‘Simpsons’ Character Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Justin Charity and I'm Kate Nibbs.
0:06.9	Welcome to Damage Control.
0:07.9	I'm the, wait a minute, who's Kate Nibbs?
0:09.9	Wait, I'm a co-worker.
0:10.9	Who is Kate Nibbs?
0:11.9	We gotta take this, Kate Nibbs, my colleague Kate Nibbs, staff writer, author, or Kate Nibbs.
0:17.7	Hi, I'm here.
0:19.3	I'm not Cam.
0:20.3	You're not Cam.
0:21.3	He left us, but we love him.
0:22.8	Cam with demanding fare.
0:23.8	But also we're never gonna speak of him again and I'm here now.
0:26.5	I must speak of Cam a lot.
0:27.9	For now, Kate.
0:29.2	Let's, let's take it again.
0:34.3	I'm Justin Charity and I'm Kate Nibbs.
0:36.4	Welcome to Damage Control on the channel 33 Network, a podcast where we unpack with upsets,
0:41.5	excites, and divides us in popular culture.
0:45.1	Tradition forbids me even to speak to the woman I'm about to spend my life with.
0:49.5	Is the world going crazy?
0:51.5	Nah, just your screwy country.
0:54.5	The problem with our poo.
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