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The Watch

'Fargo' and 'Veep' Return (Ep. 143)

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss the music of their youth (1:00), their early impressions of 'Fargo' Season 3 (6:28), and the season premiere of 'Veep' (22:43). Then, Chris is joined by film critic and writer Adam Nayman to discuss a talented filmmaker and the subject of his new book, ‘Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage’ (27:45). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode of the Watch is brought to you by HBO's Silicon Valley from

0:04.6

executive producers Mike Judge and Alec Berg. The Emmy nominated comedy series

0:08.6

Silicon Valley returns for its fourth season this Sunday at 10 p.m. on HBO.

0:13.2

Silicon Valley has been lauded as one of the top comedy series on television by

0:16.4

major publications like Entertainment Weekly, Slate and Variety. And this

0:19.9

season changes in the air as the Pie Piper guys pursue their video chat app

0:23.9

Piper chat. Join them as they fumble along the road's success and an attempt to

0:27.9

leave their mark this Sunday April 23rd at 10 p.m. only on HBO.

0:38.7

I need support staff to clear the room. Stand up and walk now. Hello and welcome to

0:46.4

the watch. My name is Chris Ryan. I'm editor at the rigger.com and joining me in

0:51.2

the studio. It's my more successful twin. It's a degree. Well, fun fact, the

0:57.5

Stussies are not twins. One is elder brother. One is a younger brother. We're

1:02.3

gonna talk about Fargo. We're gonna talk about VEEP today, man. Also at the end

1:06.2

of this podcast, you can hear a chat that I had with Rare contributor Adam

1:10.2

Neman. We talked about Ben Wheatley who's one of the most exciting filmmakers

1:13.4

working. The director of Kill List, Sight Sears, High Rise and the new Free Fire,

1:18.0

which I very highly recommend to anybody who is interested in a really fun,

1:23.8

a reverent, dark shoot them up. It starts pre-larsen and army hammer. I'm one of

1:28.7

those people. It's really good. It is an excellent movie that should be out in

1:32.0

most major metropolises this weekend. So Adam and I talked about Ben Wheatley.

1:36.0

You should also check out Sean Fennesey. He has his podcast on channel 33 where he

1:40.9

talks to filmmakers and he has an excellent conversation with Ben Wheatley.

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