Heroic Dads and Clear and Present Danger w. Jamelle Bouie
You Are Good
Alex Steed
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Clear and Present Danger is a movie about a CIA agent that stands up to corruption, sure, but is it possible that this movie about a convictions-addled father also has some daddy issues to unpack?
We were joined by very special guest Jamelle Bouie—New York Times columnist and NBC political analyst—to discuss this 1994 political thriller classic.
You can find Jamelle on Twitter and on Instagram (his photos are great!)
Why Are Dads is a show in which hosts Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed attempt to understand what the hell it means to be the grown children of dads and other dad-like figures. And, as they do with all difficult subject matter, they do so by looking through a pop culture lens.
You can find us on Twitter, Instagram and Patreon.
The Liz Climo "You Are Good" merch can be found here!
This is, we should note, the first time we've had an actual dad guest on the show! AND! It's the first time we've watched a "dad movie". Lots of firsts with Mr. Bouie in this episode. Enjoy!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Alex Steed. |
| 0:03.4 | Hello, Sarah Marshall. |
| 0:04.9 | You old son of a gun. |
| 0:08.0 | Sarah, what is Why Our Dads About? |
| 0:10.8 | Why Our Dads is a show where we watch movies about dads and we watch movies about dads |
| 0:16.7 | with people who come join us and ask them questions about our ongoing study of dads. |
| 0:25.5 | We are the Brothers Grimm of Dad stories. |
| 0:27.5 | How about that? |
| 0:28.4 | I love that. |
| 0:29.4 | Early Brothers Grimm. |
| 0:30.6 | Yes. |
| 0:31.3 | Before they cleaned it up. |
| 0:32.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:33.5 | We don't need that. |
| 0:34.3 | There doesn't have to be a moral every time. |
| 0:36.3 | And for anyone who's interested, there is a Wired Dad's Patreon. |
| 0:40.7 | And there are bonus episodes over there. |
| 0:42.9 | We just released a bonus episode that folks seem to be loving about Saved by the Bell. |
| 0:47.2 | Mr. Belding is so lovable. |
| 0:49.0 | People like some of the points you made. |
| 0:50.4 | Oh. |
| 0:51.8 | Thank you, people. |
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