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The Daily Beast Podcast

How the Pentagon Changed the Plot of ‘Top Gun’

The Daily Beast Podcast

The Daily Beast

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4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Walter Hickey explains how movies and TV affect everything from our biology to our beliefs and what happens when governments get involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious

0:05.0

objector.

0:06.0

I'm a former libertarian who now sits comfortably on the left.

0:08.8

Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist, but today I'm an unapologetic

0:14.4

woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

0:17.6

And I'm producer Jesse Kettin, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the

0:21.8

rails.

0:22.8

We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining

0:26.8

people in politics, media, and beyond.

0:29.5

Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully

0:36.0

even make you laugh through the tears.

0:38.0

Hello and welcome to another Sunday bonus episode of the new abnormal.

0:41.2

We thank you so much for being here.

0:43.2

Today we have an extra special guest with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Walter Hickey.

0:47.6

We'll tell us all about his new book.

0:49.3

You are what you watch, how movies and TV affect everything, but first let's have some

0:54.9

fun.

0:55.9

Are you guys ready to listen to some clips?

0:57.5

Clips?

0:58.5

Clips.

0:59.5

I don't think I didn't listen to that episode while I was away last week.

1:02.3

Oh, listen to the show.

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