Introducing: Binge Sesh

Chasing Cosby

Los Angeles Times

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Season 1 of “Binge Sesh” pulls back the curtain on HBO’s “Winning Time” series about the L.A. Lakers of the 1980s, one of the sports’ most unforgettable dynasties. Every week, we bring you stories from the locker room, the soundstage, and the L.A. Times archives as we explore how “Showtime” transformed the NBA — and American culture.

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0:00.0	I don't know why basketball can't feel like that.
0:10.6	To me, Dr. Bus, you do.
0:17.8	So I don't know if I told you this, but before I was a journalist, I was a historian, which
0:23.4	means when I'm doing my work as the TV editor at the LA Times, I kind of have a soft spot
0:29.3	for period pieces, which is kind of why winning time, this new HBO show about the 80s LA
0:36.6	Lakers struck me as the perfect subject for a podcast.
0:40.4	I mean, one, it's set in our backyard.
0:43.6	Two, it's about this iconic NBA franchise.
0:47.1	And three, it's about a transformative period in American life.
0:50.7	There's just one problem.
0:52.9	What's that?
0:53.9	I don't know about basketball.
0:54.9	Okay.
0:55.9	Well, that's why I'm here.
0:56.9	Right.
0:57.9	Exactly.
0:58.9	Thanks for saying that.
0:59.9	You're my TV guy.
1:01.7	And I'm glad that my decades of professional basketball experience have finally paid off.
1:05.9	I'm glad you're here.
1:08.2	This is kind of perfect.
1:10.4	TV expert, basketball expert, TV show about basketball.
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