PEL Presents PMP#151: Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout "Succession"
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The regular gang (Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al) address Jesse Armstrong's prestige HBO dramedy that premiered in 2018 and has just wrapped up. Why all the fuss over this show? Is it really worthy of comparison to Shakespeare?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Pretty Much Pop is sponsored by Factor Meals. |
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| 0:12.6 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:21.0 | This is pretty much pop a culture podcast, not serious people. |
| 0:25.0 | Today we're talking about Jesse Armstrong's prestige HBO |
| 0:27.8 | dramedy succession, the premiered in 2018, and it's currently the thing |
| 0:31.4 | everyone is talking about as it has wrapped up. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Mark Linson-Mire. |
| 0:35.2 | Which of my co-host will I pass this podcast to upon my death? |
| 0:38.9 | Or will I sell it to foreigners for $100? |
| 0:42.5 | Speak up, you people as to why you should run the podcast. |
| 0:45.7 | Ow. Look, guys. |
| 0:48.1 | I know what you're all going to say, but I just think it should be me. |
| 0:52.3 | I just think it should be me. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm the most... I'm the most credible. |
| 0:56.3 | I've been there. I know what it's like from the inside. |
| 0:59.9 | And you're a white man. |
| 1:00.9 | You're a white man. |
| 1:01.6 | But, you're a white man. |
| 1:02.4 | No, we don't have to go that, Lawrence. |
| 1:03.7 | We don't have to go there. It's just about optics, right? |
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