Ratatouille with Romilly Newman and Joey Sims

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2018

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

In another family edition episode, this week, siblings Romilly Newman and Joey Sims help discuss 2007’s rat foodie journey, Ratatouille. But what were the circumstances behind Bird being brought onto this project? What was the cultural impact of this movie and children’s relationships with food? Is it a coincidence that ‘rat’ is in the title? Together they discuss food culture, Paris, picky eating and more! This episode is sponsored by WeTransfer, Dollar Shave Club and Covert Podcast. Music selection: “Anxiety” by Kai Engel (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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0:00.0	In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.
0:24.0	We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their
0:28.7	self to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism which is fun to write and to read,
0:34.5	but the bitter truth we critics must face is that in the grand scheme of things, the average
0:40.7	piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism, designating it so. But there are
0:47.0	times when a critic truly rests something, and that is in the discovery and the defense of the
0:52.6	new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. But the new needs friends.
1:00.6	Last night, I experienced something new, an extraordinary podcast from a singularly unexpected
1:07.4	source to say that both the podcast and its podcaster have challenged my preconceptions about
1:13.6	fine podcasting as a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made
1:20.7	no secret of my disdain for producer Ben's famous motto, anyone can podcast. But I realize only now
1:28.1	do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great podcaster, but a great podcaster
1:34.7	can come from anywhere. It's difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius
1:40.7	now podcasting at audio boom who is in this critics opinion, nothing less than the finest podcaster
1:48.0	in France. You talk about me? David Simms. Hey, thanks. Of course. I caught up on my emails during that.
1:56.1	Yeah, well, I was we were both rushing and late. Yeah, we're rushing to start now because we're
2:03.7	starting late. So I thought I'd give everyone a little time to settle in. Yeah, yeah, we're
2:07.2	settled by writing a, uh, a lot of email catching up too. Oh, no, no, you're, you're a second. Huh?
2:14.1	Did you just introduce a guest before they spoke on my, not introducing anyone? Just talking.
2:18.3	She's Louise. My name is Griffin. No, man. David Simms. I said blank check with Griffin and David.
2:22.2	It's a podcast about filmography. It's directors with massive success. Early on their career,
2:25.8	giving us a blank checks to make whatever the crazy passion projects they want. Sometimes they
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