REBROADCAST 221: Any Questions? w/ Betsy Beers
Unpacking The Toolbox
Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Everyone wants to know-- who is the mole?? Katie and Guillermo unpack this plot-heavy episode with legendary producer, Betsy Beers. Betsy's executive produced every Shondaland hit series and is a wealth of Scandal lore, including insight into how the show got started and her close relationship with Shonda Rhimes. Betsy was the host of the original Scandal podcast with her co-host Shonda, back before podcasting was cool. This episode was recorded on May 31, 2023.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | This episode was recorded prior to the SAG After Strike. |
| 0:07.6 | Unpacking the toolbox is a production of Shondaland audio in partnership with IHeartRadio. I'm watching the |
| 0:27.7 | Rewatch Factor show |
| 0:31.0 | with the Rode |
| 0:32.4 | Diaz and Katie blows |
| 0:35.4 | I'm watching the episode that we're talking about today, |
| 0:42.6 | and I'm like, do you remember a conversation Shonda would have where it's like, |
| 0:47.3 | they would give such shit about sexual stuff on the show, |
| 0:51.7 | but like violence or death was like fair game. Did it matter? Yeah. And I'm just like refreshing myself on the end of season two, which is where we're currently at. There's just guns held in people's heads all the time. Yeah. Constantly. Yeah. Motherfuckers are eating donuts right before they're about to get shot. Abby's holding a gun. I'm holding a gun. And then Charlie's holding a gun at David Rosen. Oh, that's right. And then Jake Ballard has a gun because he's about to take down Charlie. It's just like. Right. Why don't we? And Adam just did like the top gun thing. He just did John Wick prequel series, which is literally gun porn. |
| 1:28.6 | It's like how many fucking things can we fucking light up? |
| 1:33.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.9 | What is that? |
| 1:35.1 | I haven't seen any of the John Wicks, but I hear there's somebody just went to see it, |
| 1:39.1 | a friend of mine and said it was super violent. |
| 1:41.5 | And it's like one of the most popular franchises, right? |
| 1:44.7 | There's like what, part five now or four? |
| 1:47.1 | I don't even fucking know. |
| 1:47.9 | I don't even fucking fast and the furious. |
| 1:49.4 | I have no idea what's going on. |
| 1:50.8 | I've never seen any gun porn. |
| 1:52.8 | Yeah. |
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