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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined this week by a star-studded lineup to discuss episode seven of HBO’s Succession. Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner, plus Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (the directors of this episode) join the gang to talk about the Roys’ election tailgate party. 

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0:00.0

Guys, this is Succession. This is HBO.

0:04.1

If you don't want to hear me talking about Logan Roy, talking about

0:07.8

then don't listen to this.

0:09.9

There are bad language words in this show.

0:19.3

Hello!

0:28.4

And welcome to an unbelievably special episode of Slate Money Succession.

0:34.4

I am Felix Salmon of Axios. I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios.

0:35.1

Hi.

0:41.0

I'm here with Elizabeth Spires of New York Times and many other places and probably some political campaign that's trying to do deals in dark rooms or dark penthouses.

0:47.7

Hello.

0:50.4

And we are here with the inimitable, unique, amazing, WGA member, Taffy brought us at Agner.

0:58.4

Hello.

1:01.0

And Taffy, because it's never enough to just be Taffy, apparently.

1:06.9

You have brought to special guests.

1:10.0

It is Shary Sprinter- Berman and Bob Polcini,

1:14.2

who I have the privilege of knowing from being the director of the majority of episodes,

1:19.7

a Fleischman is in trouble,

1:20.7

but also from sitting in their director's chairs and saying,

1:26.7

this is not how we do it on succession.

1:33.3

On succession, we got two helicopters instead of just tricycle.

1:40.3

And they are the directors of the episode we all just saw.

1:47.9

So, congrats, Bob and Sherry, on episode seven.

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