The debate over “no excuses” charter schools, explained
Explain It to Me
Vox Media Podcast Network
4.4 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You guys know HBO, a lot of the best drama series, |
| 0:02.6 | Intellivision History, have come out of them. |
| 0:04.6 | And they've got a new one premiering this Sunday. |
| 0:06.7 | It's called Succession. |
| 0:08.2 | It's from Adam McKay, who was the director of the big short, |
| 0:11.2 | and from Jesse Armstrong, who was the writer of In the Loop. |
| 0:14.2 | Those are two great movies about finance and politics. |
| 0:17.8 | They're amazing. |
| 0:18.5 | You should check them out if you haven't seen them, frankly. |
| 0:20.7 | But if you have seen them, you know how exciting it is |
| 0:23.0 | that they're working together on this project. |
| 0:24.9 | So the project, it's called Succession. |
| 0:26.7 | This is the story of the Roy family. |
| 0:28.4 | They're owners of one of the biggest media companies in the world. |
| 0:31.5 | And then when family patriarch Logan decides |
| 0:33.9 | he's not quite ready to retire, his adult children |
| 0:37.0 | are going to fight to figure out where they fit in. |
| 0:39.1 | So it ties into a lot of real world themes |
| 0:41.6 | that we have here, but it's fiction, compelling stories. |
| 0:44.2 | It's set in the boardrooms and penthouse apartments |
| 0:46.8 | of New York City. |
| 0:47.8 | Succession explores power, politics, money, and family |
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