The Lives They Lived | Episode 16

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

The New York Times

News, News Commentary, Arts, Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week, it’s our turn to take a look back on 2016 and share our picks for the most cultural moments that will stick with us. But before we do that, Ilena Silverman, an editor at The New York Times Magazine, joins us to talk about the people remembered in the magazine’s annual last issue of the year, “The Lives They Lived.” We also give one last listener some DIY gift advice.

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0:00.0	I'm Jenna Wortham.
0:01.2	And I'm Wesley Morris.
0:03.0	And this is still processing.
0:06.4	Who are you?
0:10.8	I'm Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is apparently
0:13.8	met a Donald Trump for trying to keep his executive producer
0:16.6	title.
0:17.9	Like, he didn't know that was probably
0:19.6	going to happen when he took the job.
0:21.2	Listen, I said it before I'll say it again.
0:23.2	This is the year of pettiness.
0:24.5	OK.
0:25.2	All y'all, everybody.
0:26.6	There's too much important stuff happening
0:28.5	for this kind of petty BS.
0:30.1	Trust me, I'm feeling you the most
0:31.6	this right now.
0:32.3	But let's talk about something else.
0:34.1	What are we doing on the show this week?
0:35.4	Mercury is in retrograde, so F that.
0:38.1	We're going to have a great show.
0:40.0	Mercury be damned.
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