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The Big Picture

The Paul Newman Hall of Fame

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.35.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

Sean and Amanda briefly tease next week’s mailbag episode and react to the Golden Globes adding a new category for Best Podcast (1:34). Then, they dive into their long-awaited Paul Newman episode, where they unpack who Newman was as a person (7:06), explore what made him such a special actor (16:13), and build his Hall of Fame by selecting the 10 most essential performances of his career (43:47). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jack Sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the brand new Zach Lowe Show.

0:04.0

That's right.

0:04.7

I'm back to have the same in-depth NBA conversations you're used to.

0:08.9

We're going to talk about the games, the X's and O's, the drama, the playoffs are coming up.

0:13.3

And now you get to see every episode in full on video on Spotify and on my own YouTube channel.

0:20.6

Episodes drop every Monday and Thursday with a collection of guests you're going to love.

0:24.9

So make sure you follow and subscribe to the brand new Zach Lowe show on Spotify or wherever you watch or listen to your podcast.

0:33.2

Let's go!

0:46.8

I'm Sean Fennacy. I'm Amanda Dobbin.

0:47.7

And this is the big picture of a conversation show about Paul Newman.

0:50.7

It's finally here to celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday. This year in 2025, we are talking about Paul Newman, a magical movie star, a favorite of this show, someone that we've never dedicated an entire episode to. Very excited to build his Hall of Fame with you, Amanda. We have spent days, weeks, months, rewatching and watching for the first time, his vast filmography. Do you feel ready for this experience?

1:15.1

As ready as I'm going to be. Okay. You know, like I've really been, there was a moment last week where I was like, maybe I can never watch a Paul Newman film again. And maybe I hate him. And that's, I've come back around.

1:26.3

Okay. That's good. This was, you know, we went to the deep

1:28.6

immersion and we came back, but it was like, it's, it's time to do this, you know? I agree. It is

1:33.5

almost time to do it until these very brief announcements. First of all, we are doing a mailbag

1:38.3

episode next week. Right. So if you have questions, we have an email address, you can send those questions to.

1:47.7

Bob Wagner will be back to be scouting those questions for us.

1:49.0

Looking forward to hearing about... What is the email address?

1:50.6

It's Jim Fennacy.

1:53.3

We don't know what it is.

1:54.5

Chris has this down so great on the watch.

1:57.2

Like his, you know, his like news and notes.

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