meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Watch

‘The Rings of Power’ Is a New Kind of Blockbuster TV

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Chris and Andy talk about all the pop culture news that came out of the 2022 Super Bowl including the halftime show that featured several rappers loved by Gen X (1:03), the trailer for the new ‘Doctor Strange’ movie (18:20), and the first official trailer for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ (31:44). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Benefer is back.

0:04.6

Brad and Jen are friends again, and Paris Hilton is somehow still making headlines.

0:11.1

Sound familiar?

0:13.4

In the early 2000s, gossip publications were everywhere, powered by tipsters, paparazzi

0:19.2

and publicists.

0:20.8

They gave us a window into the lives of the rich and famous, and in the process helped

0:26.0

form a generation's ideas about sex, beauty, race, and power.

0:31.2

On this series, I'm going to tell you the story of a decade of American life through the

0:35.7

trash we love to consume.

0:38.6

From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Claire Malone, and this is just like us,

0:44.8

the tabloids that change America.

0:49.0

The series premieres on February 14th on the Ringer Dish Feed.

0:52.8

It's an unspatic, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:58.0

I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses.

1:03.5

I love walking with the dog for long periods of time, hopefully it's snowing, and you've

1:07.8

got to wrap up warm.

1:08.8

So I think a frozen nose is a sweaty armpit, because your wrap tops so warm, but then

1:13.0

you're climbing hamps and heath, and you get to the top and you're like, and then you

1:17.1

can see the breath, but then your nose is still freezing to top.

1:21.6

Join in every zip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

1:26.9

Between forgetting the sellotape, trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table

1:30.6

and the cat taking down the tree.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.