The SMACKDOWN: Video Games vs. Journalism vs. Robert Frost

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Who will win today's cage match?

Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hosting debates in cities and regions across the United States to find out who and what are the most influential things from those places.

This episode Brittany lands in Concord, New Hampshire, the Granite State, and debates with New Hampshire Public Radio reporters Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, the hosts of the excellent podcast Civics 101. There will be winners. There will be losers. There will be surprises.

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0:25.0	Hello hello. I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to it's been a minute from NPR
0:31.0	a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. For the next eight weeks I am bringing the Smackdown to American cities all across the country to find out what are the most influential things and the most
0:57.5	important people that come from those places. I'm debating who and what are the greatest of all time.
1:09.0	Some of these names you might know, others are underdogs you never saw coming. But only one of these
1:14.7	heavy hitters can walk away with the title of Greatest of All Time. Today's cage
1:20.6	match is being held in Concord, New Hampshire.
1:23.4	The state's capital city, and our debaters this week
1:26.3	are New Hampshire Public Radio reporters, Hannah McCarthy,
1:29.6	and Nick Capodice.
1:31.1	Hannah, Nick, welcome back to it's been a minute. I'm ready to throw down.
1:36.0	It is a delight to be here and the Granite State is ready to smack things around.
1:40.2	Coming in hot. Let me set the stage for this smack down. Our smack down. We have two
1:46.1	categories. Will each select a contender for each category that includes me.
1:50.0	We'll each make our case that also includes me and then a select jury of
1:55.4	NPR culture critics will determine a winner. I'm sure you're dying to know what
1:59.6	the categories are. Yes, please. Desperate. Please please please, please, please.
2:02.0	Oh right, I love that, desperate.
2:04.0	All right, well, the first category, what is the single most influential thing from your area?
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