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Game Theory Podcast

The US coronavirus response is lacking; Basketball Mailbag and Bad Movies

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

Sports, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.7766 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dieter Kurtenbach joins. We went heavy on the US response to the coronavirus epidemic for the first 21 minutes. If you're not interested in listening to complaints about the federal government's response to COVID-19, then skip to the 21:00 mark.  Then, we chat about Josh Harris and the 76ers trying to convince their employees to take a pay cut. And we close out by answering mailbag questions from listeners. Some stuff on the Cavaliers' backcourt, the Warriors offseason, the NBA Draft, and then some thoughts on what the best bad movies are to watch during quarantine.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome in the game through podcast.

0:12.6

I'm your host.

0:13.2

Sam Vesini, were presented by CLNS Media.

0:15.6

Today on the show, Dieter Curtinbach is here, and I have one question for you, Dieter.

0:21.8

Yeah.

0:22.2

Are you ready for the country to open back up? Are you ready for everyone to just get sick and not die?

0:31.0

But literally, we're just going to kill the old people. That's the new American strategy,

0:36.2

according to the Republican Party and the president. We're just going to kill the old people. That's the new American strategy, according to the Republican Party and the president.

0:39.9

We're just going to kill the old people. And if you listen to the lieutenant governor of Texas

0:44.1

on, what was it, Fox News last night? Yeah. To be fair, it was on Tucker, right? It was on Tucker,

0:52.9

who is actually like man of the people now because he realized that being an elitist,

0:57.4

Northeast prick wasn't working out for him.

0:59.3

So now he's like populist Tucker, which, you know, good pivot.

1:02.6

Yeah.

1:03.1

And Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas goes, you know, as a grandfather, I am ready to die for capitalism.

1:12.1

I am ready to die so the stock market goes back up.

1:16.2

Well, he's about to prove it.

1:17.4

By the way, the stock market won't go back up in that scenario.

1:20.4

In fact, it will collapse further because, you know, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people dying.

1:26.8

Not great for the economy, but fuck it.

1:29.8

I mean, the Church of Capitalism is now in session.

1:34.9

Sam, I often times in this business, knowing the low margins that we have going on as sports writers,

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