Waypoints 53 - The Warner/Discovery Merger featuring Adam Conover
Waypoint Radio
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🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 116 minutes
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We’ve got a very special waypoints for y’all today! Friend of the pod Adam Conover is joining the Waypoint crew to talk about the recent Warner Media/Discovery merger. We discuss how the merger might affect one of the better streaming libraries out there in HBO Max, the callousness of television execs when making decisions to cancel shows, and how the exponential growth mentality of the industry will kill some of its best works. Then we dig into the games Adam’s been playing recently, his recent obsession with CRT TVs, and detour for a quick dip in the question bucket.
Discussed: Warner/Discovery Merger 3:09, 1:07:30 The Game’s Adam’s been playing, The Question Bucket 1:22:44, Outro and Announcements 1:52:51
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hello. |
| 0:21.0 | You found Waypoints where the Waypoint staff and friends take a break to renear it out |
| 0:24.4 | and deep dive on the culture art and entertainment that's been inspiring and |
| 0:28.2 | provoking us lately gathered around the table this week we've got Patrick |
| 0:34.2 | Lepic. I don't know if this podcast is gonna work but I'm not don't give up on |
| 0:38.0 | that intro one day you'll get it. What are you talking about? I think it was |
| 0:43.5 | beautiful. I love the vibe. Welcome welcome to our table have a seat. Also seated |
| 0:48.9 | at the table. We're not a price. Howdy. Recording everything that happens at |
| 0:55.0 | the table. Our producer Ricardo Contreras. You've set up a kind of home invasion |
| 0:59.6 | situation here where we're sitting at a table and someone comes in off the street |
| 1:03.8 | and you're like oh watch out. What'd you be expecting a guest? You would be |
| 1:10.8 | expecting a guest and you're always surprised. No like a friend dropping by like |
| 1:17.6 | oh we're so delighted. Like you're in the neighborhood. I'm thrilled. We all at |
| 1:21.6 | first we all the conceit is we are the sort of people that would be delighted that |
| 1:25.2 | even a close friend would be welcome if they just randomly showed up and so in |
| 1:30.1 | that conceit. That's how people in their late 30s feel. It's just like just random |
| 1:33.8 | is showing up to their house unannounced. Hell yes. This is good. I brought some alcohol. |
| 1:39.6 | But in this case today we we did what what people are actually do which is we |
| 1:44.7 | scheduled fun with a scheduled guest. Welcome back. Our friend comedian host of |
| 1:49.8 | Adam ruins everything in the G word on Netflix. Adam Conner. Adam welcome to the show. |
| 1:54.1 | Hey, thank you so much. I was told I'd be on a waypoint radio but I'll |
| 1:57.4 | happily be on the dance because I understand the difference between the brands and I value |
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