What Just Happened at HBO Max, Justin Charity and Micah Peters on ‘Sound Only,’ and Part 1 of ‘Lonesome Dove’

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Andy discuss the recent executive shake-up at HBO Max, HBO’s confusing transition of their streaming platform, the HBO Max original film ‘American Pickle,’ the end of a well-executed season of HBO’s ‘Perry Mason,’ and more (0:06). Next, Chris is joined by The Ringer’s Micah Peters and Justin Charity to discuss the relaunch of their podcast ‘Sound Only,’ the evolution of art criticism, their entertainment consumption during the pandemic, and more (43:48). Finally, Chris and Andy embark on Part 1 of their ‘Lonesome Dove’ discussion, in which they dive into the iconic novel as well as Episode 1 of the limited TV series (1:08:45). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I need support staff to clear the room.
0:04.0	Stand up and walk now!
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to the Watch, my name is Chris Ryan.
0:09.8	I am an editor at therigger.com and joining me, as always, the Prince of the Friday News
0:15.8	Dump, Daddy Greenwald!
0:18.1	That's what he got to do it, no one's paying attention, you always get away with it.
0:21.4	Guess what guys, you don't have to do Friday News Dumps anymore because nobody's doing
0:25.7	anything.
0:26.7	Catch me while I was at a hot buffet at Marango, about to sit down for six hours of
0:32.0	Holden Poker.
0:33.0	You know what I mean?
0:34.0	I mean, the same place I always am.
0:36.2	I'm on my couch, I'm looking at my phone, no more Friday News Dumps.
0:39.7	Okay, how about that?
0:41.2	Do you think that they felt like whether, and what we're talking about here obviously,
0:45.0	it could be anything, it could be firing all the executives at HBO Max or shutting down
0:50.5	the US Post Office.
0:51.5	Yeah, because at the end of mail, whatever you guys want to talk about, whatever you do,
0:55.2	you can't do it at dinner time on Friday, then spend the next six hours waxing your mustache
1:00.1	and drinking whiskey out of a heavy beveled glass.
1:02.3	Like, we're watching.
1:03.3	Oh, where?
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