Kingsley just completely ignoring Maron’s interjection is one of the funniest things I’ve heard on this podcast.
(I’ve mostly moved to Bluesky—same handle as here—but I guess they don’t allow posting video yet.)
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Scientists want to add to the body of empirical knowledge by conducting research, analyzing data, running experiments, and convincing their peers. Politicians and activists want to persuade the general population by leveraging rhetoric and media. These aren't transferable skills.
Tragic that this coincides with the writers’ strike that has LAST WEEK TONIGHT indefinitely off the air.
Gotta say I would watch the hell out of SALMA HAYEK GETS EVERYTHING EXPLAINED TO HER BUT DOESN’T UNDERSTAND IT STILL.
A note from my editor at Esquire, early January 2005. Apparently the franchise didn't set the world on fire initially. (I caught it only because it closed TIFF that year.)
Never before seen (I don't think): the Alternative Oscars item in question, which I cut at said editor's request.
Looking forward to seeing this when it arrives near(er) me, but let’s not get overly excited about it having compressed two decades into two hours, as if that hasn’t been done by roughly 14,000 movies over the past century. Might as well marvel that we can hear them talk.
Review: 'Past Lives,' which compresses two decades into barely two hours, is the most affecting love story @JustinCChang has seen in ages. npr.org/2023/06/09/118074879…
IDEA: Let’s not elect any more 12-year-old boys to the Presidency. I really feel like that’s a job best held by a fully mature adult.
You know what I had completely (and I mean com*pletely*) forgotten ever existed? There was a remake of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS starring Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, and Cecile de France. I’m sorry, that sounds made up.





















