Episode #17: Unintended Consequences
Navigating The Newsroom: A Podcast on HBO's The Newsroom
English - August 07, 2013 15:26 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB - ★★★ - 12 ratingsTV & Film television film geek radio the newsroom hbo aaron sorkin Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Allison Loring from Film School Rejects and Fanhattan returns to discuss the fourth episode of the second season, "Unintended Consequences." How does everyone feel about Jim leaving the campaign trail? Is Will's takedown of Occupy a fair one? Is the big reveal about what happened to Maggie in Africa fully satisfying? And what about critics who claim this episode is borderline racist? Tune in to find out.
SHOW NOTES:
00:20 - Intro
5:09 - Allison's thoughts on Season 2 so far
6:57 - General thoughts on this episode
11:16 - Jim on the campaign trail
20:57 - Occupy Wall Street, here and overseas
35:04 - Genoa developments, legal stuff
48:37 - Maggie in Africa
1:05:24 - Is this depiction of Africa accurate or kinda racist?
1:15:10 - Brief thoughts on the depiction of women this season
1:17:45 - Show close
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