Episode #18: News Night With Will McAvoy
Navigating The Newsroom: A Podcast on HBO's The Newsroom
English - August 15, 2013 16:26 - 1 hour - 57.5 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
For the first time ever, there are two guests joining Andrew and Andrew on Navigating The Newsroom! In this episode, Sam Fragoso and Corey Atad drop by to discuss all the different subplots happening in the fifth episode of Season 2. Is this the best episode of the series so far? What is Sorkin implying about how technology affects relationships? Are the developments with Sloan and Maggie appropriate, or do they suggest Sorkin may be perpetuating some of the same sexism he's critiquing? Tune in to find out. Also, go watch Broadcast News.
SHOW NOTES:
00:20 - Intro
2:45 - General thoughts
8:40 - Charlie and Genoa
18:49 - Sloan and her nude photos
29:29 - How technology affects relationships
33:08 - Maggie's mistake; is Sorking making a jab at a specific critic?
41:34 - The word "sluts," victim-blaming
45:12 - Neal as a character, Mac's "coming out" subplot
47:56 - Will and his dad
55:16 - Don and WorldNetDaily, prank calls
58:47 - A tangent about Broadcast News
1:00:30 - Show close
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