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Paul Scheer Picks the Very Best of the Very Worst Movies

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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Exploring Bad Movies, UK Justice System, and a Future-Themed Movie

Explore a mix of topics ranging from movies inciting audience outrage to a wrongful conviction scandal in the UK, as well as the influence of TV shows on public sentiment and political actions.

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think I ever need to see it again, but I'm also happy that's nuances. Yeah, I got a move boy This
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has been New Yorker radio hour more to come We all know KitKat bars taste delicious, but what about how they sound? It's not just a catchy jingle, it's the satisfying crack of breaking off a piece of KitKat followed by a crisp crunch. Oh, we forgot one other sound that accompanies KitKat bars too. It's...or maybe it's more like...all together, KitKat bars are music to our ears and yummy flavors to our mouths. Have a break. Have a KitKat.
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It was the most widespread miscarriage of
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justice in UK history. Hundreds of post office workers in the UK were prosecuted under mysterious circumstances and largely ignored until a TV show ignited a fire. I don't think you can point to a single television drama which has had such a huge impact both in terms of public anger and then political movement. It's on this week's On the Media from WNYC. Find on the media wherever you get your podcasts. There's
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a movie called The Apple. All right. The Apple to me is like predicting American Idol. It's this future where everyone's doing mandated exercise, and American Idol is like the only show on television and it's about dancing. Citizens,
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it is now one minute to four o 'clock. Time to stop ordinary activities and prepare for the national BIM hour. The national fitness program is
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watching you. Five, four, three, two, and... A movie that was so bad that when they premiered it, they gave everybody LPs, like vinyl LPs, and they started throwing the vinyl LPs at the screen. It's not nice nice not
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nice
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but great soundtrack a weird movie I love I love that level of we again it's like when it when I hear a director go passion project I'm like I'm in Megopolis I'm like can't wait we gave it a good review they
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gave

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