Today, we’re introducing a new weekly feature—a podcast called A Movie & an Argument, with Alyssa and Swin.
Each week, I’ll be sitting down to chat with ThinkProgress critic Alyssa Rosenberg (who also does awesome work at The Atlantic and “Double X” at Slate). We’ll talk, argue, and laugh about the latest movies, television series, and pop-cultural nonsense—with some politics thrown in just for the hell of it.
Alyssa describes herself as being “equally devoted to the Star Wars expanded universe and Barbara Stanwyck, to Better Off Ted and Deadwood.” I (everyone calls me Swin) am a devoted lover of low-brow dark humor, Yuengling, and movies with high body counts. I hope you tune in for this episode and the ones to come.
We’ll be featuring guests on the program, and also taking listeners’ questions, so feel free to Tweet them at me here, and we’ll see if we can get to them.
Below, you’ll find the audio for our inaugural episode, in which we discuss:
- The second season of Boss, starring Kelsey Grammer as a slick, corrupt Chicago mayor (the new season premiered Friday August 17 on Starz).
- 2 Days in New York, a new indie comedy starring Julie Delpy and Chris Rock.
- The Expendables 2, the testosterone-sodden ensemble action flick (had its wide release Friday August 17).
- Copper, a BBC America dramatic series created by Tom Fontana and Will Rokos that takes place in 1860s New York after the American Civil War.
- The ongoing first season of Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series The Newsroom.
Thanks for tuning in!
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