Episode

9/6 CNN’s Surprisingly Good Climate Town Hall w/ Dave Roberts & Film Guy Matthew Weiss

September 6, 2019

Vox’s Dave Roberts (@drvox) and Film Guy Matthew Weiss (@langdonboom) join us for Casual Friday.

On today’s show: Biden wants to bring back CAFE standards at CNN town hall, spins his wheels, rambles.

Vox’s Dave Roberts (@drvox) of Vox.com joins us to recap CNN’s climate town hall. Who distinguished themselves, who looked foolish, and why did audience members have better questions than Wolf Blitzer? Bernie explains his labor bona fides and his commitment to a just transition. Warren says she doesn’t want to nationalize energy utilities.

Film Guy Matthew (@langdonboom) joins us for some film talk. Kevin Sorbo antifa movie “Reliant”: amazing, or the most amazing? A survey of what played at the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival. Matthew recommends the films of Hong Sangsoo, specifically: “In Another Country,” “Right Now, Wrong Then” and Tale of Cinema.”

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Flashback: Bill Burton risks the imagination of a new kind of possibility. Dave Rubin explains new show member terms of service. Ben Shapiro says left is implementing “top down policy,” setting “dangerous precedent” with boycott of Walmart. Fox and Friends asks cops if they’ve been assaulted, nobody raises hands.

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