How America Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Gambling

How America Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Gambling

On this week’s episode, I’m very pleased to be joined by McKay Coppins, author of April’s cover story in The Atlantic: “Sucker: My Year as a Degenerate Gambler.” We discussed the rise of sports betting apps, why his boss gave him $10,000 to lose, how the wild proliferation of sports gambling could destroy faith in the sports we watch, and why Kalshi/Polymarket could wind up getting people killed. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend! And make sure to read McKay’s story! It’s really quite good.

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Comcast and NBC Universal Are Breaking Up: What Does That Mean?

Comcast and NBC Universal Are Breaking Up: What Does That Mean?

This week I’m joined by CNN’s media analyst Brian Stelter to discuss the big news of the week, Comcast’s decision to spin NBC Universal off into a separate company. What will happen to the broadcast n...

3 Jul 31min

The Increasing Entanglements of Hollywood and AI

The Increasing Entanglements of Hollywood and AI

On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Ben Fritz of the Wall Street Journal to discuss his exclusive on the partnership between Google and A24 and what it portends for the rest of the studios who are e...

26 Jun 37min

The Mount Rushmore of TV

The Mount Rushmore of TV

On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by my first guest, the great Richard Rushfield, to talk all things TV. What’s the deal with Fox buying Roku? What does the post-peak-TV era look like? And, perhaps...

19 Jun 44min

The Wild West of 1980s Movie Financing

The Wild West of 1980s Movie Financing

I’m joined by Peter M. Hoffman this week to discuss his new memoir, Karmic Winds, about his time in Hollywood as the tax lawyer who could figure out how to get movies financed and get people paid. Fan...

12 Jun 40min

Bringing 'Day of the Dead' Back to Life

Bringing 'Day of the Dead' Back to Life

I’m super-excited about this week’s episode, as I’m getting to talk about one of my favorite zombie movies (Day of the Dead) with one of the creators of that film (John Harrison, the first assistant d...

5 Jun 58min

Three Movies to Prep For Our Viral Apocalypse

Three Movies to Prep For Our Viral Apocalypse

Just as a heads up: This episode was posted on the Takes feed over the weekend, but I wanted to make sure and share it with y’all because a.) it was a lot of fun and b.) I did a weirdly large amount o...

29 Mai 47min

Turning Sex and Dragons Into Streaming Money

Turning Sex and Dragons Into Streaming Money

On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Julia Alexander to discuss her latest piece for Puck on why romantasy—the subgenre of fine literature dedicated to dragons and sex—has had a hard time gaining a...

22 Mai 50min

The Top Ten War Movies

The Top Ten War Movies

Hey everyone, so: This posted in the Takes feed over the weekend. (You can watch the video on Substack here or YouTube here.) I Just wanted to make sure this episode got into the Bulwark Goes to Holly...

15 Mai 51min

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