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Junk Filter: a podcast about strange and overlooked artifacts from the worlds of film, music and popular culture with a generous side order of jokes and politics. Hosted by Jesse Hawken with guests from the worlds of Politics Twitter and Film Twitter.
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233: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (with Charles Star) (opens the original)
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The attorney and podcaster Charles Star joins us from Brooklyn to discuss the first Star Wars theatrical release in 7 years, Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian and Grogu , featuring Pedro Pascal and Grogu as himself in his big screen debut. The film itself wasn’t as captivating to us as the mysteries around the release: why did Disney turn a planned fourth season of their streaming series The Mandalorian into a 2 hour movie for theatres instead? Why does it still feel like a tv show even on the big s
TEASER - 232: Herb Alpert & Other Delights (with Marker Starling) (opens the original)
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Access this entire 70-minute episode (and additional monthly bonus episodes) by becoming a Junk Filter patron! https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter/posts/232-herb-alpert-165373100 The Toronto-based musician Marker Starling (aka Chris Cummings) returns to the pod for a discussion of the career of Herb Alpert, who at age 91 is on tour with his new lineup of the Tijuana Brass; we went together to see his Toronto show at Massey Hall. It is hard to imagine today, but during the sixties only The Beatles
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