4 episodes
Magnificent Jerk Apple TV+
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 192 Ratings
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On the last day of her grandmother’s life, journalist Maya Lin Sugarman finds a box of forgotten screenplays that sets her on a journey to uncover the truth about their author: her late uncle, Galen. She discovers that he was a leader of a Chinese gang, that he went to jail, and, in a final twist, that he poured his life story into a screenplay that was turned into a ’90s Hollywood action movie…starring Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds, and Ice-T.
Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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The Screenplay
Maya goes to visit her dying grandmother. While there, she’s given a box that sends her on a mission to discover her family’s biggest secrets and their connection to Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds, and Ice-T.
Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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沙塵 (saa cen)
Growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, Galen Yuen was known for getting into trouble. But was he capable of murder? Maya ventures into her uncle’s past to learn the truth about a violent gang war and how it influenced his Hollywood screenplay.
Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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Choo Choo Cherry
A recording reveals the crime that would ultimately put Galen in jail. But how bad did things need to get before it was time for him to make a change? Fiction becomes reality when Maya discovers the real-life love interest from his screenplay.
Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
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Introducing Magnificent Jerk
Meet Maya Lin Sugarman and her uncle Galen in the true story—of a fake story—about a real life.
Magnificent Jerk is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Pineapple Street Studios. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
apple.co/MagnificentJerk
Customer Reviews
Great story!
Magnificent jerk is a gripping story of family and Maya Lin is an incredible story teller.
Like delicious phyllo dough cookie
Oh the layers that make this story are like a delicious phyllo dough cookie. The details are so compelling and interesting. Can’t wait for more!
Draws you in
Well done narration - intresting accounts of all the kids growing up the old chinatowns and gang dynamics etc.