This episode, we talk about we talk about Liquid Death’s $700M valuation, Hollywood strikes, Barbenheimer, Netflix betting right for once, new Roisin Murphy and Olivia Rodrigo, Midnight Cowboy, Threads, Wimbledon, Sirius XM’s unrelenting marketing tactics, Asteroid City, Powerball, The Bear Season 2 and the comfort of Suits.

Referenced:

Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic

https://ftp.greenlightbookstore.com/book/9781250829498

After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/after-barbie-mattel-is-raiding-its-entire-toybox