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Every week we talk about stories that should be movies. This episode: TheWrap film reporter Trey Williams tells us about 23-year-old slave Robert Smalls, who seized a Confederate ship to free his family and crewmembers - then helped win the Civil War and integrate the Navy.

We also talk about Kanye West, why so many movies about slavery follow the same Oscar-baity but predictable formula, and the "This American Life" account of how an Oakland student inspired Steven Spielberg to make "Amistad."

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We talk about stories that should be movies. This week, Matt and Tim have a healthy, no-dumb-jokes discussion about a "This American Life" episode in which menstrual blood almost gets a woman in trouble with the NYPD.

We also play "Know Your Hemsworths."  

Check Jillian Welsh's story, "Aunt Flo," here: http://risk-show.com/podcast/unthinkable/

...and email us at [email protected]

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Sean Hannity got Jimmy Kimmel to apologize this week for homophobic jokes, but Sean Hannity was fired for homophobic comments from his first radio gig as a DJ at UC Santa Barbara. The result was an insane fight between UCSB and the ACLU, where surprising alliances were forged.

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Tweet: @mattdonnelly or @timamolloy

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We talk about stories that should be made into movies. This week: How the Tylenol murders offer a masterclass in crisis PR -- one  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should study.

Plus: Why we think Michael Keaton should star in our story, and how it relates to the Unabomber and "The Devil in the White City."

Follow @timamolloy and @mattdonnelly, or email [email protected] to tell us what stories you want made into movies.

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We have a special treat: A bonus episode of "Low Key," the new podcast Tim is making with Aaron Lanton and Keith Dennie. Our first journey with the crew explores the key themes of "Black Panther" that went unnoticed. For example, is there such a thing as a good ethnostate? How does vibranium work as an allegory? Why do people believe Eric Killmonger is more empathetic than T'Challa? Let's go!

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Angela Davis was a Black revolutionary professor catapulted to the national stage when California Gov. Ronald Reagan fired her from UCLA in 1969. A year later, she became the third woman ever on the FBI's Most Wanted List.

She has appeared in documentaries like "The Black Power Mixtape" and Ava DuVernay's "13th," but never in a biopic. We think that needs to change.

Listen to Angela Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSGPGNJpaE0

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This week, we talk about comics that deserve to be movies with TheWrap's comic maestro, Umberto Gonzales - aka @ElMayimbe.

We talk about why Ninjak, Ann Nocenti's X-Men spinoff "Beauty and the Beast" (featuring ex-disco star Dazzler) and Calvin & Hobbes should be movies. And why Dazzler should be played by Janelle Monae, not Taylor Swift.

Here's Ira Madison III's piece on Grace Jones' influence on Dazzler:

http://www.mtv.com/news/2911767/the-queer-importance-of-dazzler-marvels-disco-inspired-rollerskating-superheroine/

This week's music: Donna Summer's "Sunset People"

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Every episode, we talk about stories that should be movies -- except this time. Because our special guest, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, has guested on "RuPaul's Drag Race," and reveals to us how they WORK IT behind the scenes.

Check out JBC's podcast:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-with-others/id1350187465?mt=2

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On this, our best episode, we're joined by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, star of "UnREAL" and host of "JBC Presents Conversations With Others." On "UnREAL" he plays a reality show producer, so we talk about the greatest reality show ever: MTV's "The Real World" Season 3, when Puck and Pedro Zamora fought for the soul of reality TV. Was it a place to inform and educate? Or to stage fake drama?

Check out Bowyer-Chapman's "JBC Presents Conversations With Others" here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-with-others/id1350187465?mt=2

And watch "UnREAL" on Lifetime.

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This week's episode is inspired by the Slenderman case and "Black Mirror." How do you sentence kids who commit crimes because they can't tell the internet from real life? And is there still a difference?

Also, Matt casually mentions that he used to live in the Hillside Strangler house. No biggie.

Thanks to the Mic Dicta podcast and "Black Mirror" for inspiration.

Also, here's a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=F9-twvfH3pk 

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