The Writer's Guild of America [WGA] has been on strike since May 2, 2023 fighting for the rights of writers to equitable pay, healthcare, career development and more.

 

Press play to hear CeCe and Ted talk about their experience in writer's rooms, including the aftermath of #MeToo, how Silicon Valley ruins everything, the real aim of the AMPTP (spoiler: union busting), sports, how long the strike might last, and more! 

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Support the WGA: Join the line! Or send food and drink! Picket times and locations are here: https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/picket-schedules-and-locations

Donate to The Entertainment Community fund, which helps people in the entertainment industry who are struggling. It's not really for writers specifically, but when you donate, you can designate that your donation go to help people in the TV/Film industry which covers all the crafts who are all struggling because of the slowdown in production due to the strike.  https://secure2.convio.net/afa/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20001b?df_id=2857&2857.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=4021BD767AD118676D9370BC7B8CC73D   If you own a business, offer a discount to people who flash their WGA Card! https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/solidarity-and-support/support-from-local-businesses

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TCBR Goes to Hollywood with Kacy Boccumini: The Sequel

We're back to finish the chat with Kacy. This time we're diving into three movies that Kacy thinks fit into one of the following categories: critically panned movies Kacy thinks are good, critically acclaimed movies Kacy thinks are not good, movies Kacy wishes more people had seen.

The movies: Frankenstein, Psycho, and Night of the Living Dead!

I watched all of them lights on before the sunset. 

This is a really fun exploration of the films, their historical context, what they reveal about society, and LGBT themes in film. 

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Press play to hear Kacy talk about movies - the illusion and the truth of what they're depicting, favorite movies and directors, the difference between perspective and aesthetic, the ick of toxic masculinity in film/society, and movies that were so devastating or anxiety inducing you only need to see once. Stick around to hear me offer the foolproof way to be my friend. 

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"Media" has changed so much in the last decade and everyone's trying to adjust. But what is media?

As MTV News, Vice, and others close up shop, Nathan McDermott, roaming polticial reporter formerly of Buzzfeed and CNN ,adds nuance and context to a space where it's lacking. How'd we get here? Was it inevitable? And what's next? 

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Lesley Gwam, unpaid music correspondent from the 90s for That Can't Be Right, started tweeting about The Queens R&B, full title: SWV & Xscape: The Queens of R&B, so I started watching and it was a delight. 

As I watching I started thinking and realized, that for all their hits, I didn't really know much about the personalities, their lives, their drama, or in my case, before I watched the series, even their names, in the same way we know what happened with TLC, Destiny's Child, Boyz II Men, or Jodeci. 

So. Lesley is back to discuss the why of it all with quick rants about embarrassing men.

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As we get ready for the 2023 Women's Final Four I'm re-sharing a talk I gave about women's sports!

Way back in 2019, the UCLA Anderson Center for MEMES put out a call for Student Campfire Talks at their Up Next Conference. I waited until the last minute but submitted my proposal to discuss The Future of Women in Sports. Which is really just the The Future of Sports. And although there's still work to be done, it's pretty exciting to see how the game has moved forward in the last few years!

Listen in as I recap my family's history in basketball, explain why everybody is lying when they say they watch men's sports because it's a better product, and present some options for the way forward. #whyanderson The Future of Women in Sports PowerPoint: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... See what's happening at UCLA Anderson: anderson.ucla.edu/ And at The Center for Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment & Sports(MEMES): anderson.ucla.edu/centers/center-for-management-of-enterprise-in-media-entertainment-and-sports

 

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According to the internet, pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America. I'm a recent convert and it's become my favorite hobby. And it seems like everyone I play with is also a recent convert obssessed with their new favorite hobby, so for once, the internet might be right. But what the heck is pickleball? Why does it rely so heavily on puns? Why is taking over the [basketball court or tennis court] at this [gym or park] you frequent? Check out this episode with Brandon Nsekpong for a rundown on pickleball, his journey from table tennis to basketball to pro pickleball, and what it would take for me to be his doubles partner at a tournament [hint: nothing short of a miracle]!

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My love for Houston has few limits. And I think the Houston restaurant scene can go head to head with any major food city, at least in the US.

So I tapped Bao Ong, new Houston resident and new Houston Chronicle food columnist, to talk about what Houston has to offer, how cities develop a culinary identity, and his own journey with food that's taken him from his parent's kitchen to New York City and now Houston, with fun stops in between. 

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Houston restaurateur Ben Berg recently announced two new concepts and reader/listener they are a little weird.

I chatted with Underground Creamery owner Josh Deleon about why using words and phrases like elevated, clever, or ingredient driven approach, to describe your take on food from a cultural group you're not part of, at a restaurant with random Chinese-sounding last name, has ick written all over it. 

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Check out great reporting from local writers that informed this episode: Upcoming Chinese restaurant Benny Chows called out for 'problematic' concept: https://www.chron.com/food/article/benny-chows-houston-17776488.php

Houston's red-hot restaurateur Ben Berg plans new Chinese eatery and rooftop bar on Washington Avenue:  https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/ben-berg-hospitality-benny-chows-canopy-social-washington-avenue-1/ 

Benjamin Berg Will Open a New Rooftop Bar and an Upscale Chinese Restaurant on Washington Ave.: https://houston.eater.com/2023/1/30/23573408/benjamin-berg-new-rooftop-bar-chinese-restaurant-houston?_gl=1*1ew85cj*

There were 42 bowl games to end the 2022 college football season.

Meaning that something like 2/3 of all college football teams to get to play in a bowl game. Meaning that some pretty average .500 teams get to play in a bowl game.

Ryan Nanni, co-host of The Shutdown Fullcast explains how we got here. And previews the Rhian and Ryan ESPN show, No Takes, which we workshopped for ~1 minute in this episode of That Can't Be Right.

 

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