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Josh Olson
@josholson.bsky.social
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Oscar nominated screenwriter, writer of every episode of Bronzeville, co-host of The Movies That Made Me & The White Canon, drinker of fine tequilas, lover of cats AND dogs, world class father since 2022
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Khanna is intentionally dancing around it, but he's actually calling out a very real Democratic Party strategy called "rotating villain."
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h
Khanna: And then it’s awfully convenient that those eight senators happen to be the ones who aren’t up in 2026—and they’re all consulting Schumer. People are sick of this. That’s why I called on Schumer to step down.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Returning champ @edgarwright.bsky.social popped by to chat about the absolutely fantastic RUNNING MAN, talk about some of his favorite dystopian movies, and to do a little singing.

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RUNNING MAN director Edgar Wright Returns!
Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · 11/11/2025 · 1h 23m
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November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Every day, some new horror.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Just fucking stop.

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Ryan Reynolds Remaking 1970s Crime Movie ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ for Amazon MGM (Exclusive)
The original starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, and hailed from 'Deer Hunter' director Michael Cimino.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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I was seeking out the provenance of this image and: lol
Screenshot from reverseimagesearch.com on mobile: “No human face detected in the image”
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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100,000 %
walkerbragman.bsky.social Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 5d
That the Trump White House and POTUS allies like Vivek Ramaswamy are now trying to sound more like Mamdani just highlights how much socialist candidates like him are the answer to Trumpism Democrats have been looking for.

He stood by trans folks and immigrants, still won young men, and GOP blinked.
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
josholson.bsky.social
New one's up, folks! Trevor and I are joined by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Michael R. Jackson to discuss Robert Altman's masterpiece Nashville!

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Nashville with Michael R. Jackson
Podcast Episode · The White Canon · 11/03/2025 · 2h 3m
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November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Vile
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 7d
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Fascist operative Bari Weiss gets the seal of approval from her mentor, a tyrant who has galvanized the greatest explosion of Nazi activism in modern American history. This is why she was recruited to decimate CBS News:
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” ’60 Minutes’ paid me a lotta money. And you don’t have to put this on, because I don’t wanna embarrass you, and I’m sure you’re not– you have a great– I think you have a great, new leader, frankly, who’s the young woman that’s leading your whole enterprise is a great– from what I know,” Trump said, referring to the appointment last month of Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. “I don’t know her, but I hear she’s a great person. But ’60 Minutes’ was forced to pay me– a lot of money because they took her answer out that was so bad, it was election-changing, two nights before the election. And they put a new answer in. And they paid me a lot of money for that. You can’t have fake news. You’ve gotta have legit news. And I think that it’s happening. I see …I see good things happening in the news. I really do. And I think one of the best things to happen is this show and new ownership, CBS and new ownership. I think it’s the greatest thing that’s happened in a long time to a free and open and good press,” Trump said.
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
josholson.bsky.social
Great actor, great presence, and according to friends who worked with him, a great guy.
drewdietsch.bsky.social Drew Dietsch @drewdietsch.bsky.social · 10d
Always a welcome presence in movies. My recommendation is to see him as the villainous cop in DOBERMANN, a movie I discovered thanks to @josholson.bsky.social & @trailersfromhell.bsky.social.

RIP Tchéky Karyo
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Our @trailersfromhell.bsky.social podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social returns! Today, Karen Stetler shares some of her best experiences producing discs for @criterion.bsky.social with hosts @josholson.bsky.social and moi:

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Criterion Collection producer Karen Stetler
Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · 10/28/2025 · 1h 29m
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October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
josholson.bsky.social
I got to know Karen Stetler working on the A History of Violence disc, and could not get enough of the incredible stories she has from working at Criterion since the early days, so I invited to her to sit with me and Joe and share some of them with you.

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Criterion Collection producer Karen Stetler
Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · 10/28/2025 · 1h 29m
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October 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Hey, folks! You could win 2 tickets to Game 4 of the Series AND help out the great folks at the Hollywood Food Coalition!

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Dodgers vs. Blue Jays: Win 2 Tickets to World Series' 4th Game while Feeding L.A.!
+ Personalized Copy of Molly Knight's The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse
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October 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
josholson.bsky.social
The INSTANT the kid goes to sleep, mommy and daddy are plunking down on the sofa to inhale the latest episode.
hyperobjectind.bsky.social Hyperobject Industries @hyperobjectind.bsky.social · 15d
Who’s watching The Chair Company tonight?
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
josholson.bsky.social
Most succinct description of how democrats use ID politics that I’ve read.
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Just in case you think this shit only hurts poor people.
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17d
can someone please just run this as an ad?
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Awesome, down and dirty Halloween jam from the one and only @collynmccoy.bsky.social who did all the incredible tunes for The West Wing Thing.

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Diesel Boots - Juju Bag - Video
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October 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Literally NO ONE ever voted for her in a single primary. First Democrat to lose the popular vote in decades, she handed the White House to a fascist lunatic.

Not one single solitary consistent position on ANYTHING ever. This is about ego and nothing else.
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
josholson.bsky.social
If you can't hijack your own show to talk about Bruce Springsteen's most important songs with Warren Zanes, the author of Deliver Me From Nowhere... what's the point of HAVING a podcast?

Really, really, great conversation here.

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author WARREN ZANES
Podcast Episode · The Movies That Made Me · 10/24/2025 · 1h 43m
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October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Very much so.
badideas.bsky.social Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 18d
Proud of our guild for this
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 18d
WGA plans to help block Paramount from buying Warner Bros

"Combining [them] would be a disaster”
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Just a reminder - our epic, star-studded, three hour long Halloween Jam video episode is up on our Spotify feed and on our new YouTube page. Check it out, and support our good friends at The Hollywood Food Coalition!

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The Movies That Made Me Halloween Jam 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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How it's done
blasphemousjones.bsky.social Blasphemous Jones @blasphemousjones.bsky.social · 20d
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."

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October 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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The only way to save the east wing is to put a statue of a confederate general on it.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d
a live look this morning at the demolished East Wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
josholson.bsky.social
Had a good time chatting with these folks about the new Criterion 4k of A History of Violins.

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A Conversation With Screenwriter Josh Olson
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October 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Whoa. It’s on now!
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d
Breaking News: Mayor Eric Adams will endorse Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City to try to stop the momentum of Zohran Mamdani. nyti.ms/4nfliHv
Eric Adams, wearing a Knicks hat, shakes hands with Andrew Cuomo. A headline reads: "Eric Adams Will Endorse Andrew Cuomo for Mayor." Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images.
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM