Reminds me of the early days of podcasts circa 2009 when audio would be ripped straight from TV panel shows and released as podcasts. Didn't work then, doesn't work now

Presenters making hand gestures and giving each other gifts and never stopping to tell podcast listeners what's going on

This take has been cancelled so many times. It's the same guy, just in different eras.

It was a very slick edit! Normally you'd be impressed with that. But given the context, a bit too good

Gotcha, yes makes sense

That would have required playing out an hour of footage. Edits exist for a reason

It's brilliant. So ahead of its time.

With the likes of Trump etc, you might despise him, but he's always saying what he wants, creating a vision and a sense of momentum towards it. I think people can be quite patient, if they believe an effort is being made to get somewhere better. What we hate is stasis.

I think the vibes could shift massively if they outlined what they would *like* to do, given the resources. Give some sense of direction. People just don't think they stand for anything.

The secret to getting absolutely anything done is finding something else you want to do even less

It's very common in Portugal. Benfica aren't just the biggest football team, they also have professional rugby, basketball, hockey, volleyball, handball teams... it's a whole sports club, with facilities to match

There's a reasonable argument the award shouldn't be given out until 5-10 years after any supposed 'peace deal', to establish that it's actually held long-term. 2019 is one example of it being given out far too hastily

Currently reading and loving it

Definitely better than expected. The gallows humour around the death of journalism is maybe... cathartic?

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