Ep 158 // Joe Biden Has A Podcast / ‘Tigertail’
"J. McVay and Joe Virgillito discuss the first four episodes of ‘Here's The Thing,’ the new podcast by presumptive Democcratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Later in the episode, Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss the new movie, ‘Tigertail,’ written and directed by Alan Yang and starring Tzi Ma, Hong-Chi Lee, Christine Ko, Yo-Hsing Fang, Fiona Fu, and Joan Chen -- available now on Netflix. And we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by New York band GOLD DIME, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session. Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu. Joe Virgillito is associate producer. Mentioned in the episode: “5 Ways Joe Biden Can Make His Bad Podcast Better” // Intelligencer “Joe Biden’s New Podcast Is So Bad” // The New Republic [youtube]https://youtu.be/i8lp_eI78ZM[/youtube] 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - START /// Joe Biden Has A Podcast w/ J. McVay & Joe Virgillito 01:50 - J. McVay’s thoughts on the podcast 07:40 - Joe Virgillito’s thoughts on the podcast 10:54 - The purpose of the podcast / is it as bad as the reviews say it is? 16:00 - Will Leitch’s suggestions on how to improve the podcast (and ours!) 35:20 - Biden’s deficiencies as a candidate 39:28 - Would you listen to the next episode? / Maybe Obama should host the podcast for Biden… /// END 41:49 - “Beneath Below” (BTR Live Studio, 2020) - GOLD DIME 47:58 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘Tigertail’ 49:27 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert) 64:10 - Outro / Credits 64:56 - Finish. "