Michael and Us: Pieces of Flair
Jacobin Radio
Jacobin
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Our Superdelegate patron tier has voted for us to discuss Mike Judge's workplace satire OFFICE SPACE (1999), and it leads us down a long rabbit hole of remembering bad work experiences. PLUS: We take a fond look back on the all-time classic Man of the Year (2006)
Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, I'm sure some people listening know, in fact, probably most people listening know, |
| 0:07.9 | but there may be one or two people listening who don't know that there is a Michael and |
| 0:11.8 | us Patreon. |
| 0:13.1 | We constantly forget to advertise the fact that you can get an extra episode and often |
| 0:18.6 | other bonus content on top of that every single week. |
| 0:21.7 | Although not so much anymore, I think we've been doing a great job lately of reminding |
| 0:25.4 | the people, so you people really have no excuse for not signing up at this point. |
| 0:29.4 | So of all of you start contributing $5 USD a month at the Al Gore level, you can help |
| 0:34.1 | Will and us finally start to enjoy the coveted podcast Thousand-Year lifestyle, which is the |
| 0:38.6 | real reason we got into this game in the first place. |
| 0:41.0 | Some of our recent Patreon episodes include a discussion of the Larry the Cable Guy, Iraq |
| 0:46.4 | War Classic, Delta Farce, an episode on YouTube's philanthropy, and a discussion of Ricky |
| 0:52.8 | Jervais' terrible new Netflix special. |
| 0:55.7 | What other shows given you that, folks, Patreon.com slash Michael and us? |
| 1:15.2 | Welcome to Michael and us. |
| 1:16.2 | I'm Will Sloan, here as always with Luke Savage, welcome back everyone, we are recording |
| 1:20.9 | this on June 6th, the anniversary of the D-Day Landings, of course, that marked the |
| 1:25.5 | beginning of the liberation of Europe from Nazi tyranny. |
| 1:28.9 | And more importantly, this being a podcast out of Canada, a very happy Jubilee to her |
| 1:33.9 | Majesty the Queen and to all the celebrating. |
| 1:36.0 | I know you've been celebrating and so have I. |
| 1:38.5 | Couldn't put it better myself. |
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