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🗓️ 2 July 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome to that is Pro Radha, where we take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech, business, and politics. |
0:14.1 | Brought to you by Facebook. I'm Dan for Mac. On today's show, Beers' final frontier and what big business wants from the Supreme Court. |
0:21.6 | But first, political theater. |
0:23.6 | So Axios this morning reports that Mayor Pete Buttigieg has become the latest politician to catch the Hollywood bug, |
0:29.6 | agreeing to let a documentary film crew follow him around as he runs for president. |
0:34.6 | This comes as Netflix is still reaping rewards from its Bringing Down the House documentary, |
0:39.2 | which featured for 2018 congressional campaigns, including that of Alexandria Ocasio-C |
0:44.4 | Cortez, which has led to another AOC doc deal for the Green New Deal. |
0:49.1 | And then there's Beto O'Rourke, who has his own documentary project with HBO. |
0:53.5 | Why it matters is that these films can enshrine narratives that impact future politics, |
0:58.0 | creating legacies that continue to stream long after the campaigns themselves are in the rearview. |
1:04.0 | Buttigieg, for example, could lose the Democratic presidential primaries, |
1:08.0 | but have his future prospects emboldened by a popular film in which |
1:12.1 | he's portrayed well, and just as easily have those prospects slashed by behind-the-scenes |
1:17.2 | missteps that would otherwise go unnoticed. |
1:19.9 | It's a new, nearer time version of political history, and it wouldn't be surprising if some |
1:24.3 | other candidates already have deals we don't know about. |
1:27.5 | In 15 seconds, we'll go deeper with Axios media reporter Sarah Fisher, who broke the Mayor |
1:31.8 | Pete Film News this morning with Lexi McCamond. |
1:34.4 | But first, this. |
1:36.5 | If you're going to see ads, you probably want to see ads that feel relevant to you. |
1:40.5 | Personalized advertising is why so much of the internet is free. |
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