The Next Era of the DC Universe Is Here. Plus, ‘Lovecraft Country’ Episode 2, and an Interview With George Pelecanos.

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🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

The teaser trailer for ‘The Batman’ was released over the weekend, along with some other DC Universe news (1:57). It leaves us wondering what we want from the latest Batman property (16:55). After a strong pilot episode, ‘Lovecraft Country’ hit some snags in the second (29:30). Plus, Andy talks with George Pelecanos about his new anthology series, ‘DC Noir’ (39:57). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: George Pelecanos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I need support staff to clear the room.
0:04.0	Stand up and walk now!
0:06.5	Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:08.3	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:09.6	I am an editor at theRinger.com and joining me on the other line,
0:15.2	one of the great purveyors of hurdles in my life.
0:17.7	It's Andy Greenwald!
0:20.3	I thought you said Ritalin.
0:21.8	No, I mean, you might be more cast.
0:25.1	Copies pills?
0:26.6	Let's go.
0:27.0	What's up, man?
0:27.5	On Monday, we're going to be talking a little bit about Lovecraft Country.
0:31.7	Andy's got an interview in the back half of this one.
0:33.9	Andy, tell who you're talking to.
0:35.0	It's a big time, big time get for you.
0:37.2	We're talking to an OG friend of the pod, one of my literary heroes,
0:42.6	one of Chris's literary heroes, the great George Pelicanos.
0:45.0	He's been on the podcast a bunch of times for his wonderful novels that he's written
0:49.4	for his work with David Simon on shows like The Wire and The Duce.
0:53.6	He came on today to talk about a film that he...
0:57.4	It's basically an anthology.
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