Vengeance and What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

B.J. Novak (The Office) wrote, directed, and stars in the new indie comedy Vengeance. He plays Ben, a New York City journalist who decides to turn the mysterious death of his former hookup into fodder for a podcast. The film features Issa Rae as his podcast editor and Ashton Kutcher as a record producer.

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0:00.0	B.J. Novak is probably best known for his work on the office.
0:08.4	Now he's written, directed, and stars in the new Indy comedy of Benjans.
0:12.7	He plays Ben, a New York City journalist who decides to turn the mysterious death of
0:16.5	his former hook-up into fodder for a podcast.
0:19.9	In her small Texas hometown, he teams up with her family to investigate her death.
0:24.2	Cultures clash, of course, and bonds are formed, lessons are learned.
0:27.4	The movie also stars Issa Rae and Ashton Kutcher, I'm Glenn Wellett.
0:30.9	And I'm Aisha Harris.
0:32.4	And today we're talking about vengeance on pop culture happy hour from NPR.
0:37.3	Joining us today is the host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast and a reporter for the
0:41.2	Culture Desk Andrew Limbong.
0:43.3	Welcome back Andrew.
0:44.3	Hey, what's up, y'all?
0:45.3	Hey.
0:46.3	And also with us is NPR contributor Serena Torres.
0:48.9	Hi Serena, welcome back.
0:50.7	Hey Aisha.
0:51.7	Hey Glenn.
0:52.7	So, in vengeance, B.J. Novak plays Ben Manuelowitz, a journalist who's looking to break
0:57.4	into podcasting.
0:58.4	Oh.
0:59.4	One who else?
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