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Weinstein Voicemail Bit and Nick Bryant Impression

from Weinstein Company Man · #66

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4 min

Ray does a Harvey Weinstein voicemail impression, followed by Tim doing a mock-drunk impression of author Nick Bryant discussing lower socioeconomic children and the Franklin scandal, riffing on chasing money trails.

In this bit8 moments
  • 1:01:06Tim notes that journalists with book deals seem more credible despite being equally 'shot' as podcasters.
  • 1:01:29Tim explains why they haven't done a 9-11 episode: the show assumes listeners are already on the same page, making guest researchers redundant.
  • 1:02:01Guests need to bring unique conclusions, not just recite research Tim could read himself.
  • 1:02:39Tim does Nick Bryant impression as an author who's written books on lower socioeconomic children and keeps trying to connect everything to pedophile cults.
  • 1:03:14Nick Bryant character responds to being asked about money sources by rambling about hobos with bindles and poor kids.
  • 1:03:57Tim critiques the Nick Bryant impression as just sounding like a drunk person, leading to the character defensively insisting he's an intellectual.
  • 1:04:25Nick Bryant character brags about getting a show on Vice Sports and positive reviews, then admits most critics said he sounds like he's swallowing his tongue.
  • 1:04:44Tim tells the character he actually sounds better in this impression than anywhere else.
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Nick BryantCraig Unger

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