Ep 192: Mank, The Wilds, and A Call to Spy

<p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:01 - Introduction</p><p>01:29 - <em>A Call to Spy</em></p><p>12:10 - <em>Mank</em></p><p>28:50 - Letters from listeners</p><p>37:28 - <em>The Wilds</em></p><p>47:46 - Letters from listeners</p><p>51:09 - <em>Swipe</em></p><p>56:25 - Letters from listeners</p><p>1:01:27 - Smiths City ad</p><br><p><em>Talking about Noor Inayat Khan, played by Radhika Apte in A Call to Spy:</em></p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>One of her parents was Indian and<strong> </strong>she was a pacifist. So all those things...</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>She was a what?</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>A pacifist. She doesn’t believe in… a, like a baby pacifier, but a pacifist.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>Ok, who believes in Pacific Ocean?</p><p><strong>Rajyasree:</strong> <em>Haa</em> like she used to swim in the Pacific Ocean, so she was a pacifist.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>She was deep. I’m more of an Atlantist.</p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Yeah, I’m also someone known as an Atlantist you know.</p><p><strong>Abhinandan: </strong>You’re a bloody Hoogliest. Which is dirty and full of fish!</p><p><em>Rajyasree and Abhinandan burst out laughing.</em></p><p>This and a whole lot of other stuff awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss the historical drama <em>A Call to Spy; </em>David Fincher’s <em>Mank</em>; Amazon series <em>The Wilds</em>; Pakistani animated short film <em>Swipe</em>; and Smiths City’s whiteware commercial.</p><p><strong>Song: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0IgCyynuww" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vanjhali Waja</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>