Podcast appearances and mentions of will mcavoy

After a healthy break, we finally return to Aaron Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM. In the first episode of season two ("First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers"), we find Will McAvoy and his team learning of a movement to Occupy Wall Street and debating the ethics of predator drones. PLUS: A roundup of American politics news, including David Hogg, Joe Biden, and a Woodstock for centrists. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus Catch up on our coverage of The Newsroom's first season - https://www.patreon.com/collection/1429433 See Luke interview Grace Blakeley at the 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture on May 20 - https://broadbentinstitute.ca/events/2025-ellen-meiksins-wood-lecture/ Subscribe to Luke's Substack - https://www.lukewsavage.com/ Will's book Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA - https://orbooks.com/catalog/ed-wood/

What if presidential candidates had to submit to a REAL debate with REAL questions? What if they had to face the most hectoring moderator of all tie? In episode 9 of THE NEWSROOM ("The Blackout Part II: Mock Debate"), Will McAvoy tests out that very idea. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/125384007

In episode six of THE NEWSROOM ("Bullies"), Aaron Sorkin brings some much-needed shading and complexity to the character of Will McAvoy. But of course, "complexity" and "self-flattery" can sometimes overlap. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/599-newsroom-6

(0:00) Scott Zolak, Michael Holley & Matt McCarthy begin Hour #3 by going to the callers. Bill Belichick at UNC and Charlie McAvoy's performance vs Team Canada are discussed. (12:50) Zolak, Holley & McCarthy continue to discuss the play of Charlie McAvoy. Will McAvoy's play during "4 Nations" translate to the Bruins once the regular season resumes? (24:28) What could you get for Brad Marchand in a trade? The guys deliberate. (33:52) Rafael Devers speaks for the first time down in Fort Myers. The crew give their instant feedback.

The Arab Spring hits THE NEWSROOM in its fifth episode ("Amen"), but once again Aaron Sorkin finds himself more concerned with Will McAvoy's workplace dramas, including a nefarious attempt by the ACN morning show to bring his downfall. PLUS: Was the '60s "the decade where everything changed"? At least one magazine cover believes so! PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/122160705

Journalism has been at the heart of some of the most compelling TV shows and films, from hard-hitting investigative dramas to sharp media satires. In this video, I break down some of the best portrayals of journalism, newsrooms, and reporters in entertainment. Whether you're passionate about media ethics, investigative reporting, or just enjoy a great newsroom drama, these picks are worth watching!

Our journey through Aaron Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM arrives at Episode 4 ("I'll Try to Fix You"), in which the power of a conscientiously-run newsroom helps save Gabby Giffords' life, and Will McAvoy takes a courageous stand against gossip in all its forms. The news is overwhelmingly bad right now, so we frankly had a nice time retreating to 2012. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

In episode three of THE NEWSROOM, "The 112th Congress," Will McAvoy finally runs afoul of the people who really run the network. We discuss what Aaron Sorkin gets right about news media and the people who own it, in addition to all the things he gets wrong. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/591-facts-are-3-120499773

In the second episode of THE NEWSROOM, MacKenzie lays out her theory of what a quality news broadcast should look like, and Will McAvoy presides over one of the worst broadcasts of his career. It's one of the Sorkinest Sorkin shows we've ever seen - it's "News Night 2.0" PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/589-x-factor-2-120060633

In this podcast extra, actor Actor Jeff Daniels discusses the 2024 election; playing iconic and political characters from James Comey and Atticus Finch to Ronald Reagan and Will McAvoy; and what he has learned in an extensive career spanning comedy, drama and film and theater in this new installment of "The Summit Series with Ari Melber," featuring discussion with leaders as the summit of their fields.

Alex Berr (comedian) is probably the smartest guest in the show's history, as she has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering but also has muted just about every person's stories and posts on Instagram that she follows so it restricts her app use. She has "blocked" Instagram. It's impressive, and so is this episode, as John screws a bunch of stuff up, Alex joins a secret society, and Stefan talks about Cuckold Night on Go Off Kings, which leads us to go way deep on gimp masks and weird pet items. Plus, we discuss the carnivore diet, Stefan gives us a Joey update where he has an actually funny tweet, and speaking of tweets, John goes viral for an observation he makes in London and gets Dutchposted. If you want to learn about Dutchposting and many other brilliant concepts, you can head on over to our Patreon and donate to the show. Help the Blocked Boys, do some learning, it's a beautiful thing. For your $5 donation, you'll get THREE bonus episodes every single month. This week, fan fave Christine Bortolin is back on the show discussing the time Stefan got blocked by the guy pretending to be Will McAvoy from The Newsroom on Twitter. We also have ad-free episodes and much more, so check it out! Alex Berr is a comedian who has a brand new comedy podcast about the cool lives of scientists called Uncontrolled Variables, the first episode of which is out now. You can follow her for information on that and her shows at @al.berr on Instagram. This episode is also available in video format on our YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buckle up folks, it's time for your weekly news report about the NFL Week 7 slate.  Once again, a new guest host, this time Will McAvoy from ACN, gives you all the updates on the big names and breaks down each and every matchup.  Mac produces some great content as we compare the Raiders to a condiment college bowl, and debate the intelligence of one Jeff Daniels (is he the Dumb and Dumber version or The Newsroom?).  No censorship here folks as we deliver all the news set for Week 7 in the NFL and see what % of the population believes in Angels!  Check the VIDEO HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKy7FiWo0Ks He may be appearing in a guest capacity, but that doesn't mean he is safe from the hot seat.  Kyle Siegert is on tap for some Newsroom trivia, because yes, that is the most recent TV show or movie he is well versed in.  Also, this piece of information got to the news desk before it got to Kemper's hands, but Kyle also picks Kemper's Run Your Pool lineup for the week as well!  Now that's how you shake up a panel! For custom-curated FITC content, check out our white glove consulting business "The Pool Boys" at www.thepoolboys.net!

Scott opens the show with his business papers and a tribute to Sunny Day Real Estate. Does the way you start the day say everything about your disposition as a human? We hit the emails early with Danny starting things off. It's peanut-butter jelly time! Mr. Pink talks about how he weaned himself off of mainstream media! We are very proud of him. Rex Chapman tweeted about why the country is in its current state of failure and he represents a lot of people out there. Scott comes out and says it: I'm Broken. Who is more realistic: Will McAvoy of Newsroom or Gordon Gekko from Wall Street? Vin Scully hates socialism, but he's still alive just like Jimmy Carter. Was Carter the most progressive president of the modern era? This country is lost, but are you still proud to be an American? Luke says being the I told you so guy about Joe Biden is no fun. Mike takes the right to have children VERY seriously and he thinks too many people are unable to control their sexual urges in the moment. Money is dirty and Luke has an article about third party lies to share from the New York Times. Scott thinks we're living in a 3x5 card world. Talking points galore with Scott's mom making another appearance on the show. He also theorizes that all politicians are harboring tons of trauma. Mike thinks bureaucrats are the real terror in the United States. We close today's episode with (I Know) I'm Losing You by Rare Earth. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at isitsafepod@gmail.com

Volamos musicalmente a la sala de noticias de News Night. Junto a Will McAvoy, damos repaso a la banda sonora de la serie de Aaron Sorkin de The Newsroom, de la HBO. Muchos estilos musicales en el soundtrack, con un gran score de diferentes compositores, hacen de esta banda sonora toda una delicia para los oídos. No os la perdáis.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes Emmy-award winning actor Jeff Daniels. Daniels’ newest project is the Showtime miniseries “The Comey Rule” based on former FBI director James Comey’s book “A Higher Loyalty.” Daniels talks about how his role as Will McAvoy in HBO's "The Newsroom," opened up a new phase in his career as a leading actor. He also discusses the power of stillness in some of his most recent roles, and he tells Elvis about a memorable backstage meeting with Justin Timberlake during his run as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" on Broadway. And Daniels talks about why he only wants five words or less from a director.

This week we're doing something a little new and different! Tara and Ryan check out the John Hughes penned remake that sees Dr. House and Mr. Weasley as bumbling crooks, Will McAvoy as a video game designer (groan), and the wonderful Glenn Close stealing the show as Cruella De Vil!  WOOF WOOF A HA HA!  It's 1996's 101 Dalmatians!   Email: TRPrincessDiaries@gmail.com Twitter: @TRPDiaries Instagram: @TRPrincessDiaries Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/trprincessdiaries/

Will McAvoy '20 interviews Frank Kartheiser '72 about living the Holy Cross mission through his work in the Worcester community. Recorded May 8, 2019 --- Transcript Frank:                   I think Men and Women for Others talks about charity and the work of charity, but that can be, that sets up a power dynamic of one over and against the other. Whereas with others recognizes the basic dignity, worth, value of every person, no matter where they're at and that we've got to meet them face to face and that we can do more together than we can do by ourselves. Maura:                 Welcome to Mission-Driven where we speak with alumni who are leveraging their Holy Cross education to make a meaningful difference in the world around them. I'm your host, Maura Sweeney from the class of 2007, Director of Alumni Career Development at Holy cross. I'm delighted to welcome you to today's show. Maura:                 This episode we hear from Frank Kartheiser from the class of 1972. Frank received an honorary degree from the college in May, 2019 to celebrate his career devoted to social justice. Among some of his many accomplishments, Frank founded the Mustard Seed, a Catholic worker house in 1972. In 1993, he expanded his focus to found Worcester Interfaith. Its mission is to bring people of all religions together to strengthen communities. Will McAvoy from the class of 2020 speaks with Frank about his time at Holy Cross and how it inspired him to pursue a life devoted to service and social justice within the Worcester community. Will:                       Thanks for coming today, definitely excited, for sure. Frank:                   Thank you for doing this. Will:                       Of course, of course. So first question here. I've read about the wonderful work that you've done and the important organizations that you founded over the years. I would love to hear about your professional journey in your own words. How do you come to your professional role and other involvements? Frank:                   That's a good question. When I was, when I came, I grew up in Chicago and when I came out here to go to school, big things that were important to me going to college were football and having fun. So I hope you had bigger dreams than I did Will. But it was during the time of the Vietnam war in '68 and I had to grow up in a hurry and the reality of what was going on in the world. I came in here thinking, I'll go into business, four years here and then I'll do that. But I then realized that people in our country who don't look like me get treated differently. And that was a wake up call for me, that was embarrassing and I felt guilty about it, but I think the stronger feeling was how do I give back? What do I have to give back to the community? So that's kind of what moved me into the work I do. Will:                       Interesting, that's absolutely amazing, I think that's awesome that you're able to do that. Frank:                   I had to drop out of school to do it. Once I realized what was going on, I couldn't stay here in school. I just needed to be out in the world. So I dropped out and that's when I did some work in the community and then we opened Mustard Seed Catholic Worker house. Will:                       Very nice. And you got the honorary degree this year, so that's good. Frank:                   Yes. Yes my family was, because I dropped out, My family was saying, Oh you're finally getting your degree. Will:                       Hey, its true enough, that's impressive. Frank:                   Well actually I came back, I did come back in 1987 and I came back for a year, got my diploma in 1988 so I was in a 20 year plan. 68, 88. Will:                       I've heard the five and six year, now the 20 years. Frank:                   Well it's college, why rush it? Will:                       Of course, of course. Enjoy it. So there's another question here. So what mission drives you? In other words, what drives the work that you do? Frank:                   I think the most important thing for me and I didn't always realize language for this. But when I read about Pope Francis, he's a Jesuit, his talk about encountering the other and what that means and how it moves us. And I think that said to me that reality is more important than ideas. So I was up here and in school and learning about ideas and what to pursue the truth, but what I really need was, cause as a privileged white man I felt like I just wasn't in touch with reality. And so leaving the school and starting to work in the community, that learning to be real. Frank:                   What that is like, what that's about, that's kind of driven me cause that leads to all kinds of caring for one another. Will:                       No, I totally agree. And now currently at Holy Cross, there's a lot of students, whether it be in SPUD, community-based learning, spring break immersion, a lot of those students are trying to do the same thing. I guess they're trying to follow in your footsteps in a sense. Frank:                   Well it's funny you say that. We had the community, SPUD had their community thing with the Donelan Center yesterday and this young woman who was leading it, a woman named Kate, she said, well she told her story a bit and she said, I came here to get into business and then I volunteered at Nativity School and now I head up the student educators and I'm going to teach at Nativity School for the next two years. Frank:                   So I said to her, wow, that's like my story of how the reality, how being in the world and real moves the mission as you were saying. Will:                       And I feel like the topic of this podcast, mission-driven, I feel like that's a lot of what the school does, helps form students in a sense and see what's right for them. So I guess on a similar tangent to that, how has Holy Cross's mission influenced your life? Frank:                   The, when I was here, when I came, when I started here in 68 we didn't really have a mission statement like that. We had an an understanding that it was a good school and work hard at the academics, but it was more this sense of the mission of encountering and being with people, being real. And I think now the mission of Men and Women for Others kind of came up in that period when I was working in the community. Frank:                   And initially it was Men and Women for Others and now the language is starting to change to get to With Others. And for me, I think that's an important change that's been important to see that happen. I think Men and Women for Others talks about charity and the work of charity. But that can be, that sets up a power dynamic of one over and against the other. Whereas With Others recognizes the basic dignity, worth, value of every person, no matter where they're at. And that we've got to meet them face to face and that we can do more together than we can do by ourselves. Will:                       So you're saying a sense of solidarity in a sense. Frank:                   Very good, yeah good word. Yeah, that sense of solidarity. Will:                       My freshman Montserrat class with professor Ginny Ryan, it was entitled Exploring Differences and Modifying Technologies. And we spoke about this one document called Toxic Charity. Will:                       Are you familiar with it? Frank:                   I'm not. But I've read a few different articles and I can't remember it. But it goes to that toxicity. Will:                       So it was actually, it's interesting you're referencing that, cause that sounds like a pretty parallel story to what I read in toxic charity my freshman year. I still remember it. Frank:                   Well for me, I dropped out of school and then we opened the Mustard Seed as a way to be more immersed. And what happened was at first it was great and we're sharing food, shelter, clothing, confusion, loneliness. We shared what we had, but then the line got longer and longer and more people started to come and it became toxic in the sense that we weren't there to have a longer line at the soup kitchen. Frank:                   That's not why we got into this. We were there to care for those folks in a crisis and then work with the institutions in our neighborhood so that people could move out of poverty, move out of that kind of situation. And unfortunately, I don't think we're very good in this country about moving out. Everyone loves charity, the for part doing for others. But this idea of doing with the justice dimension, we struggle with that. Will:                       I feel that. And the Mustard Seed is, it's still present today, right, in downtown Worcester? Frank:                   Yes, unfortunately, that goes to the point you were making, unfortunately, what's this, almost 50 years and we still have a soup kitchen in Worcester. We never, when we started it, we never thought this thing would endure. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying that's not where the dignity needs to come from, where the dignity can come from. Frank:                   It needs to come from working with one another around changing systems that honor every person. Will:                       I totally, I totally agree. It's interesting. So on that same tangent, is there a certain person or experience that inspired you to live out the Jesuit mission after your time at Holy cross, like a professor or mentor that comes to mind? Frank:                   I was very fortunate Will when I decided to drop out of school to go work in the community, I bumped into professor David O'Brien and I told him I was dropping out and he said, well, where are you going to live? And I said, I don't know. He said, well, would you like to live with Joanne and me and the family? And that's probably one of the greatest things that's happened to me in my life. I had a year, it was like a private tutorial in the Catholic worker movement, community organizing, Catholic social teaching. Frank:                   So he's been a friend and mentor, both of them, Joanne and David, and they've been tremendous. Also, I learned a lot about babysitting too. They had four little kids, two, four, six and eight at the time. But it was a great opportunity for me and for growing in my faith because faith had kind of gotten a little flat for me because my whole life had caved in. Looking at the world, what was going on, realizing how much privilege I had, but how other people weren't treated the same. And that kind of tore at my, the fabric of my Catholicism and being an American. And so to get these tools from Dave to think about other ways of being in the world that was invaluable for me, still is. Will:                       That's really cool. And I can also say, I think there's been several professors who have done something like that. Will:                       They haven't, they haven't taken me into their home and raised me but I have parents for that. But that's awesome that they've done that, for sure. So in regards to your work that you've done in the 40 or so years post your first year of college 50 or so years, what has surprised you most about your work? Frank:                   I think what continues to surprise me is what little impact I've been able to have, or we've been able to have. Cause there's nothing that I want to do in the world that I can do by myself. Obviously all the things I want to do, I need other people. But we were talking earlier about the college this year dealing with demonstrations and sit ins and a lot of it comes back to race and gender and income inequality. Well that was 68 and 69 it was all those same issues. Frank:                   And so I guess it's feeling the frustration of that and then the yearning to how do we continue to try to have a deeper impact on what's happening. Will:                       And when you're saying that, it's like tough to just not make that much of an impact. Have you ever heard like the starfish analogy? When you said that, that immediately came to mind for me. So it's like you see a beach full of starfish and you're just one person on the beach and you're throwing a few starfish in but at least you're making a difference to that one starfish that you can help. Frank:                   The only thing I don't like about that story, I'd go try to organize a couple of hundred people, so that we could get a couple of hundred in at a time. I'd be a little frustrated by myself one starfish at a time. Frank:                   That's what moved me from doing the soup kitchen and doing the Catholic Worker Movement. I'm still part of it, but move me to think about community organizing as a tool for justice. Community organizing is the antipoverty tool of the Catholic church. And it has been a tremendous gift to me. It's been a way of life really. Will:                       And I remember at the Nonprofit Careers Conference this past winter break, I remember you spoke about that. It's about the 30 or so students that were there listening about community organizing and talking about how many of these famous people that we know of, like our former president, president Obama was a former community organizer. So I think that's, that's really impressive that community organizing and being introduced to that field. It's awesome. Frank:                   And I think we struggle with what it is. Frank:                   How do we do it better and how do we have these broader impacts. We all know that it takes people, but in this country the wealth dynamic is so out of whack that I think it threatens our democracy where people feel like they can come together and have the impacts that they want and that we need and that wealth. I mean, in other words, everyone knows that my vote is not as important as Bill Gates and how do you deal with that kind of inequality? Will:                       So another question we have here. In what ways have you faced challenges in incorporating your service work and social justice into your career life? Frank:                   Say that again. Will:                       Sure. In what ways have you faced challenges in incorporating your service work and social justice into your career life? Frank:                   So my career is social justice. I'm not sure how to incorporate it, but I go back to the part about being at the Mustard Seed and when I was at Holy Cross and realized that people who don't look like me don't get treated the same. That was very discouraging and depressing for me and a guilt driven. And then when I was at the Mustard Seed and I saw the line getting longer and things not improving, just things getting work worse for people. That forced me to ask these questions. Why? Why is this happening? Why in the richest country in the world do we need soup kitchen? And those questions why were pushed me into more of the social justice piece. And then I had to figure out, well how do you do it? How do you do this social justice thing? And what came to out of Catholic social teaching was a recognition of community organizing as the key tool. But we got to do a better job than that. We got to do other kinds of ways to put social justice and social change to work. Will:                       So on a similar tangent, so this is in comparison to college campus and the rest of the society of the world. So like on a college campus there is a clear cut way to bring up a new idea and certain channels exist to help implement these new programs or initiatives, in the workplace that may be a different story or basically in society. For example, for you in the Worcester society, do you have any experience of bringing up a new initiative? And how did you successfully do that? Frank:                   That was my job to bring up new initiatives and the dynamic is a power dynamic, right? And so I needed to build power. That's how you bring up new ideas. New ideas don't come out of the mind. When I was saying that before about Pope Francis talking about reality is more important than ideas. There's a ton of great ideas and ton of great things to do. But if you don't bring people together who have the muscle to put their values into action on these new ideas, the best idea in the world is going nowhere. Does that make sense? Will:                       Completely. Frank:                   And so when we're doing for people, the power dynamic is almost power over. The organizing dynamic is power with. So how do we come together, make the kind of compromise, get political and make the compromises that we need to make in order to raise not the best idea, but an idea that the broadest number of people can get behind to move things forward. Frank:                   Now some people argue that a camel is a horse made by a committee. And people hate meetings and, but I'm with Martin Buber, Martin Buber, everything is about meeting. Everything. And that's Pope Francis: encounter. And I'm not in a way to manipulate the other into doing you, what you want. I wouldn't, I'm such a whore for power. I would manipulate people. I just can't do it. It doesn't work. Or you could guilt guilt them. But unfortunately I'm Catholic, so I know the power of guilt, but it doesn't work. What works is respecting the other person and their interests and then sharing your interests and carving out opportunities for joint action. To me, that's a good idea. You see what I'm getting at?  I don't care what, I don't care what the idea is so much. What I care is that in this we have the opportunity to develop the relationships that we need to have enough trust so that we can hang together in the hard times to see that idea through to the end. Frank:                   Does that make sense? Will:                       No, completely. Frank:                   Trust in our communities is shattered. We talked about Barack as a organizer. What Barack said, the problem in the inner city isn't a lack of solutions. It's a lack of power to put those solutions to work and the reason there's a lack of power in many of our inner cities is what Barack called chronic isolation. Chronic isolation, that's the definition of powerlessness. So how do we build power? Power doesn't mean you get what you want. Power means you get a seat at the table where decisions are being made about your life, about who you are, about your family, about your neighbors. The line. I don't know if you've heard this Will they say, well, if you're not on the, if you're not at the table then you're probably on the menu. Will:                       That's tough, no it is tough. Will:                       Yeah, it does make sense. Yeah, interesting, that's a good analogy. So in regards to balancing your home life and then also your career working in the Worcester community, how are you able to balance everything? And in regards to the students who are going to be listening to this, what would advice would you give them in regards to that? Frank:                   I think love, love balances everything. There's a great line from attributed to, Arrupe. Will:                       Father Pedro Arrupe? Frank:                   Pedro Arrupe. Will:                       The Superior General of the Jesuits. Frank:                   Have you heard this, I don't know if you've heard it. It's like nothing is more practical than finding God. And he goes through, but at the end he says, "fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything". And I think, I think that's the tool, so the love helps decide everything and fall in love and stay in love. It's not, I'm not saying it's easy, but I think that's what's exciting to me. You know what I mean? That's what gets me up in the morning. Will:                       So now it's time for the infamous speed round that you've been hearing. So this is just a list, we've got several quick questions for quick responses here. Nothing too fancy, I promise. Frank:                   All right. Will:                       You ready? Frank:                   Yep. Will:                       Okay, what was your favorite dorm on campus? Frank:                   Wheeler. Will:                       Wheeler, okay, Wheeler's doing well right now up near the field house in the construction. Frank:                   Yes, I was an RA in Wheeler. Will:                       Oh you're an RA in Wheeler, very nice. What floor? Frank:                   One, two, I think, no, that was my first one. It must've been the third floor. Will:                       Third floor, okay, my friends, my really close friends that I live with now, I remember my first year there on the second floor. We were always on the second floor just hanging out, watching football games. Frank:                   Well, freshman year and my room number at Wheeler was one, no sophomore year I was, sophomore year I was in one, two, three. Will:                       That's pretty easy to remember. Frank:                   So that was the first floor, but then my roommate and I got to be RAs. I think it was the third. Will:                       Very nice. Frank:                   But then I dropped out. Will:                       Yeah, yeah and then the whole story began. Frank:                   That's right. Will:                       No, that's good. What's your favorite meal on campus? Frank:                   This is more of a joke or whatever. But you know you have names for meals? Will:                       Of course. Frank:                   Right? Speckled Death. Will:                       Oh gosh. Frank:                   Did you have like stuff like that? Will:                       Nothing, the food here is, I'm a fan. Frank:                   This school was, we ate family style. Will:                       So it's changed, yeah it's changed a lot, Frank:                   They passed out the food and if you were at the wrong end, you were thin. And so they, they, we had names, I can't even remember all the names for them. So I'm from the Midwest, so we're going down to eat and people say, oh we're having swordfish. I'm going (laughs) that's hilarious, swordfish, I love that. Cause I thought it was a joke name for what we were having and it was a first time I ever had swordfish. Oh my God, it was fabulous. Will:                       Did you like it? Frank:                   I loved it. Will:                       There you go. Frank:                   It was great. It was great. Will:                       You got your seafood, that's good. What's your go to cool beans order? Frank:                 When I'm meeting with students or folks up here, I'm just getting a decaf coffee. Will:                       Decaf? Frank:                 Yeah. It's not a, it's not a big order. Will:                       Nothing fancy, iced or hot? Frank:                   Hot. Will:                       Okay. Frank:                   Always hot. Will:                       I'm a iced coffee fan. Frank:                   Oh all right, mine's always hot and always D. Will:                       Interesting, okay. Frank:                   I'm buzzed enough Will. Will:                       I can sense that. Frank:                   (laughs) Will:                       What was your favorite class on campus? Frank:                   I took, I had a few a lot of great ones, but freshman year I took a literature course with Tom Lawlor and that guy blew my mind. He still does today, his wife Pat and he lived back over in Auburn, just over the hill. Tom was, it was just, it blew my mind all that he could take out of the readings that we were reading, all that he could fish out of there. I had never had an experience like that. And again, fed into this idea that, wow what I've been missing the whole world here, man. Where have I been? What have I been doing? Well, probably screwing around, playing football. Will:                       Well did you get any touchdowns I hope? I guess would you say that he was your favorite professor? Frank:                   Lawlor? Will:                       Mm-hmm (affirmative) Frank:                   I'd say probably Dave O'Brien, but there were so many tremendous. When I was a kid, we weren't allowed to read the Bible. The only reason you had a Bible in your house was for show and tell. And in the center of the Bible you could write down the dates of baptisms and first communion and confirmation and all that stuff. Right? But you couldn't read it. So when I came here in 68 and 69 when I started out here, we got to read some stuff, but it still, we couldn't read scripture. We could read the documents of Vatican 2 and those documents said you could read scripture. So when I came back in 87 I had a guy, Rick Murphy, who was teaching new Testament, and we actually got to read the Bible. Will:                       It's pretty cool. Frank:                   It was cool for me. Will:                       Interesting. During your, during your time at Holy Cross, what was your favorite memory? Frank:                   (laughs) I kissed my wife up on the top of the hill. Will:                       Very nice, and the rest is history. Very nice. Last one here, what is the best part about being a Holy Cross alumnus? Frank:                   Well, there's a bunch of great things like this honorary degree. It's been very humbling and tremendous. The kind of recognition I still get around the Chaplain's Office, I get a lot of recognition and appreciated up here. I don't know if you know this, I get a little card so I can go into the heart center and work out. Will:                       Oh, I want one of those, I don't even have one. That's awesome. Frank:                   So I get a little card to go workout. But just honestly, the school has a great reputation in Worcester and so when people hear that you've gone to Holy Cross, that means something in this town. Will:                       Very nice. Thank you so much for coming, it was a great honor having you and to talk with you and learning more about your story, I really appreciate it. Frank:                   Well, thank you Will, I'm glad you put up the time here. Will:                       Of course. Of course. Maura:                 That's our show. I hope you enjoyed hearing about just one of the many ways that Holy Cross alumni have been inspired by the mission to be Men and Women for and with Others. A special thanks to today's guests and everyone at Holy Cross who has contributed to making this podcast a reality. If you or someone you know would like to be featured on this podcast, please send us an email at alumnicareers@holycross.edu. If you like what you hear, then please leave us a review. This podcast is brought to you by the office of Alumni Relations at the College of the Holy Cross. You can subscribe for future episodes wherever you find your podcasts. I'm your host, Maura Sweeney, and this is Mission Driven. In the words of Saint Ignatius of Loyola "now go forth and set the world on fire". --- Theme music composed by Scott Holmes, courtesy of freemusicarchive.org.

David Milch's intention to transform his interests/vices vis-à-vis horse racing into a narrative fit for television leads to mixed results in Luck (2012). Dustin Hoffman is out of prison and looking for revenge against those who done him wrong, and his machinations appear to manifest in the form of a constipated race horse. (Don't ask how; we're not sure.) Meanwhile, the greasy degenerates at the track win big in their Pick Six, which will no doubt lead to much drama in subsequent episodes. The hoopleheads know next to nothing about The (Blood)Sport of Kings, so this was mostly an impenetrable affair. (12:35 - 1:15:59) ... In The Newsroom (2012) showrunner Aaron Sorkin interprets real world news stories through the convenient lens of hindsight. Whereas the lamestream media lazily covers the easy stories, the virtuous team at Atlantis Cable News are doing real journalism, mixing dogged determination with zany pratfalls. Jeff Daniels is lead anchor Will McAvoy and Emily Mortimer is MacKenzie McHale, his executive producer who is fresh from a Middle East warzone (if you say so) and eager to Do Better. Their first assignment: the environment disaster caused by BP's Deepwater Horizon. (1:16:00 - 2:21:03) ... Also, Watchmen, His Dark Materials, Dune: The Sisterhood, Station 11, and The Gilded Age. (0 - 12:34) | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 20, 2019. Released December 7, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

We're calling it right now, IT Chapter 2 is going to be the best horror movie of 2019. Pennywise and the Losers Club return this September with Jessica Chastain, Will McAvoy, Bill Hader and others stepping in as the adult versions of the characters played to perfection in the first film. The newest trailer is just a glimpse into the unsettling visual approach to Stephen King's classic tale of an evil clown that wreaks havoc on a small New England town. In this episode, we discuss our reactions to the trailer and what we expect when the movie hits theaters just before Halloween. Make sure to follow @Get2theMovies on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to stay updated on all new episodes.

Super talented James McAvoy is hosting with musical guest Meek Mill. Will McAvoy put his character talents to a good use? We discuss best sketches for this weeks episode and more!

今天沒有來賓，今天聽馬力歐說故事「看了會很想喝威士忌的有趣電影」。 相信愛看電影的你，會發現國外電影裡面關於威士忌的畫面並不少，比如說《金牌特務》裡就有一個傳說中一滴都不能浪費的酒（Dalmore 62），還有媒體人必看的影集《新聞急先鋒》第一集晚間新聞播完之後Charlie Skinner拿著Oban 14年和馬克杯（真豪氣）跟主播Will McAvoy小慶賀的場景，以及《下流刑警》的末段，主角Bruce Robertson要下藥在威士忌中，拍出的兩瓶「虛構」威士忌Kiltyrie 12年和McRobert調和式威士忌。 但以威士忌為主題的電影，在馬力歐的印象中最清楚的是2012年上映，由英國知名導演肯·洛奇所拍攝的《天使威士忌》（Angel's Share），大陸直譯為《天使的一份》，今天就讓我們來聊聊這部傳神的電影吧！ Follow Us： 馬力歐陪你喝一杯FB：goo.gl/gKL6KG 文章介紹：https://goo.gl/6m9SfM Opening and ending music: Impressions (Acoustic) goo.gl/BozBhL courtesy by Robert Alan Dunn. You can follow him on Facebook: goo.gl/sGhQii See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 4, Kei & Clyde take a look at BBC's procedural crime drama, Broadchurch. They touch on the Newsroom's Will McAvoy weighing in on the 2016 Presidential Election. They discuss the impact that Maria from Sesame Street had on TV history and what's next for the show on HBO. They also touch on the 2016 upfronts and recap a recent trip to San Francisco.

In questa puntata, Mauro De Marco ci parla di "The Newsroom", la serie TV statunitense con Jeff Daniels. L'autore di questa breve ma intrigante serie televisiva andata in onda per tre stagioni dal 2012 al 2014, è Aaron Sorkin, la mente dietro alla sceneggiatura di film molto importanti come "The social network" di David Fincher, la storia di Facebook, e "Steve Jobs" di Danny Boyle, la biografia del fondatore di Apple. La serie narra le vicende lavorative e personali del conduttore televisivo Will McAvoy, interpretato da Jeff Daniels, e dei suoi colleghi nella sede della TV via cavo Atlantis Cable News (ACN).

In questa puntata, Mauro De Marco ci parla di "The Newsroom", la serie TV statunitense con Jeff Daniels. L'autore di questa breve ma intrigante serie televisiva andata in onda per tre stagioni dal 2012 al 2014, è Aaron Sorkin, la mente dietro alla sceneggiatura di film molto importanti come "The social network" di David Fincher, la storia di Facebook, e "Steve Jobs" di Danny Boyle, la biografia del fondatore di Apple. La serie narra le vicende lavorative e personali del conduttore televisivo Will McAvoy, interpretato da Jeff Daniels, e dei suoi colleghi nella sede della TV via cavo Atlantis Cable News (ACN).

In this episode, William Bibbiani from Crave Online returns to discuss "One Step Too Many" and how this season of The Newsroom is an improvement over the first one. Are the relationships and sexual tension becoming easier to tolerate? What staple of Sorkin writing does he screw up this time? And how does everyone feel about Jerry being "evil" now? Tune in to find out. Plus, a random tangent on John Carter and why sports are cool. SHOW NOTES: 00:20 - Intro 2:30 - William Bibbiani's thoughts on Season 2 6:30 - Jim and Hallie go out to dinner 12:20 - The Romney campaign as backdrop for character development 15:07 - Maggie's drinking problem 17:58 - Sloan and the ol' humorous-aside-during-serious-conversations trick 25:40 - Will's relationship with Nina and the audience 32:08 - Operation Genoa developments 42:44 - John Carter and sports 52:30 - Show close DON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing navigatingnewsroom@filmgeekradio.com. Thanks for listening!

For the first time ever, there are two guests joining Andrew and Andrew on Navigating The Newsroom! In this episode, Sam Fragoso and Corey Atad drop by to discuss all the different subplots happening in the fifth episode of Season 2. Is this the best episode of the series so far? What is Sorkin implying about how technology affects relationships? Are the developments with Sloan and Maggie appropriate, or do they suggest Sorkin may be perpetuating some of the same sexism he's critiquing? Tune in to find out. Also, go watch Broadcast News. SHOW NOTES: 00:20 - Intro 2:45 - General thoughts 8:40 - Charlie and Genoa 18:49 - Sloan and her nude photos 29:29 - How technology affects relationships 33:08 - Maggie's mistake; is Sorking making a jab at a specific critic? 41:34 - The word "sluts," victim-blaming 45:12 - Neal as a character, Mac's "coming out" subplot 47:56 - Will and his dad 55:16 - Don and WorldNetDaily, prank calls 58:47 - A tangent about Broadcast News 1:00:30 - Show close DON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing navigatingnewsroom@filmgeekradio.com. Thanks for listening!

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The Newsroom is an American drama television series created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012. The series chronicles the behind-the-scenes events at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel. It features an ensemble cast including Jeff Daniels as anchor Will McAvoy, who, together with his staff set out to put on a news show "in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal entanglements."

Andrew and Andrew discuss the second episode of The Newsroom. Is this an improvement over the pilot or is the show already starting to go downhill? Is Will McAvoy still an intriguing character? What about critics who say the show's depiction of women is sexist? Are Maggie, Mackenzie and Sloan depicted in a positive way? Tune in to find out. SHOW NOTES: 0:06 - Short disclaimer 1:13 - Intro and episode recap 5:05 - General thoughts 7:08 - Characterization of Maggie; the love triangle 19:25 - Sloan Sabbath and the requirement of female news anchors to have "great legs" 24:45 - Will McAvoy and ratings 32:40 - Mackenzie and the email issue - is it sexist? 40:55 - Sloan and blind acceptance of sex appeal in broadcast news; is The Newsroom really all that radical? 51:40 - Show close DON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing navigatingnewsroom@filmgeekradio.com. Thanks for listening!

AFTERBUZZ TV – Newsroom edition, is a weekly “after show” for fans of HBO's Newsroom. In this episode host Kellie Olisky breaks the episode in which the premiere of this drama set at a cable-news network, popular “News Night” anchor Will McAvoy returns to work after a public meltdown to find most of his staff [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices