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It's Question Time with Lileks and Cooke. They jump into the guest chairs and let Ricochet's very own members steer the ship this week. Tune in to hear their thoughts on lots of stuff: the Pax Americana, universal suffrage, wordsmithing in the age of AI, their favorite interview subjects, and more — all with plenty of pop culture packed in.
- Sound from this week's open: John Cleese in the "Take Your Pick" sketch on Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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James Lileks
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I appreciated your comments, @jameslileks, about Welles and his movies. Then, I remembered that it was the mid-1980s when Ian Shoales, AKA Merle Kessler, observed that at that time Welles was known mainly as the purveyor of dry table wines. I guess he called them "table wines" to distinguish them from Thunderbird and Night Train.
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Yes, there was a generational cohort that knew him mostly as a pitchman and a VO actor. Pity. And thanks for listening!
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And this just came up, as a result of looking for the first one:
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I can't believe you ignored my question.
(Alright, I can.)
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