Listen "The Jimmy Kimmel Saga and America's Free-Speech Crisis"
Episode Synopsis
Matt Belloni, the host of the Town podcast and the author of Puck’s 'What I’m Hearing' newsletter, joins the show to talk about Jimmy Kimmel's punishment, what happened behind the scenes at ABC and Disney, Bob Iger's legacy, and what this means at a moment when media companies are bending the knee to the Trump administration, which is clearly using its position to punish free speech despite rising to power by promising to do the opposite.
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Host: Derek Thompson
Guest: Matt Belloni
Producer: Devon Baroldi
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If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at [email protected].
Host: Derek Thompson
Guest: Matt Belloni
Producer: Devon Baroldi
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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