{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec24dba84c3fb5c3f29dd3a/65f45034da45820016741891?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Awful and Awesome Ep 344: Oscars, Poor Things, Manjummel Boys ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec24dba84c3fb5c3f29dd3a/1710510113562-826280647b3956469efbc30d00dac46a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>While discussing </em>Poor Things<em>:</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jayashree: </strong>You threw me under the bus. I asked if I should watch <em>American Fiction </em>or <em>Poor Things</em>, and you led me to <em>Poor Things</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Rajyasree: </strong>Which has won an Oscar.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jayashree:</strong> So many terrible movies have. I had to watch <em>Poor Things </em>over dinner. So, I did not get my calorie intake last night, because it was a struggle.</p><p><br></p><p>This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Rajyasree Sen and Jayashree Arunachalam discuss the movies <em>Poor Things, American Fiction, Manjummel Boys</em>, and the 96th Academy Awards.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Have something to say? Write to us at</em><a href=\"http://newslaundry.com/podcast-letters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> newslaundry.com/podcast-letters</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>General elections are around the corner, and Newslaundry and The News Minute have ambitious plans together. Choose an election project you would like to support and power our journalism. Click </em><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024-electionfund\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p><br></p><p>00:00 - Introductions</p><p><br></p><p>01:29 - Headlines</p><p><br></p><p>03:45 - Poor things</p><p><br></p><p>18:40 - American Fiction</p><p><br></p><p>25:54 - NL-TNM Election Fund&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>27:28 - Manjummel Boys&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>34:10 The Oscars&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2024-electionfund\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">General Elections 2024 Fund</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://v\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Poor Things&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.primevideo.com/detail/American-Fiction/0KEURR6UABMOJSC008Z54AUHYP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">American Fiction</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id848Ww1YLo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Manjummel Boys</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://v\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">96th Academy Awards</a></p><p><br></p><p>Click <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newslaundry.android.app\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> to download the <em>Newslaundry </em>app on Android. And <a href=\"https://apps.apple.com/in/app/newslaundry/id1609227019?mt=8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for iOS.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Produced and recorded by Priyali Dhingra and Shubang Gautam, edited by Umrav Singh.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}