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Awful and Awesome Ep 348: Ripley, Scoop, election songs, WrestleMania
While discussing Ripley:
Abbas: So, Andrew Scott became famous as the hot priest in Fleabag.
Nainika: How can you forget he was Moriarty in Sherlock?
Abbas: Ah, right.
Nainika: A generation of girls on Tumblr were raised looking at Andrew.
Abbas: Tumblr. I can totally fill in the blanks.
This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Nainika Rathore and Abbas Momin discuss the mini-series Ripley, the film Scoop, and election campaign songs. Abbas ends the episode with a summary of the latest WrestleMania.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introductions
02:24 - Headlines
3:30 - Ripley
15:40 - NL TNM Election Fund
16:30 - Election campaign songs
29:10 - Scoop
35:10 - WrestleMania
References
The World of Wrestling by Roland Barthes
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