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Laura J. Burns
Laura J. Burns writes books, writes for TV, and sometimes writes TV based on books and books based on TV. She will never, however, write a poem. She’s the managing editor of The Antagonist.

This week on the Antagonist Podcast, we put Orly on the Hot Seat, start our Oscars coverage with The Banshees of Inisherin, and try to figure out if Mindy Kaling deserves all the hate for Velma. 

Join The Antagonist Managing Editor Laura J. Burns with writers Orly Minazad, John Brown Spiers, and Dustin Waters as they dazzle you with pop culture topics.

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0:00 — Introduction to this episode.

6:47 — Why is Dustin sleepwalking?

11:28 — Beauty pageants are still around.

16:21 — Fresh gossip about Jeremy Clarkson and Prince Harry.

22:43 — Who do you think is hot?

27:58 — Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin.

32:29 — If you profess your love to me, you will hear something else.

35:20 — Titus Andronicus – “Escape From No Future”.

37:58 — There is nothing similar between this and Kaleidoscope.

43:07 — My family was supposed to be Baptist, but none of us ever went to church or anything.

45:21 — Hanging out with the animals.

51:44 — The backlash against Mindy Kaling and how it came about.

54:17 — The Office and The Mindy Project.

58:37 — Referential humor like this went out in the 1980s.

1:03:01 — Dustin drops a Multiplicity reference.

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