howdy yall, it's another harrowing movie with us, your dumbest hosts! we brought back our pal Josh to help us tackle the in-depth procedural SPOTLIGHT (2015), and all the extremely dark shit that comes with it. we mostly keep it on the movie itself, and try not to get too depressed, but it is what it is! thanks for listening!
if you wanna read a story josh edited for amy's sister Sis, check it out: https://parchamonline.in/2024/05/18/short-stories-and-flash-fiction-april-issue/4/#a-baseball-story-kirsten-sis-byers
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Intro beat by Benny Alexander