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May 2021

1h 3m

Amazon Buys MGM—What Will They Do With I...

About this episode

Amazon is buying MGM to the tune of $8.45 billion, so Chris and Andy surmise what exactly they will want to do with the studio, which is home to properties like ‘James Bond’ (1:00). Then, Andy is joined by Juliet Litman to talk about this week’s episode of ‘Top Chef: Portland’ as some new front-runners emerge (18:20).

Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

Guest: Juliet Litman

Producer: Kaya McMullen

Engineer: Sasha Ashall

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