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Oct 2021
1h 58m

Top Five ‘Sopranos’ Episodes and ‘The Ma...

The Ringer
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This weekend sees the release in theaters and streaming on HBO Max of ‘The Many Saints of Newark,’ a film prequel to David Chase’s medium-altering TV series. Justin Sayles, The Ringer’s resident Sopranosologist, joins the show to discuss the movie and his deep dive on every single episode in show history, including his top five picks (35:30). Then, ‘Sopranos’ creator and ‘Many Saints’ cowriter and producer Chase joins Sean to talk about the movie, his relationship to the show now, and a lot more (1:17:39).


Host: Sean Fennessey

Guests: Justin Sayles and David Chase

Producer: Bobby Wagner

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