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May 2022
1h 26m

Adam Scott 👍

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About this episode

Adam Scott (Severance, Parks and Recreation) joins the show to talk about what it’s like to be directed by Ben Stiller, how Raiders of the Lost Ark inspired him to act, and that time he was in a REM music video.

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