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Jun 2022
34m 28s

The Benign Menace Of Stephen Root

Peach Fish Productions
About this episode

He played seemingly memorable roles from stapler-obsessed Office Space worker to dork vampire in True Blood and Order of the Coagula member in Get Out. Now Steven Root is Monroe Fuches on HBO's Barry. We talk goats and ghosts. Plus does Amber Heard losing mean that juries are incapable of making the right decision in cases involving abuse? Plus, Turkey wants a name change.

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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