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Sep 2023
1h 43m

600th Episode Mega Mailbag Extravaganza

The Ringer
About this episode

To celebrate Episode 600, Sean and Amanda open up the mailbag to answer your questions about how they watch movies, Martin Scorsese, what’s changed in the last six years, the fictional location where they’d like to have a drink or meal, the rejected alternate names for the podcast, and more!


Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

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