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Jan 2025
51m 57s

Bill Simmons: The Yacht Rock Killer

Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe
About this episode

Bill and Rob are talking all things Brat Pack and Yacht Rock! Bill Simmons, host of the popular Bill Simmons Podcast and producer of the new HBO documentary "Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary," joins Rob Lowe to discuss the parallels between yacht rock and the Brat Pack, what’s in store for the "St. Elmo’s Fire" sequel, Bill’s recent documentary projects with HBO and Netflix, and much more.


 

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