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Jul 15
50m 49s

Smoke

Ivan and Red
About this episode

Pilot. The lads head over to Tim Cook’s house to see what they’re putting Taron Egerton up to this year, and the big Apple managed to snag Jurnee Smollett as well??? Red & Ivan didn’t start the fire, but they did watch several beautifully filmed infernos in Apple TV+’s Smoke.

Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS

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