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Aug 2020
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9: Munich, Part 1

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Dave and Joanna talk about Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed and controversial film Munich, starring none other than Eric Bana for some reason. How many people does it really take to do a years-long intelligence operation? Is six enough? Why are there still no women in this film? Plus we hear from journalists and athletes about what really happened at the Munich Olympic village and why so many things went wrong. 

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Truth vs Hollywood’s theme is “Temples” by Six Umbrellas. Music in this episode is “Not Alone” by Lee Rosevere; “Petrichor,” and “Parasite” by Scott Buckley; and  “Scenery”  by Kai Engel.

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