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S2E9 - Moving Beyond Polarization + Feel Good Viewing & Listening
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Host Chauncey Zalkin defines Actual People for its second year but not before diving into the movies, tv, and music that held the keys to change in 2025. Despite a backdrop of sadness and uncertainty, we will start anew like we always do.
Actual People is about TRANSITIONS, EVOLUTIONS, NEW CHAPTERS, from the personal to the global.
Topics Include:
- Lingering Post-Election Sadness and a Newfound Optimism ๐๏ธ
- Beyond Polarization to a 'Middle Way' ๐๐ผ
- Impact of Short-Form Content ๐ถโ๐ซ๏ธ
- Welcome Generation Beta ! ๐ฃ
- Significance of Wicked, Emelia Perez, Blink Twice, Ronny Chieng, Jamie Foxx, Ellen DeGeneres, Lola Young, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and a lot more.
Written, directed, and executive produced by Chauncey Zalkin. Intro/Outro sound engineered by Eric Aaron. Photography by Alonza Mitchell with Design Consulting by Paper + Screen.
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Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Enshittification Viewing, Generation Beta, and AI. (00:00:38)
3. Movies and TV in 2024 (00:04:59)
4. Women In Music (00:14:12)
5. Imagining Our Way Forward (00:17:17)
6. A Podcast about Our Evolution (00:18:13)
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