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Speaker 1: Welcome to News. On today's episode, we're catching up with

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Speaker 1: a five hour long stream depicting chairs Many Many Chazz.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about a new company that's looking to promote

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Speaker 1: diversity in books. Plus what we've learned from Nintendo Direct.

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Speaker 2: In today's previously on News episode, we are catching up

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Speaker 2: on all the biggest geek news of this week, including

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Speaker 2: all those Chazz twenty seven Chazz five and a half

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Speaker 2: hours probably cost only about one hundred dollars. Whoever came

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Speaker 2: up with that shrimp, Marvel, give him a pay rise.

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Speaker 2: We're also talking about the beleagued Warner Brothers Studios and

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Speaker 2: the beleagued David Zaslav. Finally, the tide is turning on

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Speaker 2: this man who many of us have been saying, what

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Speaker 2: is he doing? Why is he doing that now? The

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Speaker 2: going to be talking about Thunderbolts, we need, Diverce Bookday

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Speaker 2: and everything announced at Nintendo's new Nintendo Direct.

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Speaker 1: First up, Avengers Doomsday promo is upon us and Marvel

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Speaker 1: Disney has released the most bang for your buck marketing

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Speaker 1: this five and a half hour uh stream. Those names

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Speaker 1: include Chris Hemsworth, Returnings Thor Vanessa Kirby making her not

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Speaker 1: chap Wyatt Russell, John Walker, Us Agenterta Nomore, Eben Moss

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Speaker 2: Grammer what this is? Where they started that, They were like,

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Speaker 2: give you a little spice. Let's put this is not

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Speaker 2: just a list. You know, we were joking in the

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Speaker 2: if this was just like a documentary they were making,

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Speaker 1: That's right. You did see him in the Marvels, but

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Speaker 1: John Cayman as Ghost. Tom Hills did his back as Loki.

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Speaker 1: Now, let me ask you, I do feel like when

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Speaker 1: But listen, this could all change if Superman is hit,

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Speaker 1: We need diverse books day tell us about.

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Speaker 2: This, Rosie, Yes, so the nonprofit we need diverse Books

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Speaker 1: And finally, Nintendo Direct. The Nintendo Direct event has occurred

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Speaker 1: Knight and is a production of iHeart Podcast.

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Speaker 2: Our executive producers are Joel Monique and Aaron Kaufman.

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Speaker 1: Our supervising producer is Abuzafar.

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Speaker 2: Our producers are Common, Laurent Dean Jonathan and Fay Wag.

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Speaker 1: Our theme song is by Brian Vasquez, with alternate theme

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Speaker 1: songs by Aaron Kaufman.

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Speaker 2: Special thanks to Soul Rubin, Chris Lord, Kenny Goodman and

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Speaker 2: Heidi our discord moderator.