In the 1980s, Satyajit Das worked for a finance company that owned a large stake in an airline. But in the long run, Das says on today’s show, this was part of a much larger shift in the global economy — and that shift turned out to be a disaster. Das got the airline to start making speculative bets on the price of oil. That decision was good for the bottom line: One year, the company made more money from trading than it did from selling tickets on its planes.
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Planet Money: How Money Got Weird
Style is Substance
If you love movies and you don’t know Matt Zoller Seitz and/or the Museum of the Moving Image, you’re doing it wrong.
Sway
When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like the lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more
Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me
#internalrhymeFTW
In the early 90’s in Chicago only two things were clear: We wanted to write and perform comedy, and we knew we would look better in our forties than we did in our twenties. (Amy Poehler)
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“In my 30s, I found that I was often coming and going at the same time. Nothing was clear, or clean, or linear. My career was moving forward rapidly and vanishing right before my very eyes. Relationships seemed indispensable — and impossible. Love seemed everywhere — and nowhere. Everything was possible, nothing was within reach. Now when I was little, I always imagined that I would be grown up by the time I was 30. Boy, was I wrong.”
New job: Day 1
And so begins my slow transformation into Dr. Linus.
“All right, I know I sound like a broken record, but how many times do we have to go over this? If you have the last cup of coffee, you remove the filter and throw it away. Fear not! I will make a fresh pot.”
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: Top 9 Quotes
A lovely movie, possibly written by Max Fischer.
In chronological order …
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STEVE: “Oseary, this is, uh, probably my son, Ned. We just met.”
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NED: “What happened to Jacqueline?”
STEVE: “She didn’t really love me.”
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STEVE: “Please don’t make fun of me. I just wanted to flirt with you.”
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NED: “Are those hijackers?”
STEVE: “Well, we call them pirates out here, Ned.”
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STEVE: “Don’t point that gun at him. He’s an unpaid intern.”
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STEVE: “What happened to me? Did I lose my talent? Am I ever going to be good again?”
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NED: “I’m gonna fight you, Steve.”
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KLAUS: “I’ve always thought of you two as my dads. Please don’t let anyone make fun of me for saying so.”
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JANE: “In 12 years, he’ll be 11 and a half.”
STEVE: “That was my favorite age.”
Kirsten Dunst’s Crazy Parents
Mom: “What was it like working with Tom Cruise?”
Kirsten: “Uh, I thought he was kind of weird.”
Dad: “Honey, you can’t say that about Tom Cruise, OK? You can’t say that Tom Cruise is weird.”
Kirsten: “But it’s the truth!”
Michael Emerson’s 1992 Prison Training Video
Why are all the prison employees dressed like flight attendants?
