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Glenn and Stu discuss the Brittany Greiner prisoner swap between the Washington Mystics and the Los Angeles Sparks. They discuss the problems with the deal and how it could have been done better. They also discuss the Merchant of Death trade and why they think it was a terrible idea.
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Welcome to the podcast. It's Pat and Stu in for Glenn today. We learn about the prisoner swap.
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We've traded a third round pick and a mass murderer for Brittany Griner.
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It's a big trade that went down right before the beginning of the show. We get into the Brittany Griner trade here.
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What an incredible effort here by our president. There's so many problems with it.
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We are, of course, happy that Brittany Griner is coming home as a U.S. citizen, but there's lots of problems.
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We'll get into those today. The American Girl Doll Company is promoting a new book which encourages children to acquire puberty blockers if they feel uncomfortable in their own bodies.
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That's where you go. You've got to go to the doll company.
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Whenever I have a concern about a medical issue, I go right to American Girl Dolls.
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We also learned there were no women leads in action movies before Hunger Games, which I didn't know.
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You're listening to The Best of the Glenn Beck Program.
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It's Pat and Stu for Glenn, who is still a little bit under the weather.
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We've traded the Merchant of Death for a WNBA player, which makes...
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Now, look, first off, I want Brittany Greiner back in the United States.
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And I'm glad, even though she was, I don't know, in favor of the kneeling or whatever it was.
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We don't know the truth whether she was guilty or not.
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But regardless, the punishment does not fit the crime.
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And obviously, the Russians were holding her as a chip to hurt us as this is going on.
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The reason why I don't think it's worth focusing on that entirely is because everybody agrees on it.
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Everybody wants Brittany Greiner to be here instead of in a Russian, you know, death camp somewhere in Siberia.
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And they should have been negotiating for her release.
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The next part of that, Pat, is the Merchant of Death.
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Now, the Merchant of Death is he's an arms dealer.
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And the reason I know a good amount about the Merchant of Death, and I will say there's a chance some of the stuff I know about the Merchant of Death is false.
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And the reason for that is because Lord of War is one of my favorite movies.
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It's a great, great movie if you've never seen it.
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Now, of course, it's got all sorts of liberal messaging throughout.
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Now, they name him something else because they want to take a little liberty with the story.
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But this guy, he was kind of a low-level guy, wound up trying to be an arms dealer, rose up the ranks of this illicit arms dealer world.
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And one of his big innovations in this moment was at the fall of the Soviet Union, he kind of took advantage of the chaos.
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He went in and negotiated with some of his, he was Ukrainian, I believe, and some of his relatives and people he knew that had high-ranking military positions in the old Soviet army.
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They're now there with giant stockpiles of weapons.
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So he comes in and buys tons and tons of weapons, pennies on the dollar, and then resells them to, like, African civil wars.
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And he goes through, you know, a period where, you know, his brother's involved and he, you know, dies and has a huge drug problem.
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And he gets, then this guy gets, the merchant of death gets a big drug problem going, marries a supermodel, goes through, I mean, it's an incredible story.
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Yes, even a Nicolas Cage movie is worthy of a Nicolas Cage movie.
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I mean, he was responsible for God only knows how many deaths.
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He was, you know, the Liberian Civil War was one of his big, big targets.
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This is back when Charles Taylor was in charge there and was absolutely brutal.
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And he would funnel weapons to these wars, sometimes both sides of the war, just to sell more and more weapons and enrich himself.
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This is a guy who, you know, probably now is loved in Russia because he really, you know, emptied the coffers of the Ukrainian army to sell a bunch of stuff of his own down in other parts of the world.
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He was almost caught a million times, eventually was caught in, I think it was in New York, and was put into prison and should remain there forever.
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And we're getting a solid center with good post-up abilities.
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I mean, look, I'm happy, I'm happy that Brittany Griner is coming in.
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But then there's another layer of this, Pat, which is, look, do I want Brittany Griner back?
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However, Paul Whelan's also an American citizen and he's been over there for decades.
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And for some reason, we got Brittany Griner out, but not him.
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Now, you might say we only had a one for one trade and that might be the answer to this.
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But, like, I know from a chivalry standpoint, I can make an argument, okay, even though he's had a much longer road in Russian detention, we still go with, we go with a woman for chivalry reasons.
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I, you can talk to me about that, but Joe Biden can't make that argument.
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This entire side of our political spectrum can't define what a woman even is.
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If you can't make that argument, what argument is there to bring Brittany Griner back instead of Paul Whelan?
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Maybe that's true, but, I mean, they have already indicated.
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But, you know, you can understand that from a Russian perspective.
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They've already indicated that they would negotiate on this point in back channels.
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At least there's been a lot of reporting on that.
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And really, you could exchange a spy for a spy, too.
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We've got people who are held here that we believe were Russian spies.
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I'd be in total favor of a prisoner exchange in that eventuality.
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I mean, well, it's ridiculous to say this because he's not a spy.
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But, you know, again, I sort of understand that.
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I really want the American citizens that are in captivity over there back.
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And, you know, the same thing happened in North Korea.
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We saw activity there with the Trump administration.
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And he, you know, also tried to get several captives back from Russia.
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But, like, doesn't it feel like the only reason Brittany Griner is coming back instead of Paul Whelan is that she's famous?
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He's been sitting over there for a million years.
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And they've been trying to go to the media forever.
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And every once in a while, you see a profile story.
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Brittany Griner is somebody that is in, you know, has some level of public profile.
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I mean, it just seems like this is just a play by the Biden administration to bring back a celebrity.
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But, like, it does not seem like this is a pure decision.
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So, he's been, he's been over there for about two and a half years.
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And this indicates that they don't even believe he's a spy.
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If they thought he was a spy, they wouldn't sentence him to 16 years and Brittany Griner, 10 for CBD.
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And that's almost always the case in these situations.
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And I don't believe, you know, I frankly don't necessarily, you know, believe that Brittany Griner even did anything wrong.
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I mean, I think there's a good chance she didn't.
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Obviously, like, we don't think of, it wasn't even CBD.
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It was supposedly something elevated from that, I believe, was the accusation.
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It was, you know, the, it was, I think, the argument was at the time that she was using, like, you know, how you'd use medical marijuana for, for pain management.
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You know, like, that was the argument at the time.
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Now, God only knows what's right and what's wrong here.
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Or, you know, she'll come back and she'll tell her, hashish, hashish, right?
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So, you know, it's a, that probably is a crime there.
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I mean, she might look at this and be like, eh, no one's going to do anything to me in the United States for this.
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And, you know, what are the Russians going to throw out one of these big athletes and put me in prison?
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But, like, once the war heats up, like, that calculation's out the window.
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I mean, it should have been out the window at the beginning.
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But it really makes no sense once the war, you know, battles and the buildup to the war starts.
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And I think that's quite clear what was going on here.
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Especially when you come to the punishment angle of it, right?
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Like, it's one thing to get in trouble for a crime in a foreign country.
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But it did take them a long time to get her out.
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If Trump were in office, I think she would have been out.
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Well, she might not have even been arrested, frankly.
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But if she were, I'll bet she would have been out in a week.
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Instead of eight or nine months or whatever it's been.
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I do think he, you know, he would have focused on it.
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He also had a different relationship with them.
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I mean, it would have been interesting to see what happened in that case.
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Because, obviously, Trump's Russia policy was much, much harsher on Russia than Obama's policy was on Russia.
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He said things that were nice about Putin from time to time.
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And everyone's like, oh, wow, he just loves Vladimir Putin.
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And then you look at his policy and you're like, wait a minute.
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It doesn't seem like he likes Vladimir Putin that much.
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There never seemed to be much love policy-wise.
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I mean, he reversed soft Russia policies that Obama had put into place.
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And I mean, I guess the left-wing argument to that is, well, those are just the people around him.
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You know, he had people like John Bolton around him who were obviously more hawkish.
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He just agreed to what everyone around him was telling him.
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I think that's what everyone likes to do with Donald Trump.
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When it's a policy that they like, they just say, oh, well, all the people around him are doing it.
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And when it's a policy they don't like, then it's him by himself making all the decisions.
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And he was actually holding red lines, unlike the previous administration.
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It would have been interesting to see, does this war even happen if Trump is in office?
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So the popular doll maker American Girl has some advice for your kids.
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They've got a guidebook that they put together.
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And it has some great advice for children struggling with body image issues.
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And it suggests they ask their doctors for puberty blocking medication.
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And to seek transgender support without parental consent if you don't have an adult you can trust in your life.
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Don't you get all your really serious life advice from doll manufacturers, from doll companies?
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Most of my stuff comes from, you know, when I really have a heart issue.
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When I was concerned about compounding interest, I went to a sex doll company.
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And I was like, what should I do with my mortgage right now?
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Their advice was, well, I can't say their advice.
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Well, American Girl has put out a smart girl's guide body image book.
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And it's on the website, again, for just $12.99.
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You know, if you're struggling, your kids are struggling, this is right where you go.
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It shows four girls of varying body weights and skin colors.
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And the subtitle reads, how to love yourself, live life to the fullest, and celebrate all kinds of bodies.
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You know, and then it tells you if you're struggling, if you're not comfortable with a part of your body, then, you know, you should go get some puberty blockers from your doctor.
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And that way, you know, you'll have a couple of years to decide whether you're comfortable with your body or if you want to change it, you know, through surgery.
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We bought all of our girls American Girl dolls.
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So this is interesting, Pat, because I have small kids.
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She's, you know, for presents and stuff she's bought with her own money.
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Is it one that it's big enough for her to ride in it?
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I will say, as your kids get older, you have to talk to them about some things that are
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Not like gender transition changes, but just the changes that every boy or girl goes through.
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And if you are a parent, you know that that can be a little strange and challenging.
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So I went through a bunch of like conservative reviews of these types of books because I was
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worried about, you know, what woke nonsense they would slip into these things, right?
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And when I went through this, one of the ones recommended by all sorts of conservatives,
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religious people, all sorts, were the American Girl doll series.
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They have a series of all sorts of books like this, not just about, you know, not about
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gender transition at all, but just like, okay, puberty, right?
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Like you're getting older, like these are the types of things you're going to get, you
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Just to kind of let people, the kids know what's going on.
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And so I read these, the books from this company about the basics.
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I mean, this is not a book that I saw, the body image one, How to Love Yourself, Life
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And it says, parts of your body may make you feel uncomfortable and you may want to change
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Every single person on earth has parts of their body that make them uncomfortable.
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You know, I could tell you my gut is one of them.
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So that doesn't seem to be happening, but I would like it.
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Yes, it's okay if you want to change the way you look.
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It's so funny because when you are overweight and you want to lose weight, they say, actually,
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You were born that way and you're perfect and you should never want to change.
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I was eight pounds, seven ounces when I was born.
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But like, that is, they're taking advantage of a
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really normal human instinct to say, you know, I'd like to look a little bit better.
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You should be able to take that rationally and in context and maybe make some changes
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Not cut off your parts because you don't like them.
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Or stop taking or start taking life altering medication that can stop the natural process
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And doctors who are honest are starting to really speak out about that, fortunately.
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That, hey, it's not necessarily just this just delays things for a while and then you're
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You can appreciate your body for everything it allows you to experience and still want to
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If you haven't gone through puberty yet, the doctor might offer medication to delay your
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body's changes, giving you more time to think about your gender identity.
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But like they are bringing in experts in these fields to write these books.
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And, you know, a lot of the stuff that they have is totally, I think, would be cool with.
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What I liked about it is it didn't get into a lot of those like advanced questions.
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It was like, OK, here's how the body changes as you get older.
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Hey, make sure you put on deodorant, kid, you know, because you're going to start stinking
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Which is, you know, helpful for parents to bring them through.
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If you don't have an adult you trust, like your parents, I guess.
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There are organizations across the country that can help you.
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Turn to the resources on page 95 for more information.
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So this is also some other stuff from the book.
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The way you show your gender to the world through clothes and behavior is your gender
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Can we forget even how ridiculous it is to try to change your gender?
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How bizarre is that, that your genitalia has nothing to do with your gender, but your
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Like, you can't tell anything about the gender of a child from whether they've got a hoo-ha
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However, you can tell if, this is a quote from the book, your gender expression can be
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feminine, masculine, or somewhere in between and might change.
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Maybe you'll experiment with bright dresses and long feminine hairstyles.
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Or you might try baggy shorts, plaid shirts, and a buzzed haircut.
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Your gender expression should make you feel at home in your body.
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You don't have a choice whether you'd be at home in your body or not.
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Even if you alter it with surgery, you're still at home in your body.
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Being at home in your body is a made-up concern.
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Like, if you have a problem being at home in your body, you have something that has traditionally
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been called gender dysphoria, where you're having problems, medical problems, trying to
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understand why you feel strange in your own body.
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You might think because you put on cargo shorts, you're a boy.
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Like, there is no reason to indulge in this nonsense.
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There are interesting things to be learned about an individual, about the choices they
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might wear, make in the clothes that they wear, or the way that they act, or the way
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they present themselves, or the hairstyle they choose.
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You might understand interesting parts about their personality, but there is very little
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And when we were doing the Pat and Stu show back in the day, Pat, I remember we used to
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And, you know, she's a very famous, obviously, LGBT...
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I don't want to say QQIA, because I don't know if she advocates for those things.
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But she was an LGBT advocate for many, many years.
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Obviously, someone who really broke a lot of barriers to people in the mainstream culture.
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And they asked her about the transgender thing, and she was trying to let people who just couldn't
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And what she said, her description of the transgender thing, was that gender, being a transgender
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person, gender, is a feeling that you feel in your brain.
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And, like, that might be interesting if your sister's going through that.
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It might be interesting to try to understand how they feel in their brain.
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But when we're talking about when you go into a hospital and you need to find out if you
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It might be interesting to try to understand them from a physician's standpoint.
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It might be interesting from a cultural standpoint or a societal standpoint.
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You might say, wow, that's an interesting quirk.
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But it does not have value when it comes to policy.
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What is important is whether it's a man or a woman, a boy or a girl, male or female.
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How you feel in your brain does not need to be on a government form.
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And it certainly does not need to be explained to a 10-year-old who is already so confused
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by the freaking Chinese Communist Party through TikTok that they're trying to do this stuff
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and trying to justify keeping it away from their parents.
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Pat and Stu for Glenn on the Glenn Beck Program.
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And, you know, incredibly progressive, liberal.
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Sort of demeaning all of the women who've done action movies that came before her.
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She just said, I remember when I was doing Hunger Games.
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Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn't work.
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Yeah, no one had ever thought about it, I don't think.
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Until Jennifer Lawrence, of course, in 2012 with Hunger Games.
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We were told girls and boys can both identify with a male lead,
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Viola Davis, who's doing the interview of her, replies, oh, absolutely.
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Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn't work.
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We were told girls and boys can both identify with a male lead, but boys cannot identify with a female lead.
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And it just makes me so happy every single time I see a movie come out that just blows through every single one of those beliefs.
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It was a Brad Pitt and her kind of co-starring thing.
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I mean, she's not the only one, obviously, but...
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Let's try Sigourney Weaver, perhaps, in Aliens.
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Our girl, Kate Beckinsale, has got to be on this list.
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We should note that she doesn't know she's our girl, but she's kind of our girl.
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If you're watching the screen, you're like, gosh, look at their longing eyes.
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Laura Croft is obviously the Tomb Raider thing.
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She also had, where she was the lead, let's see, Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
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Not maybe her proudest moment, but it was definitely an action movie.
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That's the one where you could curve the bullets, right?
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It's a little bit of a remnant of that era where everyone was like, what if we completely
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What if every single scene has bullets curving?
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But like, in a way, it was so over the top that I really, I liked it.
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I mean, it's a little ridiculous, but it was also solid.
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There was, according to the article, I don't know this, Nikita in 1990?
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That only predates Jennifer Lawrence by, let's see, 22 years.
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I don't know where she got this or why she thinks she's the trailblazer here, but we got
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It seems like one of these things where Hollywood celebrities are so in their own heads, thinking
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everything about their lives is the most important thing.
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And that's kind of, I think, what goes on here, right?
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Kate Beckinsale was Underworld, by the way, she was in.
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How can we put Kate Beckinsale in leather pants?
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And, like, look, you know, this would be, I guess, part of the critique of Jennifer
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And some of these movies are maybe for older audiences.
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Now, look, are guys more common in action movies?
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Because, typically speaking, that is the audience.
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But I will say, when people ask, what's your favorite?
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I actually had, I did an interview with a, this is a couple years ago, with a conservative
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And they were like, well, what's your favorite genre of movies?
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I just thought that was an interesting question.
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You know, I watch a horror movie here and there, but no.
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Because, number one, is dramatic retellings of relatively recent historical events.
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They're like, oh, I'm sorry we even lined this interview up.
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It took me, like, 40 minutes to come up with that.
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Like, you go back to, like, anything from World War II on.
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Lord of War is a perfect example of that genre.
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This is the guy that got traded for Brittany Griner in the swap that happened today.
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It tells his story about how he got into arms dealing and all this stuff.
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And it's not exactly, you know, 100% accurate when it comes to that telling.
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But it's based on a true story from relatively recent, like, Captain Phillips, you know.
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Especially if they're based on a true story and pretty close to it.
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The other one, my other favorite genre of movies is really hot actress kicking everybody's ass.
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And, like, you know, what was the one we, Atomic Blonde was the one we talked about quite a bit.
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And it's like these women who weigh, like, 118 pounds just killing, like, a 340-pound guy.
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They're highly trained, so it works, and I don't care.
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And when she said that, I was like, gosh, like, not only is she wrong that they've never tried this,
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it's an entire genre of movie, and it's my favorite genre of movie.
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Now, Atomic Blonde was after Hunger Games, if I'm not saying it.
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By the way, there are plans of an Atomic Blonde 2.
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I'm not saying I've looked, because I have many times, because I want a sequel.
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I think my favorite genre right now is documentaries.
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Yeah, I don't even count that, because I'm a huge documentary guy.
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I mean, I'm just scanning through the movies like you do on Netflix, and I thought, David Geffen has a documentary?
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Why don't I do a deep dive into his life, which I've been on lately?
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A woman was killed in 1978 in suspicious circumstances, and we never solved it?
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I've got to find out what happened to this person I never heard of.
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When they come out with new stuff, I don't necessarily jump on the bandwagon right away,
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but three minutes into it, I'm locked in for the entire series.
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It's like the biggest true crime convention in the United States.
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They'll take whatever the big Netflix series is.
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They have the lead attorney who is actually arguing the case.
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And they bring them in and they tell their whole story.
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They have the presentation, the photos, the documents.
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Because you start getting into the true crime stuff.
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It's amazing how many murders have not been solved.
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You would think it's only happened a couple of times.
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About 80% of the murders that happen aren't solved.
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If you look at Netflix, I believe we solve 1% of all murders.
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And the ones that we do solve, we're always wrong on.
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The poor people are always improperly imprisoned.
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But that's another reason for another documentary.
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We do a documentary on the person who spent 35 years in prison wrongly accused.
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I mean, like, some of the characters are so freaking crazy.
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And they do what Law & Order does to you, where no matter what their pitch is, you sort
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Like, it's really hard for me to be critical when I'm watching those things.
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And this is, of course, why they make documentaries for political positions.
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I'm not involved in the day-to-day investigations of crime.
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And based on the stuff they show you, they can lead you down the trail.
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How come they won't let this guy out of prison?
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And the person's like, actually, we have film of him doing it.
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That seems like an important element that should have been in the documentary.
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You should have told us they had film of him doing it, like, right at the beginning of