Saudi Money in Hollywood & Are We All Content Addicts?

Saudi Money in Hollywood & Are We All Content Addicts? - Episode. 22

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@sl1msn1per 10 ай бұрын

You may not like to hear this, but this podcast is perfect second screen content and its one of the reasons I'm a regular listener.

@nattieCSH 10 ай бұрын

😅

@angelica351a 10 ай бұрын

im american dont even know these shows but love their banter

@finneganwoolley6557 9 ай бұрын

sorry, what was that?

@spooony2714 10 ай бұрын

I like Richard's optimism tempering Marina's cynicism. It's a great combonation.

@oliverschneider7489 10 ай бұрын

I find Marina's tone more like bitterness rather than cynacism. I keep hearing "why won't MBS give ME money"

@KeithJFisher 10 ай бұрын

What’s cynacism?

@Gerry-Hat-trick 10 ай бұрын

That's where we differ. I particularly like Marina's cynicism tempering Richards optimism 😁 It's a good pairing, both of who I've always enjoyed listening to, now in one nice package.

@lakrids-pibe 10 ай бұрын

@@KeithJFisher _Cynicism_ with a minor error. Cynicism (Ancient Greek: κυνισμός) is a school of thought in ancient Greek philosophy. The term is related to _kyon_ = dog in greek. By the 19th century, emphasis on the negative aspects of Cynic philosophy led to the modern understanding of cynicism to mean a disposition of disbelief in the sincerity or goodness of human motives and actions.

@AlmostYearly 10 ай бұрын

What's combonation? I like Richard's baldness and terrible first book ending, and Marina will eventually follow her nose to the right. It ain't The Rest Is Politics, is it.

@Diegesis 10 ай бұрын

This is my new favorite podcast. Theyre so unfettered by publicist handler concerns.

@rextitan 10 ай бұрын

Content addiction feels like a genuinely overlooked problem and it’s frightens me. There’s no actual official advice for people who want to exit the social media space other than “just delete it.” Any other form of addiction the advice is much more complicated than “just don’t use the thing.”

@timothygraham4304 10 ай бұрын

I mean, we could be going for a walk, but that's not enough stimulation nowadays. People still do, myself included, but I also find that I watch things at 2X speed, because I want to get the content as quickly as possible. It's an odd dichotomy.

@MsClaudz 2 ай бұрын

7 months after you posing this point, but the first steps with any addiction or addictive behaviour (overthinking, scrolling, checking an ex’s social media, it could be anything..) is to sit with your feelings and get honest about what NEED is this compulsive behaviour fulfilling. It’s filling a need. Work out what that is and then take steps to get back in touch with your body your feelings and needs rather than numbing them out.

@georgekearse2062 Ай бұрын

35:37 Yes, well, I'd not listen to this podcast except by watching it on my device. It's the watching and listening together that makes it for me😎

@claudiamueller5475 10 ай бұрын

„aaaaah, uuuuh, you dismember ONE guy“ wonderful

@gunark 10 ай бұрын

I recall during the first Gulf War that the big TV success was The Darling Buds of May. The rule of people flocking to escapism during depressing times still holds fast.

@alangreenway6695 10 ай бұрын

From someone that used to sell Pick n’ Mix, Haribo is gradually taking over all of it.

@Azeria 10 ай бұрын

35:35 it isn’t the expense either, because look at gaming, those are incredibly expensive to produce but vastly more popular than ever before

@Claire-h5t 10 ай бұрын

This partnership is so good! Love this channel! xx

@stevecochrane5376 3 ай бұрын

"How much money is enough? I think it's dreadful." says Marina. YES YES YES! Thank God and all his Minions for Marina Hyde keeping it honest.

@viperion_nz 10 ай бұрын

I have never gained and then lost respect for a person faster than that Gerard Butler sentence

@CamJ95 24 күн бұрын

Yup, good to know he’s willing to switch up on his morals for a pay day. I will definitely look at him much differently now.

@Balbadeno 10 ай бұрын

Fun thing I've noticed about phone addiction is some people can't even put them in a bag or pocket! They have to be holding it, just see next time Ur out & about how many people do it! I genuinely watched somebody pack 3 shopping bags one handed because couldn't bare to put her phone down! It's both sad & hilarious

@ZeoR95 10 ай бұрын

On the subject of TV ratings and "the cultural conversation", it doesn't surprise me that the 3 top shows are Call the Midwife, Death in Paradise and Antiques Roadshow. From what I can tell, these shows are all super popular amongst the older generation, who are the least likely to be on social media etc. Also, I would imagine that this is the generation who get the largest proportion of their entertainment from linear TV, as opposed to the internet, podcasts, games, etc. so the effective audience is going to be larger than other generations. Also the ITV Sunday night block isn't much to write home about either, so relative lack of competiton is going to be a factor.

@TonyP_Yes-its-Me 10 ай бұрын

My brother's friend once just wouldn't shut up about GB News, and kept saying that at least they "tell you the truth". So I said: "How do you know? How do you know it's the truth? How do you know that they aren't lying to you just as much, but in a different way?". His answer? "At least they tell you the truth".

@stewartkerr7623 10 ай бұрын

Loving the podcast and also the Q & A episodes. Would love to go for a beer with Richard and discuss his experiences in TV

@debbiecarter6430 10 ай бұрын

I suspect there would be a queue for that 😊

@costeris35 7 ай бұрын

The Saudi discussion reminded me of a great satirical book about SA and people’s willingness to compromise themselves for money. A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers, about an American IT representative trying to get a project off the ground in the dessert.

@AlbertSquareAfterDark 10 ай бұрын

I would say this (I’m an EastEnders podcast after all 😅) but to be fair, EastEnders is now directly opposite Emmerdale every episode since ITV extended their news programming in the evening and they upload that day’s episode to Iplayer every morning. I’m not denying it’s lower than it should be, especially in relation to the set cost, but I feel like that context is important to note. It also did incredibly well over Christmas; the big day’s episode got nearly 6m all in and it is going through a bit of a renaissance due to a new producer and the BBC seem very happy with where it is.

@DrCalamityJan 10 ай бұрын

Holy moly this podcast started with a bang. I had to stop after 4 minutes to catch my breath.

@pdfarrelly 10 ай бұрын

Always fascinating stuff. Hope this doesn't sound like a bot comment. I'm real, honest.

@PastPresented 10 ай бұрын

Looking at overnight TV ratings is rather going against current trends. For example, although "Call the Midwife" and "Death in Paradise" topped the overnights for 25 February and ITV's big drama "Trigger Point" was down in 7th place, when 7 days-worth of catch-up viewing was added in the BARB chart published yesterday, "Trigger Point" had gained millions of viewers to overtake them both (and indeed, "Paradise," which had suffered from being in the same slot as "Trigger Point," also gained enough viewers to beat "Midwife"). [EDIT: There may be a complication here; see my response comment below] An interesting thing about the charts including catch-up is that they include 7-day totals for TV viewing of shows on streaming services like Netflix and Disney+. The slight catch is that unless you're quite a patient reader, you'd never notice, because their biggest shows are way down the list, routinely beaten by every 5pm episode of "The Chase"

@TheDandonian 10 ай бұрын

Weirdly, Trigger Point season 2 has been on ITV player for months... I was surprised to see it trending on twitter last week and thought I'd missed season 3 first episode or something.

@PastPresented 10 ай бұрын

@@TheDandonian Even more weirdly, the Thinkbox TV version of the 7-day TV chart does not have a massive catch-up boost for "Trigger Point"- which puts it quite a long way down the chart at 24, with 3.69 million viewers, as opposed to the BARB version's 7.38 million. Given those particular figures, I'm inclined to suspect that the compiler of the public version of the BARB chart accidentally double-counted!

@julyanjohns1237 10 ай бұрын

that was a spicy one! thanks for sharing. i'm off to think about pick and mix now

@FEBear1 10 ай бұрын

This is always the highlight of my week, but good grief the future looks grim. I'm also worried that Richard suggests he's part of the fightback. If the gov't has its way, he'll be accused of being an extremist.

@lakrids-pibe 10 ай бұрын

Richard Osman's House of Games - sponsered by Visit Riyadh

@QmunkE 10 ай бұрын

It's amazing something like Shōgun was comissioned - that is pretty much the antithesis of "second screen" viewing

@eflbkk1 10 ай бұрын

You can get addicted to anything. Key is selecting what you view or read carefully. I think that’s always been the case but these days we have a far bigger choice which is far more difficult to regulate. There are dangers but most of the content is probably harmless except that it will ruin your life if it’s all you consume. We should drink responsibly and we need to make sure we filter our content responsibly.

@mmckenzie9367 2 ай бұрын

The "...sponsored by Visit Riyadh" comment was brilliant.

@armsiee 10 ай бұрын

GMB Keeps turning up on my Google News feed and I don't see anyway of turning it off!

@hazy33 9 ай бұрын

Part of the fun of House of Games these days is trying to guess who the hell the contestants are. At least give us a description please Richard.

@hazy33 8 ай бұрын

@@juliansydney9819 that's a bit optimistic these days. But anyway more proof that everyone needs a proper introduction.

@1pauljs 9 ай бұрын

34:16 Richard won the pronunciation war.

@digbyfox 10 ай бұрын

Gold star dear editor! 👍

@NickDusting 10 ай бұрын

One thing you didn't mention is the fact the younger generation have never known a world without "the internet"... so for themnit isnt an addiction as there is no experience of not having it to hand.nits how they live.

@elainemcgovern1430 4 ай бұрын

This is the most entertaining show ever…

@TheDandonian 10 ай бұрын

Eastenders comes out on iPlayer at 6am and airs at 7:30pm, which means you have the whole day to watch it before it airs but last week, it was FA cup week, which means some of the episodes were on iPlayer, 3 full days before they aired on TV. I wonder if that accounts for why the TV ratings are so low.

@richardlyth 10 ай бұрын

If Legend does House Of Games and stays in character throughout it will be a must-watch!

@bernster123 9 ай бұрын

Here for the pick n mix content 😉

@user-ic4vo2zc6f 2 ай бұрын

Best explanation I heard about the push of the driverless car for the general public (great thing obviously if you are disabled).

@Robalogot 10 ай бұрын

Why is the game industry being ignored when we talk about entertainment? I get that Marina and Richard are of the last generation that hasn't grown up with video games, but for anyone under 40, it has become a major form of entertainment. Sure TV and movie numbers are down, but the average entertainment budget has gone up per person, and it hasn't just gone to the Netflix of this world. When we talk about 2nd screen content, we're talking about twitch streaming for example, which isn't even the first-hand consumption of a piece of entertainment.

@CryptikConstruct 10 ай бұрын

Richard's generation are the first to grow up with video games. Space invaders ring a bell? Too much gaming, not enough history.

@epsleon 10 ай бұрын

There are some companies that are too big to fail. Obviously things would bounce back, but if Amazon shut up shop there's going to be a very rough year ahead of us. The UK government recently migrated a lot of their operations to Amazon Web Services. A lot of governments have. That's part of the reason why no one wants to break them up. They could pull out and bring a world of hurt.

@tbz1551 10 ай бұрын

Anyone planning to watch the F1 race this week ...in Jeddah? 😏

@lakrids-pibe 10 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia has a really .. uhm... unique opportunity with the ... uhm...

@joetrent4753 10 ай бұрын

Anyone who does will get to see Red Bull ace all of the competition as usual 😴.

@felinetherapy4782 10 ай бұрын

Whoever designed the thumbnail needs an award. 🤣

@cameronallen7422 10 ай бұрын

Do you have any idea why the KZbin version is 9 minutes shorter than the Apple Podcast version... can't imagine there was 9 minutes of ads

@Ulleskelf 10 ай бұрын

This episode dropped on the day that TalkTV have announced that they're going online only.

@johnpotts8308 10 ай бұрын

GB News can't be that influential, or Labour wouldn't have a 20 point lead in the polls! Of course, I was only half listening to this podcast as I was typing this comment...

@MPsNewswatch 10 ай бұрын

GB News's massive debt pile isn't a "success", the market for right of centre opinion isn't there for television, which is why Talk TV are pulling out of linear.

@kpwand 9 ай бұрын

With regards to the snooker "167", Ronnie O'Sullivan has always championed for greater 147 prizes, so it's not quite a Saudi creation.

@JuliaHopewell 4 ай бұрын

Everything that was reported in this week’s show has totally depressed me. Really sad to hear that GB News is still around.

@walkingandadventures6114 7 ай бұрын

Have Marina on House of Games

@themattitude 10 ай бұрын

Do I look like Deirdre Rachid?!

@babettesfeast6347 7 ай бұрын

Sorry I was distracted on Twitter, what were you saying?

@DannyDenay 10 ай бұрын

NEW CONTENT! I just had a content-gasm, shall we call it that?

@Susieq26754 4 ай бұрын

You would think MBS would buy Johnny Depp some new teeth. His teeth look like he mawed down a dozen butterfingers with some chewin tobacco. 😂

@HJV24 10 ай бұрын

Wolf of Wall Street being funded by dodgy money is always an amusing one

@Snoodlehootberry 9 ай бұрын

The Franchise looks like an interesting show, hopefully it will be Marina

@7zark785 10 ай бұрын

except for news II haven't watched free to air TV for years.

@lakrids-pibe 10 ай бұрын

I watch the Eurovision Song Contest with friends. It's not the same if you don't see it as it happens.

@peterdanielman 10 ай бұрын

Come make movies in Australia, we’ll let you hold a Koala!

@peterdanielman 8 ай бұрын

@@juliansydney9819 I was writing with "tongue in cheek". I don't think Australia is better than anywhere else. I have traveled all around Europe. TV and movies have been filming here regularly for decades. You need to get over yourself.

@sarahadam8334 10 ай бұрын

Love you both

@MrEwragg 10 ай бұрын

So what’s the point of this gold ball in snooker? Those extra 20 points just seem arbitrary from where I am because you’ve already won the game at that point. You only need 80 points to win a game and past that there’s no competitive advantage. It’s like telling a team in football that, if they win by 5 goals or more, when the match is over they’ll give them 3 opportunities to score in an open goal. Great but why?

@2nd3rd1st 10 ай бұрын

494% growth from the first GBNews viewer is still only 5.94 viewers, hardly a massive viewership.

@seanfaherty 10 ай бұрын

There has been Saudi money in Hollywood since the 70s That’s what happens when they are the only ones with money

@finneganwoolley6557 9 ай бұрын

Richard Osman is John Connor

@TCJones 10 ай бұрын

If i see any brand sponsered by Saudi it taints the brand for me, but then i dont watch, golf, f1 or and sport.

@ChrisH78 10 ай бұрын

Saudi money ruins everything it touches.

@mattcoxonline 10 ай бұрын

I wish this podcast had a Mastodon account.

@Alo4321 10 ай бұрын

Careful how you read statistics

@SandrineAnterrion Ай бұрын

I DO think that our society would collapse, if momentarily; should Facebook WhatsApp and Instagram close down! Folks everywhere would have to face their demons and not know what to do.

@artiezonk 10 ай бұрын

If Saudi Arabia was paying for the trial comments, then who do I send a bill to? Because I actually just watched the trial and made my decision of that, for free.

@Streetsy 10 ай бұрын

Love the show. But could you look at your framing of the wide shot. Having your faces just touch the edge of the tv is distracting.

@hellostckhlm1419 10 ай бұрын

This was a depressing episode. I was going to say it needed a trigger warning, but we’ve learned I’d have been more likely to listen! 😂

@DrCalamityJan 10 ай бұрын

I concur. I suspect Richard realised it too, hence the disclaimer at the end which, I noticed, Marina was not inclined to accept.

@TheTrueCyberpig 10 ай бұрын

Second screening is a horrible thing, mybwife and kids do this.

@checkchequers 10 ай бұрын

Hilarious editing, juxtaposing actors with saudi money

@miketrebert7788 10 ай бұрын

Deep cuts to the salaries of CNN's most expensive anchors recently. Other cable news channels to follow, it seems.

@npe9483 10 ай бұрын

Sky News and BBC News also have very low day-to-day ratings. Not defending GB News, it's mostly tosh, just saying 126,000 viewers per day isn't that abnormal for 24/7 news channels.

@dunquinho9706 10 ай бұрын

I think the point was not that GB news is doing poorly, just that channels of this type aren't the cultural phenomenom they're made out to be.

@stefan8303 10 ай бұрын

Bit naughty comparing GB news viewing figures to other shows and not to other news channels, most of which also have low figures.

@stefan8303 10 ай бұрын

@@Est-os9yc Yes, that's correct they are lower. However, I'm not sure I'd call them much lower. Barb Monday average figures: GB news 58k, Sky 62.5k, BBC 76k. All outperformed Talk TV on only 11K, though they are mainly focused on digital which is eroding gb news digital. There's obviously a huge gap between gb compared to other non news TV shows but there's also a large gap between sky etc and other TV shows, which was not mentioned. Some figures would have been nice. There's also some gb news shows such as Farage, which was highlighted, that regularly outperforms Sky and BBC news.

@stefan8303 10 ай бұрын

@@Est-os9yc Thanks, I will track it down and have a look 👍

@PaulMcCaffreyfmac 10 ай бұрын

The more I hear about Depp the less I like him.

@dunquinho9706 10 ай бұрын

There's lots of other people to like, I wouldn't get too worried about Depp.

@charliebroomhall 17 күн бұрын

Better to engage with a crazed autocratic murderer , anti free speech despot ,than not to engage, hoping by doing so you will change Saudi Arabia …. Ok Richy baby. Let’s see how that works. Marina is right, when did it all change and money is literally everything? We’ve built the handcart, jump in it. All aboard. Richard is funny. Marina funnier. But Richard stop mentioning Ingrid dude. It’s beyond a joke now. Everyone of these episodes is a tipping of the hat to your honeymoon period. You are better than this mate.