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David and Sarah discuss the sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden, the president’s tweet about who has the power to “open up” the economy, a federal judge’s ruling that a Kentucky church can conduct Easter drive-in service, and The Sopranos.

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    ARS

    Sarah is mostly right. Sopranos is solid. The Wire is awesome. Now I know what Jonah meant when I once heard him say David is so wrong on culture. Really love the Dispatch products and personalities. Sarah is such an important component as I could see lots of educated women who are independent or conservative liking her - I know my wife who is around her age and also graduated from law school does.

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    LLM4OSU

    Sons of Anarchy. Easy top 5.

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    Phil H

    David and Sarah, of the shows you mentioned:

    I never saw the Sopranos and didn't pay much attention, until the "cut to black" finale.

    I did see '24'. I chanced to see an episode in the 4th season and was immediately hooked, as much as a crack addict, for better or worse.

    I watched the original 70s "Battlestar Galactica" starring Lorne Greene as Commander Adama and a Lieutenant Starbuck who was a man, not a woman, and liked it. (Admittedly, the "Galactica 1980" final season jumped the shark.

    Haven't seen the other series.

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  4. Jason Runyan

    David, not one to disagree with you, but on The Sopranos? BOOOH!! Of course, from a guy that holds Battlestar Galactica in such high regard, it's no stretch that you wouldn't be into one of the best series on tv. Hey, I like Battlestar Galactica too when I was a kid. I mean Dirk Benedict? Silons? Great stuff. But The Sopranos was one of the first "rated R" tv series. I didn't even watch until a few years ago, and every time I start it I'm instantly addicted. Just like Breaking Bad. But all the performances were great in Sopranos, interesting stories, and it was fun seeing cameos from all the other famous mob movies you mentioned. One of the best shows on tv. Sorry if it didn't have enough robots or aliens for you.

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  5. Kit Johnson

    Never seen Sopranos, thought king Bran was a decent ending (though the final season should have been split into two).

    I'll add my list for good shows I've loved.
    --AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. Yes, it is a cartoon, but darn is it good. Great writing, characters, world building, you name it.
    --CHUCK. More just simple fun.
    --CLONE WARS. Cheating as I have yet to see all of it but what I have seen of it is very, very good. Though the first season has its problems.

    Also, netflix's DAREDEVIL, though only downside is you have to watch DEFENDERS between seasons 2 and 3. Which is fun but not as good as daredevil.

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    WALL-E

    First time listener to Advisory Opinions: I came here to listen to David on the Biden allegations, but stayed for Sarah's analysis on everything else (and I still like David's analysis on everything except culture). Completely agreed with Sarah on the journalist-with-a-blue-checkmark rant, eloquently explaining something I've felt for a long time. Great episode, and I'm looking forward to more in the future!

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  7. Paul Zummo

    I've tolerated, even agreed with many of David's pop culture takes. However, his review of the Sopranos might be final straw. David, you should be disbarred. I'm not sure how a lawyer can be disbarred for a bad culture take, but I'm pretty sure David should be disbarred for this.

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    Nathan

    When talking about the pseudo-statute of limitations that we have for reporting on certain things, it was pointed out that it's not reasonable to expect Biden to answer "where were you at 4PM on the second Tuesday of July in 1987?" or similar. I totally agree, but it reminded me that Kavanaugh was (amazingly) able to answer those sorts of questions with a granularity of detail that I'd not have thought possible, and to answer with evidence! The fact that senate Democrats and many elements of the media (David, did you notice I didn't just say "the media"?) chose to pillory him anyway is something that will be on the mind of at least a few voters in November.

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      Nathan

      And of course you make the same comparisons later on. I should listen to the whole thing before commenting.

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  9. Patrick Ortiz

    David French has the worlds highest ratio of good political takes: awful cultural takes. I’m here to fulfill his prophecy of filling the comments section to dunk on said awful cultural takes.

    I literally threw my phone in disgust (albeit into a cushioned bed) when he made that Mt. Rushmore of TV shows. I paused when he started it, found my wife, and said “listen, he’s about to say something dumb like Battlestar Galactica is better than Sopranos”. The only way GoT belongs there is if we remember that Jefferson is in fact an overrated president. A show that squanders a good plot by making a bird boy king? Breaking Bad but no Sopranos? Battlestar Galactica? And Arrested Development is great, but simply not the best sitcom ever (Seinfeld is, and probably 3+ others). Bad, bad takes! That’s a truth grenade based entirely on alternate facts!

    Repent, David French!

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    1. Patrick Ortiz

      Otherwise great episode! Keep them coming!

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    Sad Trombone

    Sarah, the first three seasons of The Wire are great, seasons four and five mail it in. if you need to binge some great old TV check out Rome by John Milius, Band of Brothers or ESPN's OJ Simpson miniseries.

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