Navigating The Newsroom: A Podcast On Hbo's The Newsroom

In this episode, Allison Loring from Film School Rejects and Fanhattan returns to discuss the fourth episode of the second season, "Unintended Consequences." How does everyone feel about Jim leaving the campaign trail? Is Will's takedown of Occupy a fair one? Is the big reveal about what happened to Maggie in Africa fully satisfying? And what about critics who claim this episode is borderline racist? Tune in to find out. SHOW NOTES: 00:20 - Intro 5:09 - Allison's thoughts on Season 2 so far 6:57 - General thoughts on this episode 11:16 - Jim on the campaign trail 20:57 - Occupy Wall Street, here and overseas 35:04 - Genoa developments, legal stuff 48:37 - Maggie in Africa 1:05:24 - Is this depiction of Africa accurate or kinda racist? 1:15:10 - Brief thoughts on the depiction of women this season 1:17:45 - Show close DON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing [email protected]. Thanks for listening!