Press Play with Madeleine Brand
An Oscars Swag Bag Lawsuit
The Oscars are coming up at the end of this month. For nominees that means interviews, photo shoots and swag. Oscars gift bags are famously lavish, and the Academy says they’ve gotten so over-the-top, the Academy is now suing the company that puts them together. Basically, the Academy wants nothing to do with them. Photo by BDS2006
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Oscars are coming up at the end of this month. For nominees that means interviews, photo shoots and swag. Oscars gift bags are famously lavish, and the Academy says they’ve gotten so over-the-top, the Academy is now suing the company that puts them together. Basically, the Academy wants nothing to do with them.
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Exide Cleanup, Apple and an Oscars Swag Fight- 0:00Exide Cleanup
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- 24:35Channing Dungey
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Kyle Buchanan
pop culture writer for the New York Times, author of “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road”
The full episode
4 of 5Exide Cleanup, Apple and an Oscars Swag Fight- 0:00Exide Cleanup
- 14:53Web Roundup: Apple and More
- 24:35Channing Dungey
- 32:15An Oscars Swag Bag LawsuitYou’re reading this
- 42:42The Pope and Contraceptives