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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Game of Thrones is almost over -- tragedy or relief?

    There are only two more episodes of Game of Thrones. We talk about what the non-watchers, or ‘Never Throners,’ have been going through this whole time.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 8, 2019 • 51m Listen

    There are only two more episodes of Game of Thrones. We talk about what the non-watchers, or ‘Never Throners,’ have been going through this whole time.

    In this episode

    5 stories
    1. 0:00

      Former federal prosecutors sign a letter saying Trump obstructed justice

      More than 600 former federal prosecutors signed a statement on Monday stating that Donald Trump would’ve been charged with obstruction of justice if he weren’t the U.S. president.

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      11 min
    2. 10:58

      Riot Games workers protest forced arbitration for sexual harassment claims

      On Monday, more than 200 employees at Santa Monica-based Riot Games walked out to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment and discrimination. Riot Games is facing an ongoing class action lawsuit that started last year.

      Read the story
      8 min
    3. 18:42

      What should USC do about its Arnold Schwarzenegger Institute?

      I n the last two years, USC has been hit with scandal after scandal. The former medical school dean saw patients after smoking meth. There were decades of overlooked complaints about a campus gynecologist.

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      10 min
    4. 28:17

      How the CEO of Sun-Maid came up against the ‘raisin mafia’ when he tried to modernize the raisin industry

      Millennials get blamed for killing a lot of things: napkins, marriage, department stores. The raisin has been inching closer to that kill list.

      Read the story
      14 min
    5. 42:05

      ‘Game of Thrones’ non-watchers celebrate the end of the series

      There are only two more episodes of Game of Thrones. Then the show is over. We talk about what the non-watchers have been going through this whole time.

      Read the story
      9 min
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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    In this episode

    5 stories
    1. 0:0011 min

      Former federal prosecutors sign a letter saying Trump obstructed justice

    2. 10:588 min

      Riot Games workers protest forced arbitration for sexual harassment claims

    3. 18:4210 min

      What should USC do about its Arnold Schwarzenegger Institute?

    4. 28:1714 min

      How the CEO of Sun-Maid came up against the ‘raisin mafia’ when he tried to modernize the raisin industry

    5. 42:059 min

      ‘Game of Thrones’ non-watchers celebrate the end of the series

    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand