‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 Is an Energetic Return to Form. Plus, Chuck Klosterman!
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‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 Is an Energetic Return to Form. Plus, Chuck Klosterman!

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 17, 20261 hr 23 min

Chris and Andy talk about the ‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 premiere, the consistent excellence of the series for the past several years, and why this season feels special (2:30). Later, Chris is joined by Chuck Klosterman to talk about his upcoming book, ‘Rock*: A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music’; why he was drawn to speculative nonfiction as a genre; his personal relationship to the Velvet Underground; and more (25:36). Click here to preorder Chuck Klosterman’s book! Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Follow u...

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I need support staff to clear the room. Stand up and walk now. Hello and welcome to The Watch. My name is Chris Ryan.

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I am an editor at theringer.com and joining me in the studio after stiffing me for the bill at an Italian restaurant. It's Andy Greenwaltz. We did have a nice Italian meal in London recently.

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We did. Yeah, we split it though. We did. It is Thursday and today we are talking about the first episode of the sixth season of Sloor

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