<description>&lt;article class= "post-21797 post type-post status-future format-standard category-hwtbam category-podcast entry" aria-label="Love and Money"&gt; &lt;div class="entry-content"&gt; &lt;p&gt;John and Craig look at four unbelievable stories in the news and ask, How Would This Be a Movie? Stories include a finance journalist who was scammed out of her savings, men who offer dating bounties, a franken-sheep made of cloned animal parts, and how standardized tests changed one woman’s life.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We also reveal which modern classics we’ve never seen (We meant to! We’re sorry!) to decide which – if any – we need to watch. But first, we follow up on D&amp;D for kids, ESL, AI in reality TV, and Tiffany problems before answering listener questions on formats and recommending your spouse.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Craig look at new guidelines for AI and how they might affect our future.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://quoteunquoteapps.com/weekendread/"&gt;Weekend Read 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://x.com/davo_arid/status/1772116369544233394?s=20"&gt;“Creep” post by @davo_arid on Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2024/movies-we-havent-seen"&gt;Full list of movies we haven’t seen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html"&gt; The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger&lt;/a&gt; by Charlotte Cowles for The Cut&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/business/dating-bounty-roy-zaslavskiy.html"&gt; Wanted: True Love. 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Scriptnotes Podcast

John August and Craig Mazin

637 - Love and Money

APR 2, 202474 MIN
Scriptnotes Podcast

637 - Love and Money

APR 2, 202474 MIN

Description

John and Craig look at four unbelievable stories in the news and ask, How Would This Be a Movie? Stories include a finance journalist who was scammed out of her savings, men who offer dating bounties, a franken-sheep made of cloned animal parts, and how standardized tests changed one woman’s life.

We also reveal which modern classics we’ve never seen (We meant to! We’re sorry!) to decide which – if any – we need to watch. But first, we follow up on D&D for kids, ESL, AI in reality TV, and Tiffany problems before answering listener questions on formats and recommending your spouse.

In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Craig look at new guidelines for AI and how they might affect our future.

Links:

Email us at [email protected]

You can download the episode here.