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Paul Barlow On Film Accents

1 items · 1 aliases · peaked week of 3 May 2026 · first seen 9 May 2026

A podcast episode discussing rising tech costs due to AI, a rare example of a natural Kiwi accent in film, and critical commentary on Shane Jones' offensive remarks about homelessness.

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  • the thing that actually, I mean, like it all grosses me out, but the thing that actually grossed me out, you know, like. if and when the platform completely ceases to exist obviously it's dying a slow death at the moment how he's broadcasting from his mom's basement um as i would still go and i'm sure you would still go to you know people who are working there the people behind the scenes and stuff it's a bad call for them but but him today is like well you know the staff at the bsa you'll have to find another job it's like dude they're they're not the person who answers the phones and the you know the they've if no no we can all go you know the people from daily wire daily wire are said to have lost 60 percent of its staff and the daily wire is a horrible horrible horrible ben shapiro-led organization but there's going to be people in there who are just editors who don't buy into the you know political ideology and that kind of stuff and those people are always kind of sometimes just take a job in the industry because you've got to take a job and that's what we normally do you know we normally go oh the people within the establishment maybe not the people driving it but within fun that sucks for them but he's like no no no now everyone at the bsa if you're the receptionist nah fuck you it's basically what he's doing it's it's repugnant it is absolutely repulsive um let alone the other conversation around how it's in my opinion a bad mood but we'll get to that shortly um and also mike hosking's uh this morning just glazing reaching around with the prime minister was as just oh you know the reason that your polling is so bad is because all those people just want free stuff you're doing the right thing they they're all wrong you're but you're right right hey it's just awful it's gross anyway welcome back to the show people i'm sorry there was like lovely light-hearted conversations last night but pat's back and the world is doomed there we go um yeah anywho i've just i've just talked a lot chewy is there anything you want to add before we go grab paul
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