Ep. 623 - In The Heights (GUEST: Carlos Aguilar)

David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Carlos Aguilar to discuss Jon Chu and Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest film, In The Heights. Follow Carlos on Twitter. Find Carlos's writing on In the Heights in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Indiewire.

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Weekly Plugs David - Recapping Loki with Dan Gvozden

Devindra - Lots of E3 content over on the Engadget YouTube channel

Jeff - DLC does E3!

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)

What we've been watching (14:30)

David - Infinite, Kevin Can F Himself, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, The Year Earth Changed

Devindra - Sweet Tooth, In Treatment

Jeff - Loki, Hacks

Feature (~1:10:00)

In the Heights

Spoilers (~1:39:14)

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