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David and Ben return as they recap the second episode of this season titled, ‘The Journey Is the Obstacle’ (03:25). They discuss Jack Spade’s continued struggles with balancing his wrestling career and personal life, the hope for Staci’s character to remain independent, where Crystal’s story line will go from here, and more. Also, they take a step behind the curtain as they are joined by the episode’s director, Peter Segal (42:38). They discuss how his past work in comedy contributes to the series, the wrestling lingo, the difficulties he faced while shooting the show, as well as the process of shooting the episode’s match with Jack and Crystal.

Hosts: David Shoemaker and Ben Lindbergh
Guest: Peter Segal
Producer: Jessie Lopez
Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz

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Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

Ben Lindbergh

David Shoemaker is the host of The Masked Man Show With Kaz and the author of ‘The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling.’

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