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Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran-Foer's rumored love affair and the New York Knicks' questionable management decisions
TLDR The hosts of Reply All discuss the rumored love affair between Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran-Foer, as well as the New York Knicks' controversial decision to trade away Kristaps Porzingis, leaving fans frustrated and questioning the team's management.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
The hosts of Reply All are introduced and their boss presents them with a tweet about sports that they don't understand.
03:58
Jonathan Safran-Foer is a successful and accomplished writer who became the emblem of everything people resent about the literary industry.
07:41
Jonathan Safran-Foer's book "Eating Animals" received mixed reactions, with some praising its moral arguments and others criticizing its lack of consideration for class and money, as well as the fact that a successful person was telling others what to do; however, Natalie Portman loved the book and even wrote an article in the Huffington Post about how it influenced her to become a vegan.
11:14
Jonathan Tavernbauer and Natalie Portman allegedly had a rumored love affair, but it is unclear if the emails between them actually exist; however, they later wrote promotional emails to each other for a magazine article, which were cringe-worthy and seemed like they were trying to impress each other.
15:00
The hosts feel bad for Jonathan Tavernbauer and Natalie Portman and think that they got bad advice when they wrote the emails in the New York Times, which they believe was a setup by the newspaper.
19:09
The Dolan family, who owns the Knicks, also has a passion project called JD and the Straight Shot, a band that plays horrible boomer rock and opens for big bands at Madison Square Garden.
23:23
In 2015, the New York Knicks drafted Kristaps Porzingis with the fourth pick in the NBA draft, which was met with negative reactions from fans.
26:52
The New York Knicks drafted Kristaps Porzingis, who turned out to be an amazing player, but then traded him, leaving fans angry and questioning the team's management.
30:56
The tweet with Natalie Portman and Jonathan Saffron Fowler illustrates how the Knicks are overestimating their ability to attract good players after trading away Porzingis.
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