The Missing Pieces Production Context & Current Events - What was going on in 2014?

Lost in Twin Peaks

Episode 31E: Assembling the deleted scenes, #1 TV show on release date, #1 movie this weekend, in the news this day & TIME cover this week

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0:00 INTRO clip from Obama's sanctions speech

1:09 PRODUCTION CONTEXT including an aside on the fanedit

11:38 HISTORICAL CONTEXT for July 29, 2014 including...

1 MOVIE: Lucy

1 TV SHOW:_ _America's Got Talent, change in TV ratings

WORLD EVENTS (very brief): Israel bombing Gaza, Russia sanctioned over Ukraine, Virginia same-sex marriage ban overturned

TIME COVER: Invasive species

OTHER TIME ARTICLES: Economic recovery, growing inequality, Elizabeth Warren, splitting California, criticism of Obama

17:25 OUTRO clip from Bernie Sanders interview

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EPISODE LINKS

President Obama announces expanded sanctions on Russia in Uk [sic] (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAu1prQkJEU

Browse a visual copy of the entire May 21, 1990 TIME Magazine: https://time.com/vault/issue/2014-07-28/page/1/

Senator Bernie Sanders: A Real 2016 Contender? https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2014/07/21/bernie-sanders-president-2016-hillary-clinton

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