# Multimedia 

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Cato Weekly Podcast • March 17, 2023 

# *Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game*

It took 30 years and one dedicated young man to get New York to throw out its ban on pinball. *[Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game](https://pinballfilm.com/)* tells the story of Roger Sharpe, a journalist at *GQ* and a pinball aficionado. Austin and Meredith Bragg are the film’s directors. The film is in theaters and available for streaming today.

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##### Featuring 

![Austin Bragg cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2023-05/austin-bragg-cropped.jpg?itok=4Y3GUwci) 

##### Austin Bragg 

Writer/​Director, *Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game*

![Meredith Bragg cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2023-05/meredith-bragg-cropped.jpg?itok=BZaB16NI) 

##### Meredith Bragg 

Writer/​Director, *Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game*

[![Square face shot of Caleb O. Brown.](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/cbrown_sq.jpg?itok=zSWLm8kR)](/people/caleb-o-brown) 

##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute