A young Roger Ebert, a lifelong newspaperman, peruses his beloved Sun-Times in the newsroomThe news of Roger Ebert's death has impacted nearly everyone who loves movies, and many who don't. He attained the kind of trust and name recognition that only a handful of critics have ever enjoyed. And he deserved it. Ebert was smart without being a pedant, open-minded without being wishy-washy. He wrote with a palpable ecstasy for movies, and for other things. The next episode of this podcast will be posted soon, and it will be dedicated to Ebert. He will be missed.