Bonus: WGA/SAG Strike Update
🕑 Added 2023-08-19 13:25:46 +0000 UTCWe talk to Alex Press about her reporting on the ongoing WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes, with additional commentary from some of the striking entertainment workers we met on the picket lines in LA and NYC.
Special thanks to the following for speaking to us:
Bex Taylor-Klaus
Catherine Schetina
Jess McKenna
John Hodgman
Max Calder
Read Alex's piece on the strikes in Jacobin here: https://jacobin.com/2023/07/hollywood-writers-actors-strike-studios-streaming
Comments
Starry Pr1nce
Weird how Stevie Nelson never achieved the same success as her LTASMI costar Milana V. I wonder why. Lmao perhaps SAG is what will finally let her beat Milana
enter_krzysz
Thanks, great episode
Major Powers
Banger ep. I love Alex so much!
nati
This was legitimately one of the best pieces of journalism I’ve listened to all year. Congrats everyone and solidarity forever
Move to LA Will, California needs you.
Jonny confuse by corndog
Also, while I got you Chapos here, let me say that I loved Chris's off-mic but still audible, hypemanesque laughs after Matt's and Felix's zingers on Friday's episode. The off-mic laughs are always a great add to an already good zinger.
Jonny confuse by corndog
No slop? Only veggies? Ok, works for me! (Seriously, thanks for getting this out on a Saturday)
Tommy
I feel like this could be submitted for some kind of award.
Ijon Tichy
The studios are just desperate to do Phillipsvision from the Critic
Poppy Chulo
I'm in love with Jessie Buckley.
Nathan Explosion
they know. they might not understand or interpret data well, but they know. i had a student that was interning for a netflix sub that was breaking down all the movies into their component, algorithmic parts.
Ian Borsuk
Wanna echo Andrew Rexroat - great episode and loved the format and editing. Thanks for putting up on public feed, this is perfect for sharing with friends who aren't regular listeners.
Violet
I'd give a 75% chance that the streaming companies also don't know how many people are actually watching their shows and really don't want anyone finding out how imprecise and useless their numbers really are, because they don't want investors to know how meaningless the stats they quote are. That's just based on my experience working in tech, though.