Adam Conover On the Hollywood Strike
CYBER
VICE
4 • 645 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
It’s a brutally hot summer, a great time to cool off in an air conditioned movie theater or to catch up on some of those TV shows you’ve had on your list forever. But did you know the people who make the fine entertainment you know and love are on strike? Both writers and actors are picketing, trying to get a fair shake out of the studios and companies that bet big on streaming and used the shift to screw over the workers who keep us all entertained.
With us today to talk about it is standup comedian and consummate host and presenter Adam Conover. If you’ve been following the strike at all you’ve probably seen some of his videos. If you’re a fan of great TV or podcasts, you may have seen his various TV shows or listened to his Factually! Podcast.
Stories discussed in this episode:
Striking Writers Are on the Front Line of a Battle Between AI and Workers
How Long Will the Writers’ Strike Last? An Expert Explains
The Hollywood Strike Will Affect Way More Than Movies and TV
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| 0:00.0 | It's got the code it's going to launch |
| 0:07.7 | It's a unit system |
| 0:12.0 | I know this |
| 0:13.6 | It's how the files of the whole park |
| 0:16.4 | It tells her everything |
| 0:18.6 | Sir he's uploading the virus |
| 0:20.5 | Eagle 1 The package is being delivered Hello It tells her everything. Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
| 0:23.2 | Eagle One, the package is being delivered. |
| 0:25.9 | Hello out there on the internet. |
| 0:27.9 | I am Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber. |
| 0:30.5 | It's a hot and brutal summer across the world, |
| 0:33.2 | a great time to cool off in an air-conditioned movie theater or catch up on some of those TV shows you've had on your list forever. |
| 0:37.5 | But, did you know the people who make the fine entertainment you know and love are on strike? |
| 0:42.3 | Both the writers and actors are picketing, trying to get a fair shake out of the studios and |
| 0:46.6 | companies that bet big on streaming and use that shift to screw over the workers who keep us all |
| 0:51.5 | entertained. |
| 0:52.9 | With us today to talk about it is stand-up comedian and consummate host and presenter, |
| 0:56.9 | Adam Conover. |
| 0:58.0 | If you've been following the strike at all, you have probably seen some of his videos. |
| 1:03.8 | If you're a fan of great TV or podcasts, you may see his various TV shows or listen to his |
| 1:09.2 | factually podcast. |
| 1:13.1 | Adam, thank you so much for joining us. |
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