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Hi, this is Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic, and I'm here with the Slate Spoiler Special

podcast on Bernie, the new Richard Linklater film starring Jack Black.

Here in the studio to talk with me about Bernie is Slate contributor Seth Stevenson.

Hey, Seth.

Hey, Dana.

So this is your first time spoiling with me, right?

I couldn't remember if we'd ever done one before, and I think we haven't.

It is my first time. Thanks for having me on. I feel like I've spoiled many a movie in my dreams with you because I'm a big fan of your writing and I'm really happy to have you in here.

In my Richard Linklater waking life.

Yeah, exactly.

In your rotoscoped dreams. or Link Later, which is a column we have here at Slate where some poor soul, some masochist like you,

watches all the works of a certain director and writes about the entire sweep of their career.

So you are in the midst of finishing one up about Link Later now.

So you're really the perfect candidate to spoil this with me.

Yes, I'm steeped in Link Later.

Yeah, you're just wading through Link Later right now.

So I actually want to talk about that as well. And when we're

done talking about Bernie or in the middle of talking about Bernie, I want to do some sidebars on

Link later and just sort of what you make of his whole career. So let's start out with Bernie,

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