It's been four years since the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror made new episodes

of terrifying speculative.

Five new episodes, and in that time the real world has made black mirror style tales of dangerous technology seem even more terrifying and far less speculative. Five new episodes dive into questions of identity, celebrity, apocalyptic demons, the true crime

explosion and the dangers of big intrusive content-packed streaming networks.

I'm Glenn Weldon. And I'm Linda Holmes and today we're

talking about Black Mirror on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining Glenn and me today is Ronald Young Jr. He is the host of the film and television review podcast leaving the theater.

Hi Ronald.

Hello Linda.

And also here is writer, comedian,

and co-host of the Bad Romance podcast,

Jordane Serles.

Welcome back, Jordane.

Nice to be back.

Black Mirror launched in 2011 and it's made sets of episodes what I would call sporadically

as clueless would say since then, mostly about tech topics like surveillance, manipulation of bodies

and minds, altered realities, and the dangers of social networks.

It's always had impressive lineups of guest stars. This season is no

different. You'll see Aaron Paul Zazzie Bates, Salma Hayak Pinot, Josh Hartnett,

and Kate Mara, not to mention a lot of less famous but very impressive actors.

All five installments were written or co-written by the series creator Charlie Brooker

and they once again touch on technology society and in two cases a streaming service called Streamberry

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