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go to Netflix.com slash Slate. I'm Dana Stevens, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest,

Wild Over-Simplification Edition. It's Wednesday, March 14th, 2012. And on today's program,

we're going to talk about the debate over the viral advocacy video, Coney 2012, the new HBO Sarah Palin docudrama Game Change, and Werner Herzog's new TV series about Death Row. Joining me today is Slate's culture editor, John Swansberg. Hey, Dana. Hey, John. Good to have you here. Good to be here. And with me also is June Thomas Slate's culture critic.

Hey, June.

Hey, Deena.

This is an odd threesome.

I don't know if the three of us in this particular combination have ever done the Gab Fest before. You guys have obviously done it many times. But with me hosting and just the two of you. I don't think so. We're stepping off into uncharted waters. I'm excited.

So, Coney 2012 is the title of this half-hour-long advocacy video.

I don't know what you would call it, a sort this half-hour-long advocacy video.

I don't know what you would call it, a sort of half-hour-long PSA, made by a California-based organization called Invisible Children.

And within days of the release of this video, on March 5th, I believe, it had become a viral sensation.

It's now up to 96 million views, I think, worldwide.

It has also given rise to countless Facebook pages,

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