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I'm Stephen McCaff and this is the Slayer Culture Gapfest

de-Snappening edition. It's Wednesday, May 1st, 2019. On today's show,

our long national daydream is over.

The epic 22 picture MCU cycle has ended, sort of, maybe, I'm skeptical, with Avengers

colon, end game.

We discuss with MCU completest in Times opinion column as Jamil Bowie.

And then F-Cossi Verden is a limited series that's on the FX network and it tells a story of the decades

long creative and spazzle partnership between Bob Fosy and Gwen Verden.

It stars Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams in the title characters.

And finally, we will be joined by the screenwriter John August, who will walk us patiently through the

conflict now happening between the Writers Guild of America otherwise known as

the WGA and the major to Hollywood Talent agencies. It sounds arcane, it is arcane, but it's also a huge, huge deal.

It is likely to change the shape of Hollywood for decades to come and John August is a remarkable

screenwriter and has been a great guest on the show.

So very much looking forward to that joining me today is the deputy managing editor of the LA Times Julia Turner.

Hey Julia, welcome back.

Hello Steve, in studio here in New York with Dana this week.

What a treat?

So jelly, Fomo.

Yeah, it's old home week except for you.

Soon, soon we'll all be together.

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