How Neil Gaiman's ‘American Gods’ finally made it to TV

Channels with Peter Kafka

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4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Author Neil Gaiman talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka about the TV adaptation of his novel ‘American Gods,’ which debuts April 30 on Starz. Gaiman says ‘American Gods’ is a ‘big, sprawling’ story that could have never been made when the book came out, in 2001 — the rise of prestige TV and consumers’ online binging habits made it possible. He also talks about working in comics, what he thinks of President Trump, and why he’s fascinated by — but not making content for — VR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.4	them, you hang on to them. Tell Macwell, you don't like these socks, and you will like them. But if you don't like them, you hang on to them, tell Mac Weldon you would like your money back. They will send you your money back. 20% off at macwellden.com. If you use the promo code recode, that's macwellden.com promo code recode. Neil Gaiman says they look like socks, and he's right. Footwear is so peculiar. I pulled out for this, I've been on this wonderful two-day press junket for American gods. I looked at my closet before I came down to New York and there, right at the back were a pair of lovely looking boots that I had fond memories of. I remember buying them in about 2001.
1:15.2	Do they fit?
1:16.2	They still fit.
1:16.8	Good.
1:17.1	My feet have not fat.
1:18.6	Your feet have not gotten weight.
1:19.5	Nope.
1:20.2	And I thought, those are beautiful.
1:22.1	Why are they sitting in the back of the closet?
1:23.9	I will wear them.
1:25.6	So I pull them out, put them on, get in the car that takes me to New York,
1:31.0	go to the hotel, go upstairs, and slowly remember why I put them in the back of the closet.
1:38.6	As every step I take, they go, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak.
1:46.0	They're actually squeaky boots, okay.
1:50.5	So then I go to Twitter and I say people of Twitter, help me.
1:51.8	I have squeaky boots.
1:55.5	And lots of people came up with the same answer.
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