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Today, Explained

How Squid Game won Netflix

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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And whether the show’s message is being lost in the shuffle. Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

With O2, connect with family and friends for less this Christmas.

0:03.6

Save up to 500 pounds on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.

0:07.9

So go on, send those antler selfies and Santa emojis

0:11.3

and give those distant relays a video call.

0:14.0

Hiya, Janette Allen.

0:16.2

Connect for less this Christmas.

0:18.0

Search O2 Christmas.

0:19.8

O2, we're better connected.

0:21.9

Plus RPI plus 3.9% 500 pounds serving over 36 months.

0:24.7

And 20th December 2022, 36 months advice found with linked head time plan up to 24 months,

0:28.3

18 plus軌 just-a little fridge each hours fly.

0:58.3

Netflix's hottest show is Squid Game.

1:03.2

It's got everything.

1:04.2

Pink Stormtroopers, hundreds of people in matching tracksuits, honeycomb, shape-cutting,

1:08.8

and a giant animatronic robot girl who will have you shot if you move out of turn.

1:12.8

Oh, and this Korean drama just became the biggest series launch in the history of the platform.

1:20.8

It is about a group of heavily indebted South Koreans who are sort of tricked into participating

1:28.9

into this survival game where they show up and they're told that they're going to have

1:33.4

a chance to win money and it's going to be a series of challenges.

1:37.3

Here is the first game.

1:38.3

You will be playing Red Light Green Light.

1:42.4

But at the start of the first challenge, more than half of them get killed.

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