Inside the Actors Strike

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The actors are officially on strike. Vox senior correspondent and critic Alissa Wilkinson breaks down what SAG-AFTRA is afta, and the New Yorker’s Michael Schulman explains how one of Netflix’s first original shows was an early warning sign. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. 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	The actor, Kumiko Glenn, got a statement in the mail.
0:07.3	Kumiko is one of the stars of Orange is the new black.
0:09.8	I always thought women's prison would be more about community, and girl power and stuff.
0:14.8	Some of these women just seem crazy.
0:18.3	The show had just started airing overseas and now Netflix was paying her residuals for
0:22.8	dozens of episodes.
0:23.8	I'm about to be so rich.
0:26.8	Hello, girl.
0:30.8	What?
0:33.8	$27.30.
0:37.8	When we next find Kumiko Glenn, she's on strike, along with every other actor who's unionized
0:46.7	with SAG After.
0:47.7	Coming up on today's plane, inside the actor's strike.
0:54.7	What did we want?
0:59.7	What did we want?
1:00.7	What did we want?
1:01.7	What did we want?
1:02.7	Alissa Wilkinson is a correspondent and a critic for Vox and of late, her beat has been
1:07.7	the actor's strike.
1:09.1	So this double strike is historic.
1:11.5	It's the first time in 63 years that it's happened.
1:14.8	I, as an observer of the industry, agree with the people in the industry who say that
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