Look Into the Future with Black Mirror

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The creators of the Netflix hit Black Mirror on predicting the future, Twitter as a massive role-playing game, and nostalgia for meh. As season four of the Emmy-award-winning show approaches, we revisit Manoush’s conversation with show creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones. Chipper optimism and wit from two delightfully dark geniuses.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Manouche again.
0:02.4	You just heard me a minute ago and actually I'm not in the office right now.
0:06.6	In fact, the whole note to self-team is off getting bored out of our minds.
0:12.1	Hopefully off our phones relaxing, having brilliant vacations.
0:16.7	So this week we're playing you one of our favorite episodes from the past year.
0:21.0	My interview with Charlie Brooker and Annabelle Jones, the masterminds behind our favorite
0:26.8	dystopian TV show.
0:28.6	Yeah, I'm talking about Black Mirror.
0:30.9	Since we talked to Annabelle and Charlie and June, the pair have picked up a couple
0:34.5	Emmys and our stories here on the podcast have just kept hitting that Black Mirror vibe.
0:41.1	I have given my body over to a telepresence robot.
0:44.7	I created a mini-manouche AI.
0:47.4	We have tried and sometimes failed to reclaim our humanity from our technology just like
0:53.8	the characters on the show.
0:55.9	And by the way, if you don't know already, Black Mirror is back.
1:00.6	Netflix has announced season four will drop on December 29th.
1:06.0	So perfect timing, right?
1:08.4	Enjoy.
1:10.9	I'm a natural warrior.
1:21.9	I love technology, but I'm a real warrior.
1:24.0	And so I think reflected in the stories is a kind of worst case scenario.
1:31.3	It's Charlie Brooker and Annabelle Jones.
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