Serial Season 2, Ep. 4: Slate’s Spoiler Special

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Film Reviews,, Tv & Film

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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New York Magazine’s Carl Swanson joins us to share behind-the-scenes insights on the making of Serial’s new season, gleaned from his recent interviews with Sarah Koenig and the production team. Plus: is Serial still appointment listening, or is this season’s narrative somehow less compelling, despite its broadened scope? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Casper.
0:01.7	Get $50 toward any mattress purchased by visiting casper.com slash serial spoiler and using promo code serial spoiler at checkout.
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0:11.5	We're also sponsored by Audible, which has more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken word audio products.
0:16.8	Get a free 30-day trial at www. www.audible.com slash serial spoiler.
0:28.2	Hello and welcome to Slate's serial spoiler special.
0:31.3	I'm Slate's senior editor Gabriel Roth.
0:33.5	Joining me from our DC studio is Slate's words correspondent Katie Waldman.
0:37.1	Hi, Katie. Hi, Katie.
0:38.0	Hi, Gabe.
0:38.9	Every week, Katie and I and our guests will be discussing season two of the popular podcast
0:43.1	Serial, going deeper into the show's themes, exploring its characters and situations,
0:47.2	and looking at the ways in which it reverberates in the world. This week, we're joined by
0:51.1	New York Magazine editor-at-large Carl Swanson, who recently wrote an extensive piece on the making of Serial's second season,
0:57.7	with exclusive access to Sarah Koenig and many of the other creators and producers of the show.
1:02.5	Carl, thanks for joining us.
1:03.8	Thanks for having me.
1:04.6	So, Katie, tell us, how did you, what did you come away from this episode feeling?
1:08.5	Well, there's a lot of torture. There are a lot of kind of eviscerating details,
1:12.6	such as when Bo recalls being mutilated on his chest.
1:19.6	Bo says a man would come into the room.
1:21.5	He never saw his face because either Bo would be blindfolded
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