Serial Season 2, Ep. 5: Slate's Spoiler Special

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Film Reviews,, Tv & Film

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Gabe and Katy talk about the many appealing new characters introduced in this week's episode, and try to suss out the major themes of the season thus far. Plus: listener emails! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Audible, which has more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken word audio products.
0:05.7	Get a free 30-day trial at www.audible.com slash serial spoiler.
0:11.0	We're also sponsored by Harries, the shaving company that offers German-engineered blades,
0:15.7	well-designed handles, and shipping right to your door.
0:18.2	Visit harries.com for $5 off your first purchase with the promo code Serial Spoiler.
0:29.5	Hello and welcome to Slate's Serial Spoiler Special.
0:32.6	I'm Slate Senior Editor Gabriel Roth,
0:34.5	and joining me from our DC studio is Slate's words correspondent, Katie
0:38.2	Waldman. Hi, Katie. Hi, Gabe. Are you all ready for the Blizzard? Um, yes. I have stocked up
0:44.1	on exactly nothing, but I've got Netflix, so I think I'm good to go. Glad to hear. We're back after
0:49.0	an unexpected hiatus, because as you've probably noticed, cereal has moved to a bi-weekly schedule,
0:55.9	a change that we will discuss later.
1:00.5	But in case you're joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where Katie and I discuss season two of cereal week by week, sort of, going deeper into the show's themes, exploring its
1:06.1	characters and situations, and looking at the ways in which the podcast reverberates in the world.
1:11.2	This week, we are talking about episode five of serial season two.
1:16.2	Meanwhile in Tampa.
1:17.9	Katie.
1:18.5	Yes.
1:19.3	Big themes.
1:20.0	What were the big themes this week?
1:21.7	Oh, my gosh.
1:22.5	You're starting with like the heavy guns.
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