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Slate Culture

Spoiler Specials: The White Lotus

Slate Culture

Slate Podcasts

Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Slate’s movie critic Dana Stevens is joined by Slate contributor Isaac Butler and The New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme to spoil Mike White’s The White Lotus. What happens when a group of extremely privileged and wealthy people arrive at The White Lotus Resort in Hawaii for a week of relaxation in the sun? The answer is nothing good. Note: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore. Email us at [email protected]. Podcast production by Morgan Flannery. Hosts Dana Stevens is a movie critic at Slate. You can hear her talk more about The White Lotus here. Isaac Butler is the co-host of Slate’s Working podcast. You can listen to his interview with the show’s composer here. Rachel Syme is a staff writer at The New Yorker. You can read her piece about the show here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Heard about Magpie, the vegan pie truck that needed a bit of help from GoDaddy.

0:03.3

One day the owners are like,

0:04.8

this business hasn't reached this potential.

0:07.1

And the other one goes,

0:08.0

we need a bigger piece of the pie.

0:09.8

And then it hits her.

0:11.1

We need GoDaddy.

0:12.0

Look, we can get it the main name and create an online store

0:14.8

so we can sell to more customers.

0:16.8

Now they've gone from serving a couple of pies

0:19.1

to a vlogging nationwide.

0:20.9

And now everyone's like,

0:22.2

vegan pies are the new thing around here.

0:25.0

Wait, know me!

0:26.4

Till the next step on your business journey with GoDaddy.

0:30.0

If you hold there, we're going to pour them into these trays.

0:32.1

I'm making chocolate!

0:34.4

If you're looking to take the next steps with your business,

0:37.2

get in touch with Matt West.

0:38.7

So how did Matt West get involved?

0:40.4

We started really small in my back garden.

0:42.6

And then I moved into here.

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