TBD | What the Writers' Strike Is Really About

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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When television and screenwriters went on strike in 2007, Netflix had just started offering the option to stream content. This week, the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike to update pay structures for the streaming era—and to get ahead of A.I. and the changes it may bring. Guests: Michelle Dean, television writer and journalist Anousha Sakoui, entertainment industry writer for the Los Angeles Times If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	Hey guys, a quick disclosure before we start.
0:34.6	We are talking about the writer's guild of America's strike in today's episode.
0:39.0	And Slate's staff journalists like me are part of the WGA.
0:43.8	We are not striking though, it's just the television and screenwriters.
0:47.6	We are not covered under their contract.
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1:00.6	She's a journalist and a screenwriter and she wrote a big deal TV show.
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