The Lovebirds

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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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 Sam Adams is joined by Willa Paskin and Rachelle Hampton to spoil The Lovebirds, a romantic comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani. Leilani (Issa Rae) and Jibran (Kumail Nanjiani) are a couple on the brink of a break up when they find themselves caught up in a murder mystery. You can read Sam Adam’s review here. You can read Rachelle Hampton’s investigation into how ripped Kumail was during The Lovebirds here. You can read Cornelia Channing’s milkshake investigation here. Note: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Email us at [email protected]. Podcast production by Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.3	Hello, and welcome to this week's episode of Spoiler Specials.
1:06.3	I'm Sam Adams, the senior editor at Slate, and this week we're spoiling the Lovebirds,
1:10.0	the Netflix comedy about a couple, played by Kum we're spoiling the lovebirds, the Netflix comedy
1:10.9	about a couple, played by Camille Nangiani and Issa Rae, who were on the verge of breaking up
1:15.1	when they suddenly find themselves on the run from the law and reconnect over a wild
1:18.4	night in New Orleans. Joining me to talk about it are Willa Paskin, Slate's TV critic. Hello,
1:23.3	Willa. Hi. And also Slate Staff writer Rachel Hampton.
1:27.7	Hello.
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