Working: A Radical Comic Strip, Reimagined for Audio

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🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This week, host June Thomas talks to writer Madeleine George, who recently adapted the classic Alison Bechdel comic Dykes to Watch Out For into an audio drama that stars Jane Lynch, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, and Roxane Gay. In the interview, Madeleine discusses the challenges of turning a piece of visual art into an audio-only narrative. She also talks about the 1980’s setting of the story and the continued relevance of the characters’ personal and political lives. After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler explain how to set rules for your creative projects. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Madeleine talks about her work on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.4	network. The thing about the comic strip that is so incredible is that it is funny, sexy, emotional
1:37.0	and so political. These characters, their politics are their emotional lives. That is a component
1:43.6	of the characters and of the storytelling that I did not want to skip.
1:51.2	Welcome back to working. I'm your host, Isaac Butler and I'm your other host, June Thomas.
1:56.9	June, whose voice was that we heard at the top of this week's episode?
2:00.5	Isaac, that was playwright Madeline George and I was super excited to talk to her about her work
2:06.7	as the script writer for the Dikes to Watch Out for audiobook which audible released in June.
2:13.2	Wait, wait, there's so much stuff you said there that is like, oh my god, Dikes to Watch Out for,
2:18.9	I'm like the Vince McMahon gift, Dikes to Watch Out for, it's an audiobook now written by Madeline
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