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Hi, this is Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic,

here with the Slate Spoiler Special podcast on World War Z,

the new Mark Forster film about a zombie apocalypse. And joining me from the Slate's movie critic here with the Slate's spoiler special podcast on World War Z, the new Mark Forster film about a zombie apocalypse.

And joining me from the Slate DC studio is Dave Wigle. Hi, Dave. Hi. You've never joined me for a spoiler before.

I'm really excited that you wanted to do this one. Can you talk about why you wanted to do a spoiler since I joined Slate almost three years ago. I remember mentioning this when I was trying to impress people who might hire me and say,

I love spoiler specials and it only took, you know, a third of a decade.

Well, you told the wrong person.

You should have told me.

I'm always desperately looking for partners for these.

But I wanted to do this because I read World War Z. Actually, I read Max Brooks, the author, The Son of Mel Brooks, who is, unlike his father,

has entered zombie expertise instead of comedy.

And he's also the son of Anne Bancroft?

He is.

The son of Anne-Brencroft and Max Brooks.

Sorry, and Mel Brooks is the world's foremost expert on zombies.

So as many people would have predicted.

And I enjoyed this book.

I enjoyed the book that preceded this, which a lot of people would say started the zombie

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