In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the current strike in Hollywood.
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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
· Hollywood actors and writers have been on strike for more than one hundred days. Niki drew on this Hollywood Reporter article about Ronald Reagan’s tenure as a union leader. Natalia referred to this New Yorker story about Orange Is The New Black, and we all drew on this NPR retrospective on the history of Hollywood strikes.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
· Natalia discussed her essay “We’re All Preppy Now” for The New Republic.
· Neil recommended historian Lauren Lassabe Shepherd’s new book, Resistance From the Right.
· Niki shared about Ben Strauss and Molly Hensley-Clancy’s Washington Post article, “Hollywood Cashed in on ‘Blind Side’ Success.”
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