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Spoiler Special: Tiger King
FromSlate Culture
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Apr 3, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
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, Sam Adams is joined by Slate’s Television Critic Willa Paskin to spoil Netflix’s hit documentary series Tiger King. The hit series is an increasingly sordid tale of wild characters conning each other out of zoos. The show’s standout character is Joe Exotic, whose charisma and personality are made for reality television. He has a long time feud with Carole Baskin, who runs the nonprofit Big Cat Rescue and is actively trying to shut private zoos down. Will Carole succeed? What happens when Joe tries to hire someone to murder Carole? And when will anyone focus on the questionable conditions forced on the big cats?
You can read Sam Adams’ review here and his story about the artists behind Joe Exotic’s music here.
You can read Willa Paskin’s piece about Carole Baskin 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 spoilers@slate.com.
Podcast production by Rosemary Belson.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You can read Sam Adams’ review here and his story about the artists behind Joe Exotic’s music here.
You can read Willa Paskin’s piece about Carole Baskin 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 spoilers@slate.com.
Podcast production by Rosemary Belson.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Apr 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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