On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Emily VanDerWerff get unplugged from the simulation and discuss The Matrix (1999).
(This episode contains spoilers)
Here is our guest Emily VanDerWerff's Vox piece, "How The Matrix universalized a trans experience -- and helped me accept my own" - https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/30/18286436/the-matrix-wachowskis-trans-experience-redpill
Here is the Will Smith video "Why I Turned Down The Matrix": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm2szuXKgL8
Here is the Gap Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ735krOiPo
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