The Cognitive Dissonance of Streaming TV

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A lot of recurring guest stars had to keep other gigs while they were on the show. "They actually go home with very little and they're not working every single day," she says. Netflix is changing into a place that would offer exclusive, harden the word, content. The first two huge pieces of the content were these two TV shows that premiered in 2013,. First House of Cards, and then a few months later, aren't just the new black.

The actors are officially on strike. Vox senior correspondent and critic Alissa Wilkinson breaks down what SAG-AFTRA is afta, and the New Yorker’s Michael Schulman explains how one of Netflix’s first original shows was an early warning sign.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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