Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders

A Guide to Spoiler Culture from 'Lost' to 'Succession'

Apr 18, 2023

36:03

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

Succession Spoiler Gate

3min

Succession: A Spoiler

2min

How to Protect Your Brain From Spoilers

2min

The Importance of Watching TV

4min

The Origins of Spoiler Culture

3min

The Rise of the Spoiler Culture

4min

The Importance of a Daily TV Show

2min

The Benefits of Streaming Television

3min

10.

How to Calm Down When Spoilers Are Spoiled

2min

11.

The 10 Commandments of Spoiler Etiquette for 2023

2min

12.

How to Be a Better TV Viewer

2min

13.

The Last Episode of Sopranos Cuts to Black

3min

When did the rise of spoiler culture begin? And what should the modern-day rules of spoiler etiquette be? Sam traces back the evolution of spoilers with Vulture critics Jen Chaney and Kathryn VanArendonk from the days of Charles Dickens to The National Lampoon to ABC's Lost to that very big episode of HBO's Succession. Why do we get so upset about spoilers? How can we embrace them instead? And why did it take Sam a whole second viewing to realize you-know-who was dead the whole time? (Here's your obligatory: There be spoilers ahead.)

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