Why should every other website and person in the universe have all the fun? After far too long, we’re finally turning the mics on in our podcast studio for the first in a new weekly ’cast covering the WIRED world of pop culture.
This week, we’re kicking things off unpacking one of the busiest weekends in memory. There was the multiplex clash of Mad Max: Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2, Mad Men’s series finale, and what we can all agree was a particularly…fraught episode of Game of Thrones. So join us, won’t you? (In this case, “us” = editors and contributors Jordan Crucchiola, Peter Rubin, Eric Steuer, and Angela Watercutter)
If you’re interested in reading any of the articles we referenced during the podcast:
–WIRED’s Mad Max: Fury Road review –The SF Chronicle’s Mad Max review –Tom Hardy’s apology to George Miller –WIRED’s Game of Thrones recap –Grantland’s GoT recap –Vanity Fair’s GoT recap –Alysa Rosenberg’s take on the Sansa scene
Also, some fact-check. Jordan?
“I said Pitch Perfect 2 was the second-highest-grossing opening weekend of 2015. It is the fourth highest! This makes Mad Max the ninth highest, which I also got wrong. I CAN ADMIT WHEN I’M WRONG.”
Peter?
“I referred to Chicago suburb Oak Park as ‘Oak Creek.’ I am shamed, chastened, and hereby revoke my ability to visit the spiritual birthplace of Home Alone.”
See you next week, folks!
Episode 1: All Things Mad
