Unpacking 'The Changeling' and Going Back to Wrexham

This week's episode begins with a list of specific thank yous to the donors of the donation drive for the home site, The Alabama Take (1:58). If you helped out and pitched in, then you'll hear your name! From there, it's a few jokes at the expense of two specific politicians who made news this week (4:36). Then we get into Victor LaValle, the author of The Changeling and this year's Lone Women on what makes his work good (6:39) before we dive fully into the Apple TV+ adaptation of his work, The Changeling, which has a lot to unpack (10:18). After the break, we're back in Europe with Welcome to Wrexham, the FX/Hulu show. Before we discuss the show, we talk about the country of Whales itself (31:02) and then discuss how the show is great, but sometimes lacks a voice (35:18). Thanks everyone for listening!

If you're a fan of video podcasts, the YouTube channel for The Alabama Take has an extended version the episode, found below, with discussions about the upcoming Mike Flanagan project on Netflix The Fall Of The House Of Usher, which has us intriguied and how the entire Aquaman franchise never catches our eye. That extra footage is on the YouTube video only and is included in the first several minutes of the show.

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