I will not bore or depress you with an explanation of how online media is doing, so you'll have to take me at my word when I say that it's unusual and significant when an 8,500-word essay from n+1 goes as wildly viral as Will Tavlin's essay, about the damage Netflix has done to the concept of "the movies." The story rocks, and is a comprehensive and convincing explanation of both the crisis Netflix represents and the various other crises that created it. Drew and I, who have very different relationships with Netflix, both thought it was excellent, so we were excited to bring Will onto the podcast this week to talk about that story, Netflix's contested history and queasy present, and where all this might be going.

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