On this episode of Pop Tech Jam, El Kaiser and J. D. discuss the potential impact of the current writers’ and actors’ strikes on the entertainment industry, as well as the emergence of Threads as a challenge to Twitter in the micro-blogging Thunderdome. And, ever the sonic connoisseur, El Kaiser also explores the modern-era revival of an old 1970s audio format: Quadrophonic surround sound. All this and more on Episode 368!
Links to Things We Mentioned
• Hollywood actors guild votes to authorize strike, as writers’ strike continues (Associated Press)
• The 2023 WGA Strike for Dummies (Vulture)
• Writers Guild of America East
• Writers Guild of America West
• Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
• Barry on Max
• Elon Musk’s Twitter: Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification (TechCrunch)
• Threads Review: How Meta’s New App Stacks Up Against Twitter (The New York Times)
• Quadrophonic Sound (Nostalgia Central)
• Rhino Records Quadio Bundle