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Episode Summary

Bong Joon Ho has turned his funny-sad excavations of life under capitalism into unlikely blockbusters. With “Mickey 17,” he’s bending a whole new genre. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/magazine/bong-joon-ho-mickey-17.html By Jonah Weiner Read by Robert Petkoff Narration produced by Krish Seenivasan and Emma Kehlbeck Engineered by Anj Vancura

Episode Notes

Bong Joon Ho has turned his funny-sad excavations of life under capitalism into unlikely blockbusters. With “Mickey 17,” he’s bending a whole new genre.

To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/magazine/bong-joon-ho-mickey-17.html

By Jonah Weiner
Read by Robert Petkoff
Narration produced by Krish Seenivasan and Emma Kehlbeck
Engineered by Anj Vancura