BROADCASTS.com

How the film Jojo Rabbit was birthed from a tragic book, the history of Hitler satire, and what all the dictators are writing about. Jojo Rabbit is out now, starring Taika Waititi, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens.

Watch/read/listen:

\n
• \n

  (WATCH) the trailer for Jojo Rabbit:\nhttp://bit.ly/jojotrail

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) the Mercedes commercial the author of Caging Skies modeled in: \nhttp://bit.ly/mercedescomm

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) an Interview with Christine Leunens about New Zealand:\nhttp://bit.ly/christinenz

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) Taika Waititi falling asleep at the Oscars:\nhttp://bit.ly/taikasleep

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) Taika\u2019s short film, Two Cars One Night:\nhttp://bit.ly/2cars1night

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) The Great Dictator - full film (1940):\nhttp://bit.ly/greatdictatorchaplin

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) the trailer for The Producers (1967):\nhttp://bit.ly/producers1967trail

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) the film Look Who\u2019s Back on Netflix:\nhttp://bit.ly/lookwhosnetflx

  \n
\n
• \n

  (WATCH) the trailer for the Australian show Danger 5:\nhttp://bit.ly/danger5trail

  \n
\n
• \n

  (READ) about the store in India called Hitler:\nhttp://bit.ly/indiahitler

  \n
\n
• \n

  (READ) about \u201cWhat Can We Learn from Dictator\u2019s Literature?\u201d:\nhttp://bit.ly/dictatorlit

  \n
\n
• \n

  (READ) about \u201cHitler\u2019s Forgotten Library\u201d:\nhttp://bit.ly/hitlerlib

  \n
\n
• \n

  (LISTEN): to a New Zealand radio interview with Christine Leunens about the film adaptation:\nhttp://bit.ly/nzradioint

  \n
\n

Get a copy of Caging Skies, the book Jojo\u2019s based on:\nShop your local indie bookstore

Topics from today\u2019s episode:

00:01 - a Nancy Drew collector hit us up

03:20 - Caging Skies is wildly different

07:20 - The supermodel who wrote Caging Skies

10:00 - this story happened to her friend

11:40 - how it\u2019s Taika Waititi\u2019s mom\u2019s fault

18:50 - the history of Hitler parodies

27:20 - Saddam Hussein wrote romance fiction

29:40 - Hitler\u2019s secret library

31:10 - the future of satirizing Hitler?

Contact:

\n
• reach out on instagram\n@illiteratepod
\n