Spoiler Specials: Contagion
On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Slate Senior Editor Sam Adams is joined by Slate Staff Writer Rebecca Onion to spoil Contagion, Steven Soderbergh\u2019s 2011 pandemic movie. Not dissimilar to the coronavirus, the fictional virus, MEV-1, started off transferring from infected animals to humans. MEV-1 infected Gwyneth Paltrow\u2019s character on a work trip. Then she traveled back to the Midwest, spreading the virus. Can the institutions in charge find a vaccine before the virus decimates society?\xa0\n\nYou can read Rebecca Onion\u2019s piece about the lessons to take from Contagion here.\n\nYou can read Sam Adams\u2019 interview with the screenwriter here.\xa0\n\nNote: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore.\n\nEmail us at spoilers@slate.com.\n\nSlate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens\u2019 classic movies podcast Flashback.\xa0Sign up now\xa0to listen and support our work.\n\nPodcast production by Rosemary Belson.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices