Pachinko, Winning Time, and stacked casts

We discuss Pachinko and Winning Time, two different approaches to retelling history.

02:32 Pachinko, streaming on Apple TV+, is an eminently watchable drama, but much of its spirit has been lost in the translation from book to screen.

26:00 HBO's Winning Time is a self-assured, stylish delight of a show, if you can make it through the scene-setting first few episodes.

43:05 Plus, culture notes about the Barbie and Oppenheimer casts, which are real who's whos of notable names.

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Music: REEKAH

Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu