74. "Succession" with Caitlin Flanagan
Atlantic writer and essayist extraordinaire Caitlin Flanagan joins Smoke ‘Em to discuss:* Who saw the ending coming?* The “failson” that was Kendall, and why does Sarah want to fix him?* The louche character of Roman, nihilist* Shiv meets the fate of her mother, her worst fear* Why the Greg theory of victory was never gonna wash* A father’s love: The real narrative drive of the show* “It takes three generations of American life to make a Shakespeare scholar”* Freud’s repetition compulsion* The funeral episode and the speech that was Nietzsche meets The Fountainhead* Shiv and Tom: “A change has come / she’s under my thumb”* That nasty Jeremy Strong profile in the New Yorker* Why “privilege” is a shallow metric to talk about a human life This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com/subscribe