Why is Hollywood on strike (And why Succession's Brian Cox is joining them)? – podcast

Production on Hollywood films and hit TV shows has ground to a halt. Apart from the stars on the picket line, how is this strike different from other labour disputes?For the first time since 1961 – when Ronald Reagan was a union rep – actors and writers in the US have gone on strike. In the UK, Brian Cox, who played the terrifying media boss Logan Roy in the award-winning TV show Succession, led a rally in support of their actions.Cox tells Michael Safi why streaming and AI could tra