Silkwood
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Sep 11, 2026
Eileen JonesGUEST
For films that we just did, our last episode was in honor of Labor Day.
Eileen JonesGUEST
We did the 1983 Mike Nichols film Silkwood, which, speaking of women that we
Forrest MillerHOST
love...
Forrest MillerHOST
I've always intended to watch that, and then I'm like...
Forrest MillerHOST
to.
Forrest MillerHOST
The poster is so cool.
Forrest MillerHOST
I obviously know the story of Carrie Silkwood, but it's such a really depressing story in my head.
Forrest MillerHOST
Oh, it's
Angela YeeHOST
Mm-hmm
Thomas GolianopoulosGUEST
... um, who's, uh, you know, uh, Carnal Knowledge, The Graduate, um, Silkwood, like all these, Working Girl, like all these amazing movies, and I was like, man, if I could sh- do something like this on Singleton, I feel like it would be worth it.
Thomas GolianopoulosGUEST
I thought, you know, it, he was overlooked kind of.
Doug PhenomHOST
Yeah.
Michelle MacBrideGUEST
I'm just kind of like, I don't know, wouldn't have the same.
Liam CarmeloHOST
Cher was in Silkwood.
Liam CarmeloHOST
I think that would be like her biggest film prior to this film would be Silkwood in the 1970s.
Liam CarmeloHOST
Oh, I never saw it.
Liam CarmeloHOST
I never either.
Jay MohrHOST
He's an actual comedian, a real actual funny comedian.
Jay MohrHOST
I don't need a damn Silkwood shower after I watch him.' Close quote."
Anthony JeselnikGUEST
Very nice.
Jay MohrHOST
You write back, "Great.
14 MINS LATER
Anthony JeselnikGUEST
Yeah.
Jay MohrHOST
And I'm like, you gotta be fucking kidding me.
Jay MohrHOST
Like, the one thing I need is j- talk about Silkwood shower, going back to what my wife was writing.
Anthony JeselnikGUEST
[laughs]
Nell ScovellGUEST
I would say you actually are Donald Trump's type, and if you met him, I think he would use his go-to line, which, uh, friends have told me he always says when he meets a new woman, and he just kind of purrs, "You're so beautiful." If Trump said that to you, what would you say back?
Jen WelchGUEST
I think I would say, "Pardon me, I need to go take a Silkwood shower now
Nell ScovellGUEST
[laughs]
Jen WelchGUEST
And I think you ladies are old enough to remember Karen Silkwood and the movie where she would-
Nell ScovellGUEST
[laughs]
Jen WelchGUEST
... worked at Kerr-McGee gas station, and then she would have to go rub off all the potential radiation exposure
Jen WelchGUEST
They like her.
Nell ScovellGUEST
You know, Trump thinks he's pretty hot stuff, and I was gonna read you a quote.
TylerHOST
And...
TylerHOST
I was surprised by how melodramatic and how heightened the performances were and how costumey it was because I had always associated it with this grim, realistic kind of filmmaking that you would know from a movie like Silkwood or whatever.
TylerHOST
But it wasn't.
TylerHOST
It was much more operatic.
JohnHOST
But I think this one is kind of in the same vein.
JohnHOST
So we're going to be talking about Karen Gay Silkwood.
JohnHOST
She was born in 1946 in Longview, Texas.
JohnHOST
She was raised in Nederland, Texas, by her mother, Merle, and her father, Bill.
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JohnHOST
One apparently healthy police officer about to be disposed died of a heart attack.
JohnHOST
There was no autopsy.
JohnHOST
Someone tried to assassinate Bill Taylor, the chief investigator for the legal team representing the Silkwood family.
JohnHOST
And then there were all those strange clicks on everyone's telephones.
Sean FennesseyHOST
And-
Craig HorlbeckUNKNOWN
I mean, Silkwood.
Bill SimmonsHOST
I was randomly watching-
Sean FennesseyHOST
It's Sophie's Cho- Sophie's Choice is in the '80s
GeorgiaHOST
On the night of November 13th, 1974, Karen Silkwood's car crashed into a concrete culvert near Crescent, Oklahoma.
GeorgiaHOST
She was killed instantly.
GeorgiaHOST
At first glance, it looked to be a tragic accident.
GeorgiaHOST
But if you are intrigued to learn more, please feel free to treat this as a jumping off point.
GeorgiaHOST
As always, all my sources will be included in the description so you can peruse at your leisure.
GeorgiaHOST
There's even a super famous film about this case called Silkwood from 1983 featuring none other than Meryl Streep.
GeorgiaHOST
Now, I personally haven't seen it.
GeorgiaHOST
I'd heard mixed messages about how accurate it was and I didn't want to feed myself.
Robert BarnesHOST
It was the slammer with medicine.
Robert BarnesHOST
But it needed to be more told in like a Jerry Spence, like Silkwood kind of style.
Robert BarnesHOST
the uh uh for it to be persuaded so i thought both sides were unpersuasive in closing and i think the consequence of that is the jury is going to fall back on their original presumptions about this case and it may end up in a hung trial it's the kind of thing that triggers deep emotions uh and consequently uh you you may not get a verdict but i think the chance of a of a them saying not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility is 40 or less
David FreiheitHOST
It is.
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