Showtime has turned Gabriel Sherman's Roger Ailes book into a seven-part miniseries, and Will Leitch has returned to talk about what it is, whom it's for, and how it compares to recent-history HBO docudramas like Game Change. Around The Dial takes us through Divorce, the triumph of the USWNT, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Rook. Will Leitch presents "Pt. 5" of (the masterpiece) O.J.: Made In America to the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, an old favourite returns to Non-Regulation Game Time. Put on your shortest skirt, sit down behind a transparent desk, and join us!

SHOW TOPICS

• The Loudest Voice
• Divorce
• The US Women's National Soccer Team
• The Handmaid's Tale
• The Rook
• The Canon: O.J.: Made In America: Pt. 5
• Winner and Loser of the Week
• Game Time: Tube Tunes 5

SHOW NOTES

• Will Leitch on Twitter
• Will on the USWNT, for New York
• Will on Kevin Durant, also for New York
• Will's (free!) TinyLetter
• The Will Leitch Show
• The Grierson & Leitch Podcast
• Ben Travers on Divorce
• Tara on Holey Moley
• Photo: JoJo Whilden / Showtime

DISCUSSION

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