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The Hollywood strikes are over. What does this mean for Tennesseans?

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As of Wednesday, Nov. 8, SAG-AFTRA announced that it had reached a tentative deal with the AMPTP. After months of delayed negotiations, contentious conversations, and a simultaneous strike with the Writers Guild of America, Hollywood is now ready to get back to work.

But just because the strike is over, doesn’t mean that we won’t be dealing with the ramifications for a long time. While many of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA concerns are very specific to the worlds of television and filmmaking, there is one thing that impacts us all: the rise of artificial intelligence. We’ll explore why AI was such a striking point for the unions, how artists are grappling with a future that may very well include AI in everyday life, and what artists, lawmakers and everyday people are doing to regulate this new technology.

This episode was produced by Elizabeth Burton. 

Guests: 

  • Ariana Kaufman, Nashville native and SAG-AFTRA union member

  • Carla Christina Contreras, SAG-AFTRA Nashville Local chapter president, member of the national Negotiating Committee

  • Yurina Yoshikawa, Director of Education at The Porch TN

  • Gus Boettcher, student filmmaker

  • Senator Marsha Blackburn, senior senator for Tennessee and sponsor of the NO FAKES Act

  • Bob Raines, Executive Director of the Tennessee Entertainment Commission

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    • How the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are hitting Nashville, This Is Nashville

    • The writer’s strike is coming to an end. Now what? This Is Nashville

    • Carla Christina Contreras on the SAG-AFTRA strike

    • Summary of SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP agreement 

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