The anthology series has made a comeback.

On this week’s episode of The Mothership, USA TODAY’s geek culture podcast, we dig into TV anthologies, collections of episodes telling different, separate stories often tied together by a larger theme. For example, the Netflix series Black Mirror tells individual parables about our obsession with technology.

Why are they so popular? What makes a great anthology? We discuss, plus dissect the latest season of Black Mirror as well as newcomer Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams from Amazon.

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