Culture Gabfest Slate Magazine

This week Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss the Oscar-nominated documentary Collective. Next, the group is joined by June Thomas, senior managing producer of Slate podcasts, to discuss Law & Order: Organized Crime. Finally, the panel dives into Substack, the newsletter platform journalists are flocking to.
In Slate Plus, the panel talks about the Oscars.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
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Endorsements
 Dana: The Narcotic Farm
 Julia: Party Down
 Steve: Anne Briggs, particularly this song
Further Reading
Charlie Warzel’s recent Twitter thread on Galaxy Brain
Outro Music
"What Do You Want From Me" by OTE
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This week Steve is joined by Slate senior editor Allegra Frank and writer/editor Dan Kois. The group first dives into the What Lies Below, the wild No. 1 movie on Netflix. Next, they discuss the Netflix series Worn Stories. Finally, the panel is joined by Slate music critic Carl Wilson to talk about Prince’s vault of unreleased music, as covered in Sunday's episode of 60 Minutes.
In Slate Plus, the panel talks about how their parents influenced their music taste.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
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Endorsements
Dan: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Allegra: serpentwithfeet’s DEACON
Steve: “Averted Intimacies” by Elaine Blair in the New York Review
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This week Steve and Dana are joined by Slate senior editor Allegra Frank. First the hosts discuss the Oscar contender Judas and the Black Messiah and the performances of its two stars, Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield. Then pop critic and UVA professor Jack Hamilton joins the show to offer his thoughts on Tina, the new documentary about the life of rock n' roll icon Tina Turner. After that, the hosts talk to Slate writer Rebecca Onion about her re-examination of The Beauty Myth, a modern feminist classic with an increasingly controversial author.
In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Steve, Dana, and Allegra talk about being evangelists for the art they like and discuss whether pushing your cultural taste on other people is a good or bad practice.
Outro music: "Death Dance" by Luftmensch
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
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Endorsements:
Dana: This unusual and excellent bottle of white wine called La Foradada
Allegra: Worn Stories
Steve: Call My Agent! and the band Life Without Buildings
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This week Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss the film The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins. Next, the group is joined by Slate television critic Willa Paskin to talk about The Real World Homecoming: New York. Finally, the panel dives into the new secrets revealed by a Philip Roth biography.
In Slate Plus, Steve and Julia chat with Willa about the books, movies, or shows they've changed their minds about.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
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Endorsements
Dana: Bertrand Tavernier’s My Journey Through French Cinema
Julia: Her recent roadrunner sighting, the Atlantic podcast Floodlines, and I Capture the Castle
Steve: The Simpletons and Call My Agent!
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This week Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss the Oscar-nominated Danish film Another Round. Next, the group is joined by Dan Pashman, host of the Sporkful podcast, to discuss his journey to invent a brand-new pasta shape. Finally, the panel is joined by Carolina Miranda of the LA Times to discuss museums “deaccessioning” art.
In Slate Plus, the hosts discuss what favorite works for children they discovered as grown-ups.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
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Endorsements
Dana: The Flashback archive
Julia: “A guide to hiking in L.A.” in the LA Times
Steve: “With You” by Teenage Fanclub

This week Steve and Dana are joined by Slate editor Allegra Frank. First, they discuss Coming 2 America, the sequel to the 1988 film Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall Next, they chat about the Pedro Almodóvar short The Human Voice and discuss how it compares to other Almodóvar works. Finally, they’re joined by Slate staff writer Aaron Mak to talk about NFT's (non-fungible tokens), the new digital certificates of "ownership" that are changing the way people buy art.
In Slate Plus, the panel talks about their feelings on re-entering society post-pandemic.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
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Outro Music: "Break The Line" by Coma Svensson
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Further reading:
“Coming 2 America’s Disastrous Return to Africa” by Allegra Frank in Slate
“What the Heck Are NFTs, and Why Are Grimes, Lindsay Lohan, and the Guy Who Made Nyan Cat Selling Them?” by Aaron Mak in Slate

Endorsements
Dana:
“Repeat After Me” by June Thomas in Slate
 “Talk To Her, All About My Mother, Broken Embraces …” by June Thomas in Slate
 This radish recipe
 Allegra:
 The Real World Homecoming: New York and the original.
 “i drive me mad” by renforshort, as heard on Generation
 Steve:
 “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” by Saint Etienne
"Cherry Wine" by Hozier
"Shrike" by Hozier