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Culture Gabfest: Do Androids Dream of Chris Pine?
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week, the panel is joined by June Thomas, co-host of Working (Slate’s podcast on the creative process). They begin by digesting HBO’s Julia Child series, Julia, starring one of June’s favorites: Sarah Lancashire. Then, the panel dives into the world of AI with After Yang. Finally, the panel answers Dana’s very important question: is Chris Pine the Robert Redford of our time?
In Slate Plus, the panel discusses their favorite Canadian cultural products.
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Endorsements
Dana: An audiobook which revolutionized the way Dana thinks about Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway read by Juliet Stevenson (of Truly, Madly, Deeply fame).
June: The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand about a wide range of ideas from World War 2 to The Cold War.
Steve: An essay by general interest writer and professor Justin E. H. Smith, titled “The Punk-Prophet Philosophy of Michel Houellebecq,” for Foreign Policy, in which he writes an uninhibitedly intelligent assessment of the famed French novelist and essayist.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is "I Want a Change" by The Big Let Down.
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Slate Plus, the panel discusses their favorite Canadian cultural products.
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Endorsements
Dana: An audiobook which revolutionized the way Dana thinks about Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway read by Juliet Stevenson (of Truly, Madly, Deeply fame).
June: The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War by Louis Menand about a wide range of ideas from World War 2 to The Cold War.
Steve: An essay by general interest writer and professor Justin E. H. Smith, titled “The Punk-Prophet Philosophy of Michel Houellebecq,” for Foreign Policy, in which he writes an uninhibitedly intelligent assessment of the famed French novelist and essayist.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is "I Want a Change" by The Big Let Down.
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Apr 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Culture Gabfest: Are You There God? It's Me, Hollywood. Edition: Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Darren Aronofsky's Hollywood version of Noah's Ark, how fame changes friendship in HBO's Doll & Em, and the TV recap website "Television Without Pity" going dark. by Slate Culture