#53: Cancel Rent Culture

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The panel discusses gender, "yikes" moments, and redemption. The panel this week was lieutenant editor Brianna Rennix, finance editor Sparky Abraham, amusements and managing editor Lyta Gold, business manager Allegra Silcox, and administrative maven Cate Root. Your host is Pete Davis. Rennix's gender article is here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/06/the-peculiarity-of-gender "Where in the World is Peter Daniel Davis?" jingle is by semi-official Current Affairs musician Danny Bradley. Music for LegumeAnon by Alexander Blu. This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	From Studio H3 in the Current Affairs World headquarters, it's Current Affairs, your ears, greatest hour of politics and culture tonight on the program.
0:13.8	We answer, can all be redeemed.
0:16.8	We delve into the mysteries of gender, and we all share our favorite past thing that would now be an anachronism.
0:26.7	Or not favorite.
0:28.6	Maybe it's just a thing we've noticed about the past that would now be an anachronism.
0:33.2	Our panel tonight, Finance and Infrastructure editor, Sparky Abraham.
0:37.8	Hello, Pete.
0:38.9	Business manager Allegra Silcox.
0:41.3	Good evening, Pete.
0:42.4	Poet at large, Kate Root.
0:44.2	Hi, Pete.
0:45.2	Lieutenant editor Brianna Renix.
0:47.7	Hi, guys.
0:48.9	Why is everyone saying hello to me?
0:50.7	I don't know.
0:51.6	I feel like I started it, but I am.
0:53.1	It's the audience.
0:54.1	It's the audience. It's the audience.
0:54.9	We've never been on a Zoom before.
0:56.0	And our managing editor and Amusements Editor herself, Lita Gold.
1:02.3	Hi, Pete.
1:03.2	It's so good to see you.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Current Affairs, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Current Affairs and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.