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I'm Stephen McCaffin, this is the the Slate Culture Gap Fest Apocalypse Mom edition.

It's Wednesday, April 18, 2018.

On today's show, A Quiet Place is the latest in a line of taught clever indie horror movies that we've discussed on our show.

This one stars and was directed by John Krasinski, he of the American office fame.

And then the newest BBC adaptation of EM Forster's classic novel, Howard's End, it's now

available on Stars.

In the US, it's directed by Hety McDonald and written by Kenneth Lonerkin, we discuss.

And finally, capitalism both produces more longevity

and a profit incentive around death denial.

Where does the line get drawn between prolonging life

and denying human mortality?

We discuss a provocative essay by Barbara Arnereich.

Joining me today is Slate's editor Julia Turner.

Hello Julia.

Hi Steve, how are you?

I'm good.

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