Culture Gabfest: Bad Art Friend, Where Are You?

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Arts, Tv & Film, Music

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🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week, Steve and Dana are joined by author and co-host of Slate’s Working podcast, Isaac Butler. First, the panel reviews Sally Rooney’s most recent novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You?. Next, the panel discusses the new poignant and hilarious television series Reservation Dogs. Finally, the panel dissects the viral NYT Mag article “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” in a larger discussion about literary responsibility. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses the choice to give up on media you just don’t like and, alternatively, why some people don’t. Email us at [email protected]. Endorsements Dana: Devery Jacobs’s—the actress who plays Elora Danan on Reservation Dogs—beautifully written article “How Reservation Dogs Is Opening Up a Crucial Conversation About Suicide in Indigenous Communities.” Isaac: The 1996 romantic comedy and comedy of friendship from Nicole Holofcener, Walking and Talking, which is a perfect time capsule of ‘90s New York. Dana has written insightfully about the film, which has also been discussed on a previous episode of Gabfest. Steve: An essay from The New York Review of Books that blew Steve away from Jessica Riskin, titled “Nature’s Evolving Tastes” which talks about the misconstrued reactions to Darwin’s most politicized work Descent of Man. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe. Outro music is "200 Dont's" by Conditional 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

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0:00.0	Before we start this week's show, we have a special announcement this year, 2021, marks
0:04.7	the 25th anniversary of Slate.
0:07.2	And for a limited time only, we are offering our annual Slate Plus membership for $25 off
0:11.7	the usual price.
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0:17.1	articles on Slate.com, and members' only content on our show and other Slate podcasts,
0:22.1	like SlowBurn, Amicus, and the Political Gab Fest.
0:25.3	For the past 25 years, Slate Podcasts have been covering all of the major news events
0:28.9	from elections to social issues to historic court decisions.
0:32.4	I know one of the earliest podcasts we did here for the Slate Culture Gab Fest was about
0:36.7	the election of Barack Obama, so that's how long we've been at what we're doing.
0:41.2	Whatever happens in culture as the world changes around us, we have been debating it on our
0:45.6	show.
0:46.6	And if we have become a part of your podcast listening routine, we're asking you now
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0:56.2	25 years.
0:57.6	Once again, we are giving you $25 off an annual membership through this October 31st.
1:02.5	So sign up today at Slate.com slash Culture Plus.
1:06.3	And thank you.
1:08.8	I'm Steven Meccaff, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, bad art friend, where are
1:22.3	you?
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