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Slate Culture

Culture Gabfest: Barbie Body Dream Sequence Edition

Slate Culture

Slate Podcasts

Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the movie Booksmart, what it's like to lose 250 thousand dollars on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on the occasion of its cancelation with Slate's Justin Peters, and Dana's new podcast Flashback with K. Austin Collins. In Slate Plus: the panel picks their favorite TV show endings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:03.2

I'm Stephen Maccalf and This is the Sla Culture Gap Fest, Barbie Body Dream Sequence Edition.

0:18.8

It's Wednesday, May 29th, 2019. On today's show, Book Smart is the first feature directed by the actress Olivia

0:24.8

Wild.

0:25.8

It's a nerdy and queered-up spin on the old teen comedy and critics love it.

0:31.1

And then news has broken that 20 years after its debut and

0:34.3

after revolutionizing the game show who wants to be a millionaire is going to

0:37.8

be canceled. We talked to Slate's own Justin Peters about the show's impact and his turn as a

0:43.9

contestant on the show and finally our very own Dana Stevens has a new podcast

0:48.9

with FOP friend of the program K Austin Collins who's the film critic for Vanity Fair.

0:54.4

The show's called Flashback.

0:55.8

It's terrific and I cannot wait to ask both of them about it.

0:59.1

Joining me today is Dana Stevens.

1:00.8

Hey, Dana.

1:01.8

Hello, do you have a new respect for me now that I have another podcast? Dana. Hey, Dana. Hello.

1:03.0

Do you have a new respect for me now that I have another podcast?

1:05.0

I...

1:06.0

Or just respect for the first time, maybe?

1:08.0

You've caught me in a bind here.

1:12.0

I mean, it's like this answer is just the goliest and most sincere one

1:15.2

which is that you're wonderful on the new show and so I guess the answer is yes

1:19.6

oh sincerity so sweet yeah Bob just bullshoo you I didn't even listen.

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