Culture Gabfest: Chalamet Goes Electric

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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On this week’s show, the hosts dive into A Complete Unknown, director James Mangold’s surprisingly charming Bob Dylan biopic that’s all about fame and what it looks like to be adjacent to it. Then, the three explore Dick Wolf’s latest project: On Call, a half-hour cop procedural set in Long Beach, California that’s streaming on Prime Video. Finally, the trio remembers David Lynch, the iconic, singular filmmaker who passed away last week at the age of 78. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel goes electric themselves and responds to a listener question from Rob: “Would you reminisce about the most electric experience you’ve had consuming a piece of culture with other people?” Email us at [email protected]. Endorsements: Dana: The Soul of the Dance, a one-hour documentary about ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina. Julia: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Alos, Julia is looking for nonfiction recommendations about Japan! Email her at [email protected]. Steve: Two Australia-related endorsements: (1) The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes. (2) BUSH, a restaurant in Sydney’s Redfern neighborhood. Podcast production by Vic Whitley-Berry. Production assistance by Kat Hong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Connie, there I was, on the planet far, far away.
0:03.5	Really, Trevor?
0:04.3	Ground was so soft, so squishy.
0:06.4	Must have been zero gravity.
0:07.6	Maybe you were just on a memory foam mattress.
0:10.2	Add Argos, make your home epic with our out-of-this-world silent night beds and mattresses.
0:15.3	There's more to Argos.
0:17.5	Argos.com.uk and in store subject to availability.
0:32.1	Thank you. Argos.com.uk and installs subject to availability. Hello, I'm Dana Stevens, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest,
0:35.8	Salome Goes Electric Edition. It's Wednesday, January 22nd,
0:39.7	2024, and this week we'll be discussing, first off, a complete unknown, the new film directed by
0:45.0	James Mangold that stars Timothy Shalame as Bob Dylan, specifically focusing on the moment in the 60s
0:50.9	when Dylan went from rising folk balladeer to confirmed rock star.
0:55.3	We will also talk about On Call, a new cop show on Prime Video that's executive produced by
1:00.0	old school broadcast TV guru Dick Wolf, the creator of Law and Order and its many
1:04.7	spinoffs. Finally, we will celebrate and mourn and puzzle over the enigmatic life's work of the
1:10.5	great filmmaker David
1:11.6	Lynch, dead last week at the age of 78. I am joined today after a few weeks of absence by
1:18.2	critic Stephen Metcalf, now back from his three-week-long sojourn in Australia. Hey, Stephen.
1:23.7	Hey. I have so many questions about Australia, but I'm hoping that you will maybe later on in the show, maybe in your endorsement segment, give us a little bit of the tales of what you did there.
1:34.2	I got answers.
1:35.2	It is so, so nice to have you back. We missed you.
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