Culture Gabfest: Channing Tatum on the Lam Edition

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🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Julia and Steve are joined by guest host Rebecca Onion to admire and puzzle over the magnetic appeal of Channing Tatum in Roofman. Does the beloved hunk’s captivating performance ground Derek Cianfrance’s tonally odd film? Next, the hosts take another step into Tim Robinson’s cringey, paranoid, comedy looking glass with his new series The Chair Company. Finally, they welcome back Atlantic staff writer Caity Weaver to regale them with war stories from writing her recent recent piece about Revolutionary War reenactors. In an exclusive Slate Plus episode, the panel remembers the singular film talent and style icon that was Diane Keaton. Dana hops on the call to share her fond reflections. Email us your thoughts at [email protected]. Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch. Production assistance by Daniel Hirsch. Endorsements Rebecca: The memoir Next of Kin by writer and chef Gabrielle Hamilton. Steve: The indie band Ex-Vöid’s album In Love Again, particularly the song “Swansea.” Julia: Serious Eats’s recipe for Tate’s-Style cookies. Also, The Life of a Showgirl deep cuts “Honey” and “Ruin the Friendship” (co-signed by Steve!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Julia Turner, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, Channing Tatum on the Lamb edition.
0:17.1	It's Wednesday, October 15th, 2025, and on today's show, we discuss Roofman, the new film that stars Channing Tatum as a crook hiding out in a Toys R.S.
0:28.1	And raises new questions about both Derek C.N. Francie's filmmaking and the powers of Tatum's charm.
0:35.0	Then we'll look at the chair company, HBO's new Tim Robinson joint,
0:39.3	which turns his comedy of frustration into a conspiracy thriller. Finally, we'll be joined by the
0:45.4	Atlantic's Katie Weaver, who will no doubt once again teach us new words while discussing her
0:50.5	fascinating piece on historical reenactors and what it's like to slog through the mud alongside a horde of mostly men in period appropriate boots.
1:03.1	Today I'm joined by Steve McCaff. Hello, sir.
1:06.6	Hi, Julia.
1:07.3	And sitting in for Dana Stevens, we have the wonderful Rebecca Onion. Hello, Rebecca.
1:12.7	Hi, I'm so glad to be here.
1:15.5	Joe Wicks is on a mission. I'm going to make this and sell it. He's creating a protein bar.
1:20.7	This is ultra processing. That could potentially kill you.
1:23.6	I want the maximum amount of each harmful ingredient while staying within the legal limit.
1:27.5	So just how ridiculous the food system really is.
1:30.9	Joe Wicks, Licensed to Kill on Channel 4.
1:33.6	Stream now.
1:35.1	I think we were all excited to check out Roofman in part because we three are cultural critics
1:41.9	who have been charmed by Channing Tatum in projects past and intrigued by the work of director Derek Cianne Francie. And I think possibly we're sold a little bit by the marketing, which describes how Channing Tatum's lead character, Jeff, a small-time crook on the lamb after a prison escape hides out in a Toys Ress
2:02.3	and then somehow falls for Kristen Dunst at a church social?
2:07.1	Why is he out of the Toys Ress?
2:08.9	Why was he in the Toys Ress?
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