Culture Gabfest: Cool Cats and Kittens

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🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf is joined by Slate senior editor Sam Adams and Slate podcast producer Daniel Schroeder discuss the wildness of Tiger King. Then, Steve teams back up with Dana Stevens and Julia Turner to talk about one of his favorite comfort watches: Paddington 2. Finally, the panel analyzes celebrity in the age of coronavirus by exploring the two recent telethons respectively hosted by Elton John and James Corden. On the Slate Plus segment this week, the panel discusses Bob Dylan’s newest song. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Culture Gabfest each week, and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Outro Music: "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" by Julie London Endorsements Dana: The singer Julie London Julia: Hoosker Doosker Tug of War game Steve: “They Survived the Spanish Flu, the Depression and the Holocaust,” by Ginia Bellafante in the New York Times “A Star in a Stoneboat,” by Robert Frost Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by the dating app Bumble. You know what
0:04.4	instantly makes someone more attractive? Kindness? Like when they take you out to
0:08.8	your favorite restaurant just because, or when they check to make sure you made it home safely, or when they surprise
0:14.6	you with tickets to that really obscure rock band you love, that kind of thoughtfulness
0:19.7	is really, really hot. Kindness is sexy. Find it on Bumble.
0:26.8	Just Between Us.
0:30.5	If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast?
0:35.0	Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn.
0:36.6	And I'm Allison Raskin.
0:38.0	We have a weekly show called Just Between Us,
0:40.2	where we explore every kind of topic out there from mental health to sexuality to
0:46.3	animal behavior to science we love to interview fascinating people about their various expertise.
0:54.4	We also answer listener questions and play a very silly game called Hypotheticals.
0:59.7	You're not going to want to miss it. It's unhinged. And if you don't want to trust our word for it because it's our show, you should know that the
1:06.7	IHARP Podcast Awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023.
1:12.4	That means that we are good at our jobs or we have good chemistry.
1:17.0	Ooh! So check out just between us every Wednesday. I'm Stephen Metcalf and this is the Sla Culture Gapfest Cool Cats and
1:38.8	Kitans Edition. It's Wednesday, April 1st, 2020.
1:42.7	On today's show, we couldn't not do it.
1:45.4	Tiger King is as big a streaming sensation
1:47.7	as any I can really recall.
1:49.6	We discussed the Netflix True Crime documentary
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