Culture Gabfest - Deepfake
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🗓️ 21 July 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week, Steve and Dana are joined by Isaac Butler, co-host of Slate’s Working podcast. First, the panel discusses the documentary Roadrunner about Anthony Bourdain. Next, they talk about the Apple TV show Schmigadoon. Finally, the hosts are joined by Laura Miller to discuss her review of Michael Wolff’s Landslide.
In Slate Plus, the panel further discusses their thoughts on Roadrunner.
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Endorsements
Dana: The Kitchen Confidential audiobook
Isaac: The documentary And Everything is Going Fine and the novel Secrets of Happiness by Joan Silber
Steve: “A Just and Loving Gaze” by Deborah Casewell in Aeon
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest Deepfake Edition. |
| 0:14.5 | It's Wednesday, July 21st, 2021. On today's show, Roadrunner, a film about Anthony Bourdain |
| 0:19.9 | is now in theaters. It's a documentary about The Larger Than Life, All Too Human, Chef, Author, Television host, who took his own life two years ago. It's directed and produced by Morgan Neville. You may know him from 20 feet from stardom, and won't you be my neighbor. And then Apple TV has a new show. It's executive produced by Lauren Michaels, he of S&L renown. |
| 0:40.4 | It's called Shmigadoon. |
| 0:41.6 | It's a love-hate letter to the bizarre alternate reality of musical theater. |
| 0:46.1 | It stars Kegan Michael Key and Cecily Strong. |
| 0:49.2 | And finally, will we never? |
| 0:51.1 | Oh, my God, will we ever put the trash heap behind us? |
| 0:54.5 | Landslide is the latest from Michael Wolfe. |
| 0:57.1 | It chronicles the chaotic aftermath of Trump's lost to Biden and the run-up to the January 6th |
| 1:02.1 | debacle. |
| 1:03.0 | We will discuss with Slate's own Laura Miller. |
| 1:05.8 | Joining me today is Isaac Butler. |
| 1:07.6 | He's the co-host of Slate's working podcast and his book, The Method, |
| 1:12.8 | How the 20th Century Learned to Act, will be coming out from Bloomberg in 2022 when we will |
| 1:18.7 | inevitably discuss it. Isaac, welcome back to the show. It is so great to be here. Thanks for having me, |
| 1:24.5 | Steven. You're actually in the studio right now. I know. I actually, I'm a little choked up about it, but this is a, Dana and I are here in the Slate studio. We're actually making physical contact with our hands. Cameron is on the other side of the glass partition. It's, it's pretty great. It feels good. Deep fakery. I don't believe it. Proved it. And of course, Dana Stevens is the film critic for Slade. |
| 1:47.1 | Hey, Dana. |
| 1:47.9 | Hey, Dana. |
| 1:47.9 | Hey, Steve. Yes, I warn you. I was going to warn against any giddiness that may ensue in this episode because Isaac and I are both. Yeah, I think this is the first time I've been in a room doing work with someone in 17 months. I've seen movies in the theater now, so that's a |
| 2:01.5 | form of work, but it's still solo. This is actual exchange. It's incredible. And I think there's |
| 2:06.6 | only one episode of working that had an interview that was conducted over in the studios. I think |
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