Culture Gabfest: Fetch the Patriarchy

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4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Hulu’s historical drama Mrs. America. Next, they bring on Slate music critic Carl Wilson to break down Fiona Apple’s latest album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters.” Finally, the panel discusses Steve’s favorite movie of all time: Local Hero. On the Slate Plus segment this week, the panel takes on quarantine cookery. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	I'm Stephen Meckhaffin, this is the Slate Culture Gapfest,
1:01.0	Fetch The Patriarchy Edition.
1:03.6	It's Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
1:06.4	On today's show, Mrs America is the latest prestige miniseries history lesson.
1:10.5	It tells the story of Phyllis Sch Schlafly and the Battle over the Equal Rights Amendment and
1:15.6	along the way the birth of backlash conservatism it's on Hulu FX hybrid thing and
1:21.1	then fetch the bolt cutters is the new album from
1:23.8	Fiona Apple. It's being widely hailed as an absolute tour to force we discuss with
1:28.8	Slate's own Carl Wilson and finally it was my turn at the Comfort Coulter pick, which you can turn into a German
1:37.0	single word.
1:40.0	K-O-M-F-O-R-T-U-L and I'm so in love with it I don't care that it's a terrible joke
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