Culture Gabfest: Girls on Film

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🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Steve and Dana kick off the show by talking about season 4 of The Crown with June Thomas, Slate's managing producer and co-host of the Working podcast. Then they're joined by Asha Saluja, operations manager for Slate Podcasts, to discuss one of the internet's latest creations: a TikTok musical based on the Pixar movie Ratatouille. For their third segment, Slate senior editor Sam Adams argues that our new streaming world is a poor replacement for traditional movie-going. In Slate Plus, Dana, Steve, and June discuss their Thanksgiving plans. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Outro Music: "Backwards" by Staffan Carlen Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Culture Gabfest each episode, and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen Mecca from this is the Slave Culture Gap Fest girls on film edition great song right it's Wednesday November 25th
0:17.7	2020 on today's show the crown. It's the big hit series covering the reign of QE2.
0:22.8	It's now in its fourth season.
0:24.8	The Diana and Margaret Thatcher season
0:26.5	will discuss with slavering royal family onlooker June Thomas.
0:31.7	I'm glad you laughed Dana because that is a JK. She is a fiercely
0:35.3	skeptical oake which is why we love her and then she has the commemorative plates for
0:39.7	the silver Jubilee stacked proudly in her shell.
0:44.0	Oh, that's awesome.
0:45.4	And then Tik-Tok redeems itself by being the platform
0:49.2	for a remarkable crowd-source to Gen Z musical based on Ratatoue, the Pixar Classic. We'll be joined by Asha Salusia, who is
0:57.1	Slates Operations Manager and resident Tic-Tocologist to discuss. And finally, some subjects on the show we visit and revisit but only because
1:05.2	we as a culture and a show co-evolve along with them it's the ongoing question of
1:09.7	screens the future of screens, both big and small.
1:13.2	It's the subject of a really great essay from Slate's own Sam Adams.
1:16.3	He will join us to discuss.
1:18.8	I'm joined, of course, by Dana Stevens, the film critic for Slate.
1:22.2	com. Hey Hey Dana.
1:23.3	Hello Stephen.
1:24.8	Dana, we should indicate to our listeners
1:26.8	that Julia's gonna be on break for a while
1:30.5	for a few weeks, I think.
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