Culture Gabfest: Horrors Real and Imagined

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Steve is joined by guests hosts Laura Miller, a books and culture columnist for Slate, and Jamelle Bouie, a columnist for the New York Times and Slate’s former chief political correspondent. The panel takes on Lovecraft Country, HBO’s new horror series. Next, they talk about Charlie Kaufman’s enigmatic I’m Thinking of Ending Things. And finally, the panel dives into the “is NYC over?” debate. In Slate Plus, the hosts talk about a George Washington University professor’s recent confession that she falsely claimed a Black identity. 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. Endorsements: Laura: The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman Jamelle: The Way Back, a sports film starring Ben Affleck Steve: “What Ails America” by Timothy Snyder in the New York Review of Books, adapted from his new book, Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary And finally, please check out Jamelle’s cereal reviews for Serious Eats. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Outro Music: Bloody Hunter by Paisley Pink Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen MacCaff and this is the slate culture gap fest horrors.
0:10.0	I'm Stephen McCaff and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest horrors both real and imagined
0:14.7	addition. It's Wednesday September 9th, 2020 on today's show Lovescraft Country is a
0:20.0	wild revisionist ride. It's an HBO show about the intersection of
0:24.1	horror as in the Pulp genre and the all-too-real horrors of racism and Jim Crow.
0:28.8	It's produced by Jordan Peel of of, of course, Get Out fame. And then I'm thinking of ending things
0:34.2	as the latest from Charlie Kaufman,
0:35.9	the metaphictional genius behind being John Malkovich,
0:38.7	the Eternal Sunshine of The Spiales Mine,
0:41.2	among many other movies.
0:42.4	This one stars Jesse Plemons and Jesse Buckley, his boyfriend and girlfriend on the way to meet his parents.
0:48.0	And finally, is New York City over the fate of a supposedly great city in a time of pandemic. It's being fiercely debated. the Of course the columnist for the New York Times ex-Slate veteran.
1:05.0	Jamell, welcome back to the show.
1:06.0	Thank you for having me.
1:08.0	And Laura Miller, who is the book and culture critic for Slate.
1:12.0	Hey Laura. Hi. Hey Laura.
1:13.0	Hi.
1:14.0	All right guys should we dive in?
1:16.0	Let's do it.
1:18.0	Let's do it. Let's do it. Just Between Us. Us.
1:23.0	If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast?
1:28.0	Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn.
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