Culture Gabfest - How the BlackBerry Got Squashed
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🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen start by talking about the movie BlackBerry. Then they discuss the new Peacock series Bupkis. Finally, Slate’s Isaac Butler sits in to talk about the questions around Shakespeare’s identity that refuse to die.
In Slate Plus, Steve's recent move and how physical place relates to phases of life.
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Endorsements:
Dana: The vibes-based playlists on Matthew Perpetua’s YouTube channel
Julia: Amityville: An Origin Story on MGM+ and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | The Biggest Stunt in Cinema History (Tom Cruise)
Stephen: See Feist live if you have the opportunity.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Steven McCaffin, this is the Slate culture guest, how the Blackberry got squashed |
| 0:15.4 | edition. |
| 0:16.7 | It's Wednesday, May 17th, 2023, on today's show, Blackberry is a feature film that tells |
| 0:22.2 | the story of the device that once dominated the market in smartphones, obviously pre-i |
| 0:27.9 | phone. |
| 0:28.9 | It stars Jay Barrichell and Matt Johnson, Johnson co-wrote and directed the picture, too. |
| 0:33.9 | And then, Buckis has been described as a, quote, heightened, fictionalized version of Pete |
| 0:40.0 | Davidson's life. |
| 0:41.8 | Yum, the sitcom is on peacock at stars, Bobby Connovali, Joe Pesci and Yie Falco, in addition |
| 0:48.3 | to Pete Davidson himself. |
| 0:50.1 | And finally, with Shakespeare, a woman, so asks a new book, Isaac Butler, is very skeptical |
| 0:57.3 | of Slate's own. |
| 0:58.3 | Isaac Butler, I should say, he will join us to discuss. |
| 1:01.2 | But first, joining me is Julia Turner of the LA Times, hey, Julia. |
| 1:06.1 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:07.1 | Hey, hey, and of course, James Stevens is the film critic for Slate.com. |
| 1:10.9 | Hey, Dana. |
| 1:11.9 | Hello, Steven. |
| 1:12.9 | All right. |
| 1:13.9 | Let's make a podcast. |
| 1:14.9 | The phone computer in your pocket is a recent invention. |
| 1:18.8 | And the first one, kids was not the iPhone. |
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