Culture Gabfest - I Love Brucy
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
This week, the panel discusses Aaron Sorkin’s Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz biopic, Being the Ricardos. Next, the panel is joined by contributing writer for the New York Times, Jody Rosen, to make sense of Bruce Springsteen’s latest deal and the confusing world of music rights today. Finally, the panel is joined by Slate’s book critic Laura Miller to discuss her list of the best books (and audiobooks!) of 2021.
In Slate Plus, the panel continues the discussion of music rights and how Taylor Swift changed the game with her re-recordings.
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Endorsements
Dana: A video of a series of pianist Bill Evans’s live performances over 11 years titled, Bill Evans Live ‘64 ‘75.
Julia: The 2004 film Cellular which stars Chris Evans, Kim Bassinger, Jason Statham, William H. Macy, Jessica Biel, and more.
Steve: A follow-up to the 8 hours of Get Back, one of the greatest works of cultural criticism: Revolution in the Head: The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald. Also: Sufjan Stevens’s Christmas catalog, Songs for Christmas.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is "What Do You Want From Me" by OTE
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| 0:43.2 | I'm Stephen Mechhafen. This is the Slate culture get best. I love Brucey edition. It's Wednesday. |
| 1:00.8 | Oh my god. That's Dana Stevens. That's all credit and blame goes to her. It's Wednesday December 22nd, |
| 1:06.8 | 2021. On today's show, writer-director Aaron Sorkin, he has a new feature out. It's called Being |
| 1:12.2 | the Ricardos. It's a kind of biopic come history lesson and come marital melodrama about the |
| 1:18.1 | brief but significant collision of the McCarthyite witch hunt with of all things. The I Love Lucy |
| 1:24.1 | show stars Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnez. And then Springsteen Bruce, |
| 1:32.1 | the boss. He sold his music rights to Sony for $550 million to discuss what this means. |
| 1:38.4 | And maybe doesn't mean we're joined by a very good friend of the program, Jodie Rosen. |
| 1:43.1 | And finally, speaking of very good friends of the program, we have book critic extraordinaire Laura |
| 1:48.4 | Miller on to discuss her year and ten favorite books. But first joining me is the deputy managing |
| 1:55.3 | editor of the LA Times Julia Turner. Hey Julia. Hello, hello. Welcome back. It's great to have you. |
| 2:01.7 | Of course. And Slate's film critic is Dana Stevens. Hey, Dana. Hey, Steven. All right, |
| 2:06.6 | shall we make a show? Let us do so. Okay, I found it somewhat hard to explain to my kids this |
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