Culture Gabfest - Jeff Goldblum Lords Over KAOS

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s show, Slate’s books and culture columnist, Laura Miller, sits in for Julia. The panel begins with KAOS, Netflix’s new series that reimagines Greek mythology in modern times. Created by Charlie Covell (End of the F***ing World), KAOS stars Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, alongside a host of excellently cast deities. But is the show too self-satisfied and high off its own supply?‌ The three investigate. Then, they dive into Close Your Eyes, a Spanish film made by Victor Erice (The Spirit of the Beehive)‌. After 30 years away from the medium, the filmmaker returns with a beautiful meditation on the nature of art and identity. Finally, the hosts contemplate Spotify: is the streaming service a glorious cornucopia or the algorithm that ate your music?‌ This conversation is inspired by this essay by Tiffany Ng for the MIT‌ Technology Review:‌ “How to break free of Spotify’s algorithm.”‌

In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel hacks productivity, inspired by a recent episode of Vergecast, “What’s in a productivity system?”

Email us at culturefest@slate.com.

Endorsements:

Dana: Motivated by Choire Sicha’s review for The Strategist, Dana’s endorsement this week is a goofy desk timer:‌ the mooas Dodecagon Time Ball Mini Timer.

Laura:‌ Entitlement by Rumaan Alam, a novel that’s to be published soon.

Steve:‌ “Never Going Back Again,”‌ a song off of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album, performed by Lindsey Buckingham. Steve’s currently learning to play it on the guitar, which gave him a newfound appreciation of the song itself. Make sure to check out Buckingham’s performance at USC.

Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.

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1:14.6	It's Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 on today's show, Chaos,
1:18.9	K-A-O-S, is a Daffy updating of the Greek myths. It's on Netflix. It stars Jeff
1:25.9	Gullblam as Zeus, a peevish insecure ego maniac. And then the Spanish
1:30.7	director Victor Erisei is best known for the art house masterpiece Spirit of the Beehive.
1:35.6	He now returns to feature filmmaking for the first time in decades with close your eyes.
1:40.9	The story of an actor who at the height of his fame goes missing. It stars
1:44.7	Monolo's solo as the missing actor's dear friend. And finally, Spotify, a
1:50.6	glorious cornucopia or the algorithm that ate your musical taste. We will discuss joining me today is
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