Hey CultureGabFest listeners, June Thomas here.

The following episode is the audio version of a virtual live call-in show recorded on Wednesday, December 16th.

It's streamed live on Facebook and YouTube and now we're making it available as a podcast episode just for you.

So on with the show.

Hey, guys.

Hello.

Everybody ready to do this? Absolutely. Okay, we're going through the

holding hands and going through the surrealistic mirror together here. I'm Stephen

Maccalf and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest live from lockdown edition. On today's show,

it's a mashup. Our old year-end right of a call-in show. We're making it a

kind of hybrid with our new live online format. We're going to take some pre-recorded

questions. We're going to answer some email questions and we'll see what comes down the pike

while we're doing this. Welcome

anyone who's tuning in over the internet. It's lovely to have you join us in our respective

homes. And of course, welcome to Dana Stevens, the film critic of slate.com. Hey, Dana.

Hey, Steve. I get to look and see what your facial exposure, what your actual reaction is to me calling

you Dana.

Which we could do any week, but we choose to hide behind Zoom curtains.

We did get, we got an email recently from someone objecting in high, high color to your deployment of Dana. And it was just

like, of all the things to complain about about our show, that's not the one. Or about Steve

McHoff. There was a lot of dudgeon in that email. It was really like, man, dude. Dana, well,

I guess we're assuming, though, Dana, do you feel disrespected by Steve's Danas? It's a crime against vowels, I tell you. I don't know what it's supposed to be offensive about someone playing with your name. Well, we talked about this when we talked about dad jokes one week, right? I feel like that is the ongoing dad joke of our show. And so how can you say no? I love it. It's so true. I think you're on a tiny little delay, Dana, because when I asked you what you make of me calling you, Dana, you were totally stone-faced for a second, and my heart just sank. I thought this show's dead before it even started. And of course, Julia Turner is the deputy managing editor, the LA Times. Hey, Julia.

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