Culture Gabfest: Oops I Did It Again

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🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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This week Steve and Dana are joined by Jessica Winter, editor at the New Yorker and author of the upcoming novel, The Fourth Child. They kick off the show by discussing Saint Maud, the critically acclaimed horror film by Rose Glass. Then they dig into the #FreeBritney movement and dissect a televised documentary by the New York Times that covers Britney Spears' legal battle with her father. After that, Slate's pop music expert Chris Molanphy joins the show to discuss Olivia Rodriguo's hit song Drivers License, which shot to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Chris is the host of the Hit Parade podcast. In Slate Plus, Julia joins Steve and Dana to talk about the Gina Carano controversy and weigh in on whether her firing from The Mandalorian was justified. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Email the hosts at culturefest@slate.com Slate Plus members get a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen McCaff in this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest. Oops, I did it again,
0:13.7	edition. It's Wednesday, February 17th, 2021. On today's show, St.
0:18.7	Maud, it is a deep mood piece. If you had to assign it a genre, I guess you might
0:24.0	call it a psychological horror film. It's about a young hospice nurse who
0:27.1	believes she's being directly summoned by God. You can find it on epics. That's
0:31.4	EPIX. It's an add-on on Amazon Prime. And then the all-American tragedy of
0:36.8	Britney Spears is being told in a new documentary from The New York Times. You
0:40.8	can find framing Britney Spears on Hulu. And finally, we discuss the billboard
0:46.6	phenomenon driver's license, a song by Olivia Rodrigo with Slate's own
0:50.9	chartologist, Chris Melanti. Joining me today is Jessica Winter. She's an editor
0:55.8	at The New Yorker Magazine. She's also the author of a novel, Break in Case of
0:59.7	Emergency. And Jessica, congratulations on a forthcoming novel, The Fourth Child.
1:03.4	Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. I'm thrilled to be here. Yeah, it's
1:07.6	great to have you on. When is the fourth child expected as it were? March 9th.
1:13.2	It's available for pre-order. Yeah. All right, superb. Congrats on that. Thank you.
1:17.0	You're welcome. And of course, Dana Stevens, who's the film critic of Slate. Hey, Dana.
1:20.9	Hey, Steve. Hey, Jessica. Hey, Dana. Hey, Dana, any guesses why I didn't sleep last night?
1:29.2	Because of the horror movie that I forced you all to watch?
1:33.3	Yeah, because Dana Stevens made me watch St. Mark. So I'll be kind of groggy and
1:38.9	out of it today. So thank you. And our listeners, thank you for that too.
1:43.2	Dear Slide Price, Riser, we praise you. Your commitment to raising the bar is
1:48.2	something to look up to. When the world said this mobile contract's prices high enough,
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