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🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Julia Turner and Stephen Metcalf talk with guests about Gogglebox, a show that lets you watch Brits watch TV, Bon Appetit's "Gourmet Makes" on YouTube, and the best nonfiction books of the past 25 years.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:13.0	I'm Stephen Meckhaff, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, Posh Dedge Edition.
0:17.8	It's Wednesday, November 27th, 2019.
0:20.7	On today's show, from the silliest of premises,
0:23.6	you film people watching TV and make a TV show out of it. Gogglebox has become a beloved
0:29.3	UK hit. We will be joined to discuss it by Slate's new editor-in-chief, Jared Holt.
0:35.1	And then Gourmet Makes is the viral video sensation from Bon Appetit Magazine.
0:39.4	We discuss with Old Friend of the Program, O-FOP, Dan Pashman, Danny Pash, Danny the P.
0:45.6	And finally, Slate has compiled the 50 best nonfiction books of the last 25 years.
0:50.0	We discuss with compiler and book critic for Slate Laura Miller.
0:54.9	Joining me today is Julia Turner.
0:56.9	Hey, Julia.
0:57.7	Hello, hello.
0:59.3	Julia, it's a long title, so I'm sure you sometimes forget, but you are the deputy
1:02.7	managing editor in charge of arts and entertainment and culture for the Los Angeles Times.
1:08.5	I think you added a few words there, but that basically approximates my title. Yeah, you get the point. Also, I came all the way to New York and Dana, like, ran away. Like, Dana is at some screening. I'm, like, sitting here in the Slate offices. But I have someone exciting next to me. Do you want to go ahead and make the introduction? I wasn't trying to horn in on your face, but Jared Holt, Editor-in-Chief of Slate. Hello.
1:31.3	Hello. Hello, Julia. How are you? I'm very excited to be here with you. You're Dana Plus. Not quite as blonde. Anyhow. All right, well, Jared, welcome to the program. Great to have you on. But one thing we need to clear up, and that's that titles aside, Julia Turner will always
1:46.9	be the boss of me. But Jared is now the boss of me on this podcast. On this podcast, now you're both
1:53.2	the boss of me. Transitively, Jared is still the boss of you. Sorry. I'm not going to undermine that.
1:59.8	This is a good segue into the metanus that is the show
2:02.4	perhaps. Gogglebox, which I only heard about a week ago, is in its 14th season in the UK.
2:10.6	Everything about this is improbable. Its premise is very simple, though. With barely more than
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