Culture Gabfest - Put Your Pants Back On
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week, the panel begins by discussing A24’s newest horror/thriller film from Alex Garland Men. Then, the panel jumps back in time with the reboot of Canadian comedy troupe Kids in the Hall. Finally, the panel is joined by contributing writer for the New York Times, Jody Rosen, to discuss his newest book Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle.
In Slate Plus, the panel spoils Men to get to the bottom of the horror mystery.
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Endorsements
Dana: This 10 year-old article from Jimmy Stamp for Smithsonian Magazine titled “The Long History of the Espresso Machine.”
Julia: From Jody’s early recommendation via Twitter: the Boston food-chain Tatte, which is expanding into DC.
Jody: New York Times Critic Jason Farago’s series Close Read, in which he does close analyses of works of art. In particular: his pieces on Berthe Morisot, Jasper Johns, and Chitarman’s “Shah Jahan on a Terrace.”
Steve: A deep-cut YouTube video of The Replacements’ “Friday Night is Killing Me” (Live).
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.
Outro music is "Did I Make You Wait" by Staffan Carlen.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen McCaff in this is the Slate culture gapfist to put your pants back on edition. |
| 0:15.4 | It's Wednesday, May 25th, 2022. |
| 0:18.2 | On today's show, Men is the latest feature film from writer director Alex Garland, he |
| 0:23.5 | of X Machina and annihilation. |
| 0:26.3 | It stars Jesy Buckley as a widow, retreating to a large, empty country estate in rural |
| 0:31.3 | England, folkhar and soos. |
| 0:34.1 | This is a curious document I cannot wait to discuss, and then the Canadian comedy troupe |
| 0:38.9 | Kids in the Hall returns with a new season of sketches sits on Amazon Prime. |
| 0:43.5 | We discuss that in a career that stretches back to the 1980s, and finally, finally, finally, |
| 0:49.5 | Jody Rosen has produced his book on the history and mystery of the bicycle, two wheels good, |
| 0:54.7 | wheel wheel, discuss it with him. |
| 0:56.7 | But joining me first today is Julia Turner, the deputy managing editor of the LA Times. |
| 1:01.4 | Hey, Julia. |
| 1:02.4 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:03.4 | And of course, Daniel Stevens is the film critic for Slate.com, hey, Dana. |
| 1:07.4 | Hey, greetings. |
| 1:08.4 | All right. |
| 1:09.4 | Digging in then Harper is a young widow. |
| 1:12.4 | She's leased in the old country estate in rural England for feels like the weekend, maybe |
| 1:17.4 | the week, and no small part to continue processing the grizzly suicide of her husband who we meet |
| 1:22.9 | in tormented flashbacks. |
| 1:25.0 | He not only took his own life, he tried to take hers with him in a way by blaming her |
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