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4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2010

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens, John Swansburg and Julia Turner discuss Law and Order the final episode, breathing life into the 50 year old Breathless and the vocal stylings of the soon to be pop sensation Janelle Monae.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:07.1	The Culture Gab Fest is sponsored by Audible,
0:11.2	offering more than 50,000 downloadable audio books.
0:15.3	CultureFest listeners can download a free audio book
0:18.4	by signing up for an Audible membership
0:20.5	at Audiblepodcast.com
0:22.9	slash culture fest.
0:26.0	I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest edition.
0:31.2	This is also the daily podcast from Slate.com for Wednesday, May 26, 2010.
0:36.3	On today's program, the end of an old war horse law and order, the revival of Breathless,
0:42.3	which is now 50 years old, and the new, new thing in pop music, Janelle Monet.
0:48.0	Joining me today are Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner.
0:50.6	Hello, Julia.
0:51.5	Hi, Julia.
0:52.1	Hi, Steve.
0:52.1	And our film critic, Dana, hey, Dana.
0:54.0	Hi, Steve. And as well, are Dana, hey, Dana. Hi, Steve.
0:54.7	And as well, are the culture editor of Slate, John Swansberg. Hey, John. Hey, Steve.
0:59.7	Let's dive right in. After 20 years, hundreds of corpses, dozens of Foxy Assistant DAs, and a syndication trove of over 450 episodes, Law and Order, the great staple of American television, when you're exhausted flipping channels
1:15.3	and you just want to settle in, you want to tuck in to a TV show, there's Law and Order.
1:21.2	Is it TNT, TBS, both?
1:23.1	It's been both over the years and A&E at one point as well.
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