Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Old Ball and Chain Edition

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🗓️ 16 June 2010

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Hanna Rosin, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new documentary on Joan Rivers, the Bravo reality show Work of Art and the downfall of men as reported in The Atlantic.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.4	In fact, here it is right now.
0:05.6	Ms. River, the fuck thing.
0:07.3	I know the executive producers are a little concerned about that.
0:09.7	Yes, and one of they should be.
0:10.6	I probably will have one fuck somewhere in it.
0:12.7	That's fine.
0:13.8	No, exactly.
0:15.1	One is fine.
0:18.2	The Culture Gab Fest is sponsored by Audible, offering more than 50,000 downloadable audiobooks.
0:26.2	CultureFest listeners can download a free audiobook by signing up for an Audible membership at Audiblepodcast.com slash culturefest.
0:36.8	I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate CultureGab Fest, Old Ball and Chain Edition.
0:41.7	This is also the daily podcast from slate.com for Wednesday, June 16th, 2010.
0:46.7	On today's program, Peace of Work, the new Joan Rivers documentary, and work of art, the new Bravo reality TV show,
0:53.4	and we'll be joined by Hannah Rosen for our third segment out of our DC office to talk about her new Atlantic Monthly article on The End of Men.
1:01.7	Joining me today are Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hello, Julia. Hi, Steve. And our film critic, Dana Stevens. Hey, Dana. Hey, Steve.
1:09.9	Joan Rivers, I'm sure everyone in our audience knows as a comedian. She's had something like a 50-year career.
1:16.0	We can assume most people in our audience know at least some part of that 50-year career, but if you need a pungent reminder, here's one.
1:24.0	I hate everybody. I hate old people. I hate ugly children. I hate fat people. I hate everybody. I hate old people.
1:28.1	I hate ugly children.
1:29.5	I hate fat people.
1:30.7	I hate it China.
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