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culture fest. I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, scary mascot edition. It's Wednesday, August 1st, 2012. On today's program, the spectacular rise and apparently equally spectacular fall of the journalist,

Jonoilare.

And then we talk Olympics hoopla with Slate's own Seth Stevenson.

And finally, a fascinating documentary about the Chinese artist, I Weiwei.

Joining me today is Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner, hello, Julia.

Hi, see.

If you did a little fake out, you looked at Dana, but you said hi to me. I had faked you. Right, and then I did a behind the back. But I was ready. For a slam dunk, yeah. I was ready. I love it. And Dana, I'm looking directly at you and addressing you. You are Dana Stevens. I feel so valued. The film critic of Slate Magazine.

How are you?

Very well.

Thank you.

Very good.

So did you notice, by the way, that I have an iced coffee here?

I did.

And do you know, I prefer my iced coffee like my women, slightly blonde, no matter how they get that way.

So I poured a little coconut milk in it this morning.

So I have the taste of coconut in my mouth.

Now, do you know that that's quite disgusting?

But this reminds me that today we're joined by Jesse Baker.

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