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I'm Stephen Metcalfe, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest.

The area edition is Sick Edition. It's Wednesday, November 2, 2011. I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest. The Airy Edition is Sick Edition. It's Wednesday, November 2, 2011. On today's program, Beavis and Butthead returned to MTV. The fate of critical theory 25 years or so later. And Indy Rock is at the new adult contemporary with Slate's own Jody Rosen. Joining me today are Slate's

Deputy Editor Julia Turner. Hello, Julia. Hi, Steve. And Slate's film critic, Dana Stevens. Hey, Dana.

Hey. How are you guys? Pretty well. I'm good. I'm bummed. We had our, our live show was

snowed out this weekend, which was too bad. But apart from that, I've recovered.

And I'm also excited by your new voice, Steve.

You have like a, you have like a whatever the male version of Lauren Bacall is.

The male version of Lauren Bacall is Stephen Metcalf.

Oh.

Okay.

Well, but you've like amped it down.

You've gotten a little like slow and low.

In honor of the adult contemporary theme.

Yeah, this is going to be a smooth podcast.

You know, the presence of Jody Rosen in the studio always makes me feel slow and low.

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