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4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2009

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Ponyo, the new film by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan’s master animator; the to do over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s opinion on health care reform; and the legacy of the late Les Paul, via the musings of three rock guitar gods.

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0:00.0	The Culture Gab Fest is sponsored by Audible, offering more than 50,000 downloadable audiobooks.
0:11.1	CultureFest listeners can download a free audiobook by signing up for an Audible membership at Audiblepodcast.com slash culturefest.
0:22.4	I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest,
0:25.8	Total Commitment, edition.
0:27.9	This is also the daily podcast from slate.com for Wednesday, August 19th, 2009.
0:33.3	On today's program, we're going to talk about Miyazaki's Pano,
0:36.8	the death of Les Paul and the life of his magnificent creation, the solid body electric guitar, and John Mackie goes extremely locovore and eats his own foot.
0:46.5	Joining me today are Slate's deputy editor Julia Turner.
0:50.1	Hello, Julia.
0:50.8	Hi, Steve.
0:51.4	I feel like it's been ages since we gabbed.
0:54.2	I'm so excited to gab with you guys today.
0:56.5	I'm totally committed to gabbing with you today.
0:58.6	We feel your total commitment, believe me.
1:01.2	And Slate's film critic, Dana Stevens.
1:03.3	Hey, Dana.
1:03.6	Hey, Dana.
1:05.1	Let's start by talking about Hayao Miyazaki, who's a Japanese filmmaker known for his animated films, the one that has
1:15.8	gotten the most attention in the United States thus far as spirited away. He now has a wide-release
1:20.4	film out called Panyo. And I have to admit, I had a very unfamiliar reaction to this movie.
1:28.3	I'm a simple man who deals in simple binarisms, one being extreme uncritical love and the other being enraged loathing.
1:39.6	Is binarism a word?
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