Culture Gabfest - Smart Brick Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2016
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and guests discuss Werner Herzog's documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World; how Michelangelo's David could crumble at any moment; and what it takes to make a great children's book.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:12.7 | I'm Stephen McKaff, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, the Smart Brick Edition. |
| 0:17.4 | It's Wednesday, August 31st, 2016. |
| 0:20.7 | On today's show, lo and behold, reveries of a |
| 0:23.2 | connected world is the latest documentary from Werner Herzog. The film is a poetic meditation |
| 0:27.7 | on how the internet has insinuated itself into our lives, and beyond that, into our very |
| 0:32.7 | selves. And then Michelangelo's David is the shining mascot of the Renaissance, so says Sam Anderson in this |
| 0:38.4 | wonderful New York Times piece. It represents a perfection of the human form, but has it been |
| 0:43.0 | mistaken for a symbol of arts permanence when it too is likely to decay and one day disappear? |
| 0:48.6 | We'll discuss this wonderful essay with its author Sam Anderson. And finally, what does it take to make a successful children's book? Slate staged a competition between its editors to find out we discussed the amusing results with one of its non-winners, Laura Bennett. Joining me today is Slate's editor Julia Turner. Hello, Julia. Hi. Correction, though. Laura was one of the winners. I sort of felt like nobody won that competition, but am I... |
| 1:12.8 | Well, no, okay. |
| 1:13.5 | If we're taking as a given that everybody failed, which is probably the more accurate way to conclude, then that's a fine way to describe her. |
| 1:20.9 | It had a very distinct don't quit your day job vibe, as indicated by the repeated use of the phrase, don't quit your day job on the part of the |
| 1:29.3 | judges. |
| 1:30.1 | I think there was scant risk of that, but yes, okay, fair enough. |
| 1:32.9 | Non-winner, Laura Bennett. |
| 1:34.2 | We'll join non-winner Julia Turner to discuss. |
| 1:37.2 | We'll get there. |
| 1:37.8 | And of course, we're joined by Slate's film critic Dana Stevens. |
| 1:40.7 | Hey, Dana. |
| 1:41.3 | A winner in all respects. |
| 1:43.6 | Hi, Steven. Hey, Julia, before we |
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