Culture Gabfest - That Schmoopy Feeling

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🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Steve and Dana talk to Slate’s television critic Willa Paskin about the unprecedented current season of The Bachelorette. Then Slate's Brow Beat editor, Matthew Dessem, comes on board for the rest of the show to talk about Saturday Night Live and two recent articles about societal collapse, one titled The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse and one titled How Do You Know When Society Is About to Fall Apart?

In Slate Plus, the hosts discuss which TV universes they'd like to be dropped into.

Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.

Outro Music: "Break The Line" by Coma Svensson

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen McHaff, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, that schmoope-feeling edition.
0:14.5	It's Wednesday, November 18th, 2020.
0:16.9	On today's show, The Bachelor, Bachelorette franchise, it holds a special place in the heart of our show inexplicably.
0:23.0	Its cherished format has been broken by, you'll never believe this, by true love, or maybe not.
0:28.4	We will discuss with Willa Paskin.
0:30.3	And then Saturday Night Live is a mirror to the country's political identity and soul, whatever.
0:35.7	We discussed its recent track record with Matthew Desham Slate's S&Lologist.
0:40.8	And finally, our society has become top-heavy.
0:43.3	It's complex, hierarchical, overly bureaucratic.
0:45.9	It's bloated in some sense.
0:47.4	Is it on the verge of collapse?
0:49.0	We discuss a couple of recent articles about that subject.
0:52.2	Joining me today is Matthew Desem himself.
0:54.7	Hello.
0:55.6	You are a browbeat editor and columnist for Slate.
0:57.8	Welcome to the show.
0:58.7	Thank you so much for having me.
0:59.9	Sight to have you.
1:00.6	And of course, Dan Stevens is Slate's film critic.
1:03.0	Hey, Dana.
1:03.7	Hello, Stephen.
1:06.4	The Bachelor of Bachelorette franchise features a young man or woman and several
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