Culture Gabfest: The Creator of Succession Takes on the Broligarchy Edition

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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On this week’s show, longtime hosts Julia, Stephen, and Dana are all together in-person to talk about Mountainhead, the new HBO Max movie from Jesse Armstrong, creator of Succession. Then, they dig into the new Amazon Prime series Overcompensating. Finally, they talk about the new PR junket, full of spicy food and odd quizzes, inspired by this Vulture article by Nicholas Quah. Endorsements: Dana: The Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt. Julia: Restauranteur Keith McNally’s memoir, I Regret Almost Everything. Stephen: Sarah Beckwith’s piece in The New Yorker, “Returning to the Scene of My Brutal Rape.” and the novel 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch. Want more Culture Gabfest? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the Culture Gabfest show page. Or, visit slate.com/cultureplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow.
0:02.8	Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level.
0:05.4	It's going off now.
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0:07.9	Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is.
0:11.0	What? How?
0:12.3	Oh, no. You're out. Better look next time.
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0:30.9	Your Starbucks is ready.
0:33.6	Beams ground. Milk frothed. Shots pulled.
0:41.3	Velvety milk poured into a double shot of dark perfection and... Oh, that's the good stuff.
0:44.3	The baristas are ready, the finest coffee beans are ready.
0:47.3	The Starbucks you love is ready.
0:50.3	Hello again, from the Starbucks Coffee Company. I'm Stephen Metcalfe and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest.
1:13.0	The creator of Succession takes on the Borreligarchy.
1:16.2	It's Wednesday, June 4th, 2025.
1:19.3	On today's show, Jesse Armstrong is the creative genius behind the TV show Succession.
1:24.0	He has a feature-length film now out on Max.
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