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I'm Stephen McAff, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, All That Chintz edition.

It's Wednesday, December 11, 2013.

On today's show, Inside Lewin Davis is the new movie from the Cohn Brothers.

It traces the early years of the Greenwich Village folk scene.

And then we discuss an amazing polemic against a phenomenon called by the author Smarm.

And finally, a remarkable exhibit tracing tracing the emergence of globalization through textiles.

It's at the Metropolitan Museum.

And we luckily, we got to speak to the curator of the exhibit.

Joining me today is Slate's film critic, Dana.

Hey, Dana.

Hello, Stephen.

And of course, Julia Turner, Slate's deputy editor.

Hey, Julia.

Hi, Steve.

And then an extra special little prize in the Cracker Jackbox. We have Carl Wilson.

Sort of newish music critic for Slate. You're down from Toronto and for a bender, a New York City bender. Welcome to the show, Carl.

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