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I'm Stephen Medcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, Frankenfest edition. It's Thursday,

November 1st. On today's program, Sandy and social media, did Twitter lead us or mislead us through

the Frankenstorm? And then, the new ABC series in Nashville, we'll talk about how it uses music

with Slate's Jody Rosen. And finally, David Hagland, also of Slate, joins us to talk

about Mormon intellectuals and their complex relationship to their faith. Joining me today is Slate's

deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hello, Julia. Hi, Steve. And Slate's, what do I call you these days, Jody?

Slate's music critic, Jody. Sure, why not? Okay, Slate's music critic, Jody Rosen. How's it going, Jody? It's okay. Thanks. Nice to be here. Well, we should say that we're all calling in remotely right now as a result of this cataclysmic storm. I'm calling in from upstate New York. Julia, you're in Upper Manhattan, am I correct?

Yes, both my home and these slate offices are in the dead zone of Lower Manhattan,

so I've relocated with some family uptown.

And here's where I should reassure our listeners that Dana Stevens has not been washed away by the angry floods.

She was planning not to come in this week due to a vacation anyway. Jody has

very nicely agreed to fill in. And Jody, you're calling in from Red Hook. Yeah, I'm calling

from Red Hook Brooklyn in one of the few buildings out here that has power, which happens to be

the building where I live. And Red Hook was, I'm correct in understanding that Red Hook was absolutely brutalized by this

storm.

Describe what's going on around you and what the condition of that part of the borough is currently.

Yeah, well, Red Hook is right down along the water, very low line.

It's a narrow peninsula that kind of

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