Culture Gabfest: The Spider-Verse Proliferates

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🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week, the panel begins by unraveling Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Then, the three discuss Platonic, a new Apple TV+ show starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen. Finally, they are joined by Slate staff writer Luke Winkie to examine the surprisingly wholesome journalism storyline found in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel reflects on their professional lives with a listener question: What is your relationship to your work after you’ve completed it? Email us at [email protected]. Endorsements: Stephen: “Trespassing on Edith Wharton” by Alissa Bennett for The Paris Review — An essential piece and “exemplary specimen” that’s critical to the discussion of what literary criticism looks like in today’s digital media age. Dana: “The Dress Diary of Mrs. Anne Sykes” by Kate Strasdin for The Paris Review — An excerpt from the fashion historian’s upcoming book The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe. A fantastic glimpse into the Victorian period, what people wore then, and what they did in those clothes. Julia: Holedown — A mindless, addictive iPhone game that Julia describes as “Asteroid, but down instead of up.” This endorsement comes from John August, the host of her favorite podcasts, Scriptnotes. Outro music is "Back to Silence" by OTE Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Kat Hong. __ This Pride Month, make an impact by helping Macy’s and The Trevor Project on their mission to fund life-saving suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.5	I'm Stephen Metcalfan, this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, the Spider-Verse proliferates
1:15.8	edition. It's Wednesday, June 7, 2023. On today's show, Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse,
1:23.5	it's the sequel to Into the Spider-Verse. The wild bebop variation on the Spider-Man
1:28.6	can and it's about a Brooklyn kid somewhere in the multiverse who is not Peter Parker
1:33.8	but is Spider-Man. This is a sequel, of course, it made buckets of money this past weekend.
1:39.6	And then Rose Byrne and Seth Rogan star and Platonic sitcom on Apple TV about two,
1:45.8	not same-sex buddies reuniting in midlife. And finally, we discussed the huge hit video
1:51.7	game, The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, with Slate's own Luke Winky joining me today
1:58.8	is Julia Turner of the LA Times. Hey, Julia.
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