Culture Gabfest: The Talented Mr. Quibi

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4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner analyze the latest way to watch television: Quibi. Next, they bring on Slate music critic Carl Wilson to talk about the legacy of the late songwriter John Prine. Finally, the panel dives into The Talented Mr. Ripley, Dana’s comfort watch pick for this week. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Culture Gabfest each week, and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. On the Slate Plus segment this week, the panel discusses Saturday Night Live’s recent “at home” show. Outro Music: 'Apocalypse' by Cigarettes After Sex Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Endorsements Dana: John Dickerson’s interview with John Prine from February 2019. Julia: Jim Dale’s audiobook narration of the Harry Potter series—except for his voice of Hermione. Steve: The Lucksmiths. Again. The music of Cigarettes After Sex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:11.0	And I'm Allison Raskin.
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0:18.0	From mental health to sexuality to animal behavior to science. We love to interview fascinating people about
0:27.0	their various expertise. We also answer listener questions and play a very
0:32.2	silly game called
0:33.2	hypotheticals.
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0:40.9	that the I-Heart Podcast Awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023.
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0:51.6	Ooh! So check out just between us every Wednesday. I'm Stephen McCaff and this is the Slake Culture Gabfest, the talented Mr. Quibby
1:15.9	Edition. It's Wednesday, April 15th, 2020. On today's show Good News, the butt of
1:21.4	many Hollywood in jokes, is now here for all of us to make fun of.
1:25.0	Quibi is a new short-form streaming entertainment app, if I understand it correctly.
1:30.4	And then John Prime, the great great John Prime has died from complications
1:34.1	related to COVID-19 at the age of 73 we discuss a singing songwriting Titan
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