Culture Gabfest: Tom Cruises Off a Cliff

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This week, Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe fills in for Julia. The panel begins by discussing Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise’s latest romp against rogue A.I. Then, the trio review Wham!, a bittersweet and perhaps hollow documentary following the ‘80s English pop duo’s rise to fame. Then, they explore Spill, a new image-based platform claiming to be the next “Black Twitter” and its role in the current social media landscape. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel discusses the lost art of handwriting, inspired by this piece in The Atlantic: “How Handwriting Lost Its Personality” by Rachel Gutman-Wei. Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements: Nadira: Adele’s tribute to George Michael — The singer’s performance of “Fastlove” at the 2017 Grammy’s is far from perfect, but it’s exactly those flaws and her raw emotion that makes this rendition so moving. Also, NewJeans! Nadira adores this shapeshifting K-pop girl group and the ways they evoke nostalgia using Y2K visuals and hip hop elements. Stream their latest songs “Super Shy” and the self-titled “New Jeans.” (She also likes “Ditto” and “Attention”) Dana: Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For?” — Longtime Billie Eilish fan, Dana, recommends the pop star’s most recent music video, which was directed by Eilish and beautifully captures the melancholy of a doll’s role. It’s also a bit of free promotion for the upcoming Barbie film, which uses “What Was I Made For” in its final scenes. Stephen: George Michael, “Waiting for That Day” — Stephen will never forget the day when he, free from the bias against Wham! and pop music he grew up with, finally realized that George Michal was a musical genius. This song about loss and an inherent sadness is especially moving. Outro music: Adele's tribute to George Michael at the 2017 Grammys. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Audio engineering by Merritt Jacob. Production assistance by Kat Hong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.7	I'm Stephen McCaff in this is the slake culture gap that Tom cruises off a cliff edition.
0:49.6	It's Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
0:52.8	Contres show mission impossible, dead reckoning, park one.
0:56.6	It returns.
0:57.6	Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt.
0:59.6	It's a wild romp that pits him against some mega AI.
1:03.0	It co-stars Haley at well, Ving Rames, all the gangs back.
1:07.2	And then the band WAM exclamation point, it was a duo, and they own the 80s pop charts,
1:12.3	especially in England, but kind of globally a new documentary on Netflix retells their
1:17.2	surprisingly moving and graceful story in one man's opinion.
1:21.0	And finally, Spill has been described as the black alternative to Twitter.
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