Culture Gabfest - Vince Vaughn is Back in Bad Monkey
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by reviewing Bad Monkey, a breezy new crime drama on Apple TV+ starring Vince Vaughn as a former police officer turned health inspector. It’s everything a summer show should be: laid-back, easy on the eyes, and set in warm, sunny Florida. Then, speaking of returns, the panel turns back the clock and tackles Homicide: Life on the Street, a groundbreaking cop show that debuted in 1993 and is now available to stream on Peacock. Finally, the trio considers A.I. in the arts, inspired by Curtis Sittenfeld’s guest essay for The New York Times: “An Experiment in Lust, Regret and Kissing.”
In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel discusses the experience of dropping your children off at college.
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Endorsements:
Dana: Close Your Eyes, a film written and directed by Victor Erice.
Julia: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld.
Steve: The entire state of California.
Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.
Hosts
Dana Stephens, Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf
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| 0:23.9 | dot co-de-e-K slash Special Offer. I'm Julia Turner and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, Vince Vaughn is back in Bad Monkey Edition. |
| 0:43.6 | It's Wednesday, August 28, 2024. |
| 0:46.8 | On today's show, Bad Monkey, a sly crime caper set in the Florida Keys |
| 0:51.4 | stars Vince Vaughn as a dogged detective who can't help but |
| 0:54.5 | get in his own way. Homicide, Life on the Street, the 1993 NBC series |
| 0:59.8 | based on David Simon's reporting and hailed as a precursor to Peak TV is finally, finally after decades |
| 1:06.2 | available to stream on Peacock, and novelist Curtis Sittenfeld accepted a John Henry assignment from the New York Times opinion team |
| 1:15.1 | competing with chat gp t to write a beach read short story. |
| 1:20.0 | You'll never guess whose was better. |
| 1:22.8 | And Day the gang is all here. |
| 1:24.5 | I'm joined by Stephen Medcalf. |
| 1:25.8 | Hello Steve. |
| 1:26.8 | Julia, what, I gotta stop you. |
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