Culture Gabfest: Will Restaurants Survive?

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner are joined by Jen Agg to talk about the fate of the restaurant industry. Next, they bring on New York Times Magazine contributing writer Jody Rosen to discuss the passing of Adam Schlesinger. Finally, the panel dives into Julia’s favorite movie and comfort watch—Sneakers. 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 their results to the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz. Podcast production by Jessamine Molli. Production assistance by Rachael Allen. Outro Music: “All Kinds of Time” by Fountains of Wayne Endorsements Jody: The singer Bill Withers, particularly his albums Naked & Warm and ’Justments. Jonathan Cecil’s audiobook reading of P.G. Wodehouse’s Uncle Fred in the Springtime. Dana: Interview with Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn on the Ringer podcast “The Watch.” Julia: “Nutmeg” from A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! Steve: The songwriter Marty Donald of The Lucksmiths found here in Steve’s Spotify playlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever thought, ugh, this water is too wet?
0:04.0	Or this beach is too sandy.
0:06.0	My name's Christine.
0:08.0	And my name is Sandy.
0:09.0	And we're the host of Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet.
0:11.0	A podcast where we do dramatic readings of the most wild and off-the-wall reviews on the internet.
0:15.9	We find the funniest real reviews about everything from Vegas weddings, matchmaking services
0:21.4	and Trader Joe's, caves toddler beds and Spirit
0:24.5	Halloween. You won't believe the things that people think absolutely must be
0:28.1	said on the internet. How else would everyone know that some caves don't have
0:31.1	Wi-Fi? We hear about the good, the bad, and that one time
0:34.0	time spirit Halloween sent someone a dildo instead of a Halloween
0:37.0	costume and believe it or not we got to the bottom of it.
0:40.0	Join us every Wednesday wherever you listen to your podcast.
0:43.3	Beachi Sandy Water Toet is brought to this is the Slate Culture Gapfest. Will restaurants survive
1:02.4	addition? It's Wednesday April 8th, 2012. Culture Gapfestist, Will Restaurants Survive Edition?
1:03.0	It's Wednesday, April 8th, 2020.
1:05.7	On today's show, we will be joined by Toronto Restaurant
1:09.0	owner Jen Ag to talk about the fate of the food service
1:11.9	industry in a global pandemic.
1:13.9	And then we will be joined by Jody Rosen to talk about the really horrible and premature loss
1:18.9	of the great songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who died last week, of complications from COVID-19. And then finally
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