Culture Gabfest - WTF is an NFT?
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🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
This week Steve and Dana are joined by Slate editor Allegra Frank. First, they discuss Coming 2 America, the sequel to the 1988 film Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall Next, they chat about the Pedro Almodóvar short The Human Voice and discuss how it compares to other Almodóvar works. Finally, they’re joined by Slate staff writer Aaron Mak to talk about NFT's (non-fungible tokens), the new digital certificates of "ownership" that are changing the way people buy art.
In Slate Plus, the panel talks about their feelings on re-entering society post-pandemic.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.
Email the hosts at culturefest@slate.com
Outro Music: "Break The Line" by Coma Svensson
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Further reading:
“Coming 2 America’s Disastrous Return to Africa” by Allegra Frank in Slate
“What the Heck Are NFTs, and Why Are Grimes, Lindsay Lohan, and the Guy Who Made Nyan Cat Selling Them?” by Aaron Mak in Slate
Endorsements
Dana:
“Repeat After Me” by June Thomas in Slate
“Talk To Her, All About My Mother, Broken Embraces …” by June Thomas in Slate
This radish recipe
Allegra:
The Real World Homecoming: New York and the original.
“i drive me mad” by renforshort, as heard on Generation
Steve:
“Only Love Can Break Your Heart” by Saint Etienne
"Cherry Wine" by Hozier
"Shrike" by Hozier
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen Maccalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest. WTF is an NFT edition. It's Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. On today's show, coming two, that's numeral to America is a sequel to the 1988 |
| 0:23.5 | Eddie Murphy comedy. That was a big hit. This one reverses flow. Prince Akeem's, he's now the |
| 0:28.6 | king, actually. Spoiler alert. His illegitimate son comes from Queens, New York to Africa. It |
| 0:35.0 | co-stars Arsenio Hall and Tracy Morgan and Jermaine Fowler as his son. |
| 0:39.7 | And then Pedro Almodovar has made his first English language short. |
| 0:43.3 | The Human Voice is a 30-minute movie starring Tilda Swinton as a jilted lover. |
| 0:47.4 | It's based on a 1930s play by Jean Cocteau. |
| 0:50.8 | And finally, yes, WTF is an NFT. We discuss a $69 million, quote, unquote, art sale with Slate's own |
| 1:00.3 | Aaron Mack. Joining me today is Allegra Frank. She is senior editor for Culture at Slate. Allegra, |
| 1:06.9 | welcome both to Slate and the show. How long have you been at Slate? Just under two months now. And you're going to stick it out? |
| 1:17.0 | I'm still here, baby. I got to make it to three months and then they have to keep me. |
| 1:22.5 | And then the lush pension plan kicks in after three months. |
| 1:27.6 | It gets harder to fire me after three months, so. |
| 1:30.6 | I love it. |
| 1:32.2 | Well, welcome to the show. |
| 1:33.2 | We're psyched to have you on. |
| 1:34.6 | And, of course, Dana Stevens is the film critic for Slate. |
| 1:37.1 | Hey, Dana. |
| 1:37.9 | Hey, Stephen. |
| 1:40.6 | All right. |
| 1:41.2 | Coming to America was a huge hit and something of a decade capstone for Eddie Murphy. |
| 1:46.3 | He was a huge star in the 80s. |
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