Culture Gabfest: WTF is an NFT?

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🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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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 Slate Plus members get a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Stephen McCaff in this is the Slate culture gap fest WTF is an NFT edition.
0:15.9	It's Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 and today's show coming to that's numeral to America is
0:22.0	a sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy.
0:24.9	That was a big hit.
0:25.9	For Versus Flow, Prince Akeem, he's now the king actually, spoiler alert, his illegitimate
0:31.6	son comes from Queens, New York, to Africa, it co-stars Arseneo Hall and Tracy Morgan
0:37.5	and Jermaine Fowler as his son and then Pedro Almondovar has made his first English language
0:42.6	short.
0:43.6	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 and finally, yes, WTF is an NFT.
0:54.8	We discuss a $69 million quote unquote art sale with Slate's own Aaron Mack.
1:01.5	Joining me today is Allegra Frank, she's senior editor for Culture at Slate Allegra.
1:07.1	Welcome both to Slate and the show.
1:09.0	How long have you been at Slate?
1:11.2	Just under two months now.
1:13.0	And you're going to you're going to stick it out.
1:16.4	I'm still here, baby.
1:18.7	I got to make it to three months and then they have to keep me.
1:22.6	And then the, the, the, the, the, the, uh, lush pension plan kicks in after three months.
1:27.7	Exactly.
1:28.7	It gets harder to fire me after three months, so, uh, well, welcome to the show.
1:33.3	We're psyched to have you on.
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