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I'm Stephen Metcalf and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest

You Don't Get to Hate It's Wednesday June 19th, 2019. On today's show the

joyously slick and pulpy California Noir, Big Little Lives returns to

HBO for season 2.

It was already a star-studdied cast.

It's now joined by the Starriest Studiest of the Mall by Merrill Street. I can't wait to discuss it.

And then the last Black man in San Francisco was a darling at Sundance. It's now being released

to theaters. It's a wise and mournful elegy to a relentlessly gentrifying city and at the place its black residents have found and lost within it.

Finally, we're going to discuss for the first time Sims, the video game, which is in its fourth installment and has been for a while but is now

available for free on PC which has led some critics and fans to reflect on its

impact. Joining me today is Marissa Martinelli, who is an editor at Slate.

Marissa, welcome to the program.

Thanks for having me.

Yeah, it's great to have you.

And of course, Wilapaskin is Slate's TV critic.

Willa, welcome back. Hi.

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