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I'm Stephen Metcath and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest Grasping and Straw's

Edition. It's Wednesday, July 18th, 2018. On today's show, Leave No Trace is the new indie feature from Director Deborah Granick, she of Winter's

bone fame.

And then Sasha Baron Cohen is back with a new show, Who Is America on Showtime?

And finally, banning plastic straws,

is this a crucial first step in saving the earth,

or is the camel's back already broken?

Joining me today is Slate's late senator Julia Turner. Hello Julia

Hi Steve good straw joke good straw joke.

Of the first of many more to come.

He's got a whole dispenser of him.

Oh!

Oh, my God.

I hope there are no first-time listeners out there right now.

Not anymore.

And of course Dana Stephen Slates film critic, hey Dana.

Hello Stephen.

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