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I'm Julia Turner and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest lonely Salantro edition.

It's Wednesday June 8th, 2016 and on today's program we're going to talk about Lady Dynamite, the new Netflix series

from Maria Banford, and then Paul Simon's new album Stranger to Stranger and What to Make of

that singer-song writer's long and occasionally bedeviling career. And finally pop star the new

parody film from the fellows from Lonely Island including Andy Samberg.

Joining me today is da da da da da. And can we get some fanfare, some trumpets? Dana Stevens back from Bookley.

I'm only sad and Stephen. Housa, hello, hooray.

I'm only saddened Stephen that your injury kept me from,

we were all three gonna be in a room together.

We were gonna have a room hug in a maypole dance

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