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The following podcast contains explicit language. I'm Julia Turner and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, never mind, don't hail Charlotte

Rampling Edition.

It's Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 and on today's program we're going to talk

about the Oscars, their lack of diversity, the Oscars so white campaign, the campaign to

boycott the Oscars, the changes that the

Academy has very swiftly made to its voting procedures in an effort to address the

issue and what various boneheaded celebrities including Charlotte

Rampling have said about the matter.

We're also going to talk about Trevor Noah's Daily Show and why it is not as good as John Stewart.

Basically, for lack of a less blunt way of putting it.

But we'll get into the details there.

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