Smart Brick Edition

Slate Culture

Slate Podcasts

Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2016

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and guests discuss Werner Herzog's documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World; how Michelangelo's David could crumble at any moment; and what it takes to make a great children's book. The Slate Culture Gabfest is brought to you by Placemakers, a new Slate podcast made possible by JPMorgan Chase. This podcast tells the stories of neighborhoods, businesses, and nonprofits that are working together to move their communities forward. Download and subscribe to Placemakers wherever you get your podcasts. And by Audible. Get a free audiobook with a 30-day trial today by signing up at Audible.com/culture. And by Green Chef. Their organic meal kits make it easy to cook healthy and feel great about where your food comes from. Get four free meals with your first order when you sign up at GreenChef.com/culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.2	The following podcast contains explicit language.
1:03.3	I'm Stephen Metcalf and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, the Smart Brick Edition.
1:17.0	It's Wednesday, August 31st, 2016.
1:21.0	On today's show, lo and behold, reveries of a connected world is the latest documentary from
1:25.2	Werner Herzog. The film is a poetic meditation on how the internet has insinuated itself
1:30.3	into our lives and beyond that into our very selves.
1:33.8	And then Michelangelo's David is the shining mascot of the Renaissance, so says Sam Anderson
1:38.2	in this wonderful New York Times piece.
1:40.6	It represents a perfection of the human form, but has it been mistaken for a symbol of arts permanence when it too is likely to decay and one day disappear?
1:48.0	We'll discuss this wonderful essay with its author, Sam Anderson.
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