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The following podcast contains explicit language. I'm Stephen Merkaffin. This is the Slate Culture Gabfest Steam Punk Deer Edition.

It's Wednesday, February 13th, 2019. On today show, Barry Jenkins blew the world away with the movie Moonlight.

He's back now with If Beel Street could talk an adaptation of the James Baldwin novel.

And The Mast's Singer is a glitzy low brow singing competition show with a twist the contestants or celebrities dressed up in elaborate disguises.

You only find out who they are when they lose. We're joined by Mike Pesca to talk about this

improbable brew and finally why does one recipe go viral and another one not go

viral we discuss among many things the chickpea stew

recipe that went crazy. Joining me today is the of course the deputy managing

editor to the LA Times Julia Turner. Hey Julia. Hello sir. And of course, uh, Slate Film Critic is Dana

Stevens Hey Dana. Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey! Shall we just dive in? All right, Barry

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