The following podcast contains explicit language.

I'm Stephen Meckhaff and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest Uncanny Savannah

Edition. It's Wednesday, July 24th, 2019. On today's show The Lion King,

the Disney animated film and later Broadway puppet show, has been revived via a sort of digital photo realistic remake.

It's directed by John Favreau and features the voices of Donald Glover and

Beyonce will be joined by slate alum and New York Times editor Aisha Harris

to discuss and then Tik-Tak is the hugely popular app for making and sharing short videos we discuss with our old

intern, token millennial, and chief frenemy of the program, Daniel Schrader.

Joining me... And finally, Russell Crowe plays Roger Ailes, creator of Fox News and the Showtime limited based on the

Gabe Sherman biography of Ails, the loudest voice in the room.

To join me today is Julia Turner. biography of Aisles, the loudest voice in the room.

To join me today is Julia Turner, who is deputy managing editor

at the LA Times, Julia.

Hey.

Hello, hello.

And of course, Dana Stevens is a slate's film critic, hey Dana.

Hey there, Steve.

One addendum you may notice that now I sound faint and bad,

that's because that's the recording of my telephone.

The reason we using that rather than my

usual crystal clear tones is because I forgot to record. So I will snap into stereophonic focus at some point

later on in the show, but that's why I sound like this now.

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