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🗓️ 24 May 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Forrest Wickman, Aisha Harris, and Laura Bennett discuss Showtime's revival of Twin Peaks, the first black woman to star on The Bachelorette, and the Atlantic cover story, My Family's Slave. The Slate Culture Gabfest is brought to you by Winc. Get wines that are tailored to your palate delivered right to your door! Go to TryWinc.com/CULTURE and you’ll receive 20 dollars off your first order, plus complimentary shipping. And by AT&T. Enjoy unlimited entertainment with unlimited data from AT&T. Don’t settle for any unlimited data plan. Only the AT&T Unlimited Plus plan comes with HBO included. Learn more at att.com/unlimited. Legal: After 22 gigabytes of data usage, AT&T may slow speeds. Credits for HBO start within two bills. Channels available subject to change. Charges, other usage and restrictions apply. See att.com/unlimited for details. And by Showstopper, a new podcast from Spotify. Showstopper answers the question “how did that awesome song end up in that great show?” Listen to Showstopper and your favorite music on the Spotify mobile app for free now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.0	Edition. On today's show, Twin Peaks returns after 25 years with David Lynch at the helm for 18 new episodes.
1:30.0	Then for 33 seasons, the reality juggernauts, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette have been dogged by accusations of racism and indifference towards their contestants of color, never featuring a black bachelor or Bachelorette until now.
1:44.1	We'll discuss.
1:45.2	And finally, Alex Dezan's family emigrated
1:47.8	to the US when he was a young child,
1:50.1	bringing along a servant he later realized
1:52.2	was his family's slave.
1:53.5	Now he's published a story titled My Family's Slave,
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