Culture Gabfest: Crushing Responsibility
This week, the panel begins by pondering Maggie Gyllenhaal\u2019s directorial debut, The Lost Daughter. Then, the panel gushes about the fresh workplace comedy Abbott Elementary. Finally, the panel discusses everyone's latest obsession: the word game Wordle.\nIn Slate Plus, the panel enters spoiler territory as they continue to puzzle out The Lost Daughter.\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\nEndorsements\nDana: An LA related endorsement: The Academy Museum (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) which is mostly okay, but has a stellar show called The Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection.\nJulia: Potentially the first worthy piece of pandemic art: the Gary Shteyngart novel Our Country Friends, set in an upstate NY country home as friends gather to wait out the pandemic.\nSteve: Israeli-born, Paris-based singer Keren Ann\u2019s cover of \u201cHallelujah.\u201d Also: a no longer on-the-fence, solid endorsement for HBO\u2019s Succession.\nPre-order Dana\u2019s book and buy a ticket to Dana and Isaac\u2019s book event at The Strand (hosted by our very own Stephen Metcalf)!\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.\nOutro music is "Self Made Woman" by Katharine Appleton\nSlate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now\xa0at slate.com/cultureplus.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices