Culture Gabfest: Fool's Gold
b'This week, Slate\\u2019s TV critic and host of the podcast Decoder Ring, Willa Paskin, and poet, essayist, podcast host, and author, Nichole Perkins, fill in for Dana and Julia. The panel begins by taking a spin with Julian Fellowes\\u2019 (creator of Downton Abbey) new show The Gilded Age. Then, the panel debates about Kenny G and the installment of the docuseries Music Box: Listening to Kenny G. Finally, the panel ponders Ted Gioia\\u2019s question: is old music killing new music?\\nIn Slate Plus, the panel discusses culture that they\\u2019ve changed their mind about over time\\u2014whether they\\u2019ve grown to like it or dislike it.\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\\nEndorsements\\nWilla: The podcast Once Upon a Time\\u2026 at Bennington College.\\nNichole: The collection of stories Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories by Karen Russell.\\nSteve: Ian MacDonald\\u2019s essay \\u201cExiled From Heaven: The Unheard Message of Nick Drake.\\u201d\\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 "Pike Place Market" by Rockin\' For Decades.\\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'