Culture Gabfest: Is the Golden Bachelor Bachelor Gold?
b'This week, the panel begins by dissecting The Golden Bachelor, the latest spin-off of the classic reality TV series starring a 72-year-old bachelor searching for love amongst a group of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. Sincerity ensues\\u2026 or does it? Then, the three return to the \\u201880s to discuss A24\\u2019s re-release of Stop Making Sense, Jonathan Demme\\u2019s seminal 1984 Talking Heads concert movie that\\u2019s widely regarded as the apex of the genre. Finally, they investigate the celebrity apology video aesthetic, an artform that\\u2019s been attempted\\u2014and by no means, perfected\\u2014by Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Russell Brand, and Drew Barrymore recently, as an unusual document of the times.\\n\\nIn the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel discusses the meme and viral TikTok trend, \\u201cHow often do you think about the Roman Empire?\\u201d and the ways it encourages a faux-performance of gender on the internet.\\xa0\\n\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\\xa0\\n\\nEndorsements:\\n\\nDana: In the spirit of revelatory live shows, Dana endorses The Bengsons, a folk-rock duo (by married couple Abigail and Shaun Bengson) whose recent concert she describes as \\u201cperformance art.\\u201d\\n\\nJulia: \\u201cStop Talking\\u201d by Miya Folick, one Julia\\u2019s favorite songs from the 2023 Summer Strut Mega-mix, that exasperatedly laments about a friend whose brain space has been eaten up by some boy\\u2013and Folick doesn\\u2019t want to hear about it anymore!\\xa0\\n\\nStephen: Lucky in Paris by saxophonist Lucky Thompson, a relatively under-the-radar record that has become one of Stephen\\u2019s top five jazz albums of all time.\\xa0\\n\\nOutro music: \\u201cOn the Keys of Steel\\u201d by Dusty Decks.\\n\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Kat Hong.\\xa0\\n\\nIf you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows. You\\u2019ll also be supporting the work we do here on the Culture Gabfest. Sign up now at Slate.com/cultureplus to help support our work.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'