Culture Gabfest: J.Los This Is... What Now?
On this week\u2019s show, the panel is first joined by Wesley Morris, New York Times\u2019 critic at large, to dissect This Is Me\u2026 Now: A Love Story, Jennifer Lopez\u2019s bizarre, nutty, yet utterly delicious self-funded vanity project that cost the singer $20 million to produce. (Wesley wrote a brilliant piece about it for the Times.) Then, the three explore 20 Days in Mariupol, the Oscar-nominated documentary by Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov that depicts the atrocities of the Russia-Ukraine war through on-the-ground footage and harrowing accounts of civilians. Finally, in a new oral history of the Village Voice, entitled The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture, author Tricia Romano tells the iconic alt-weekly newspaper\u2019s history through 200 interviews with its legendary writers, editors, and photographers. We discuss.\nIn the exclusive Slate Plus segment, we share an impromptu conversation between the hosts and Wesley Morris.\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\xa0\nOutro music: "Zero Gravity" by ELFL\nEndorsements:\nCameron: Longtime Culture Gabfest producer, Cameron Drews, is moving onto his next project but came on one last time to endorse! He endorses movie theater subscriptions and is a big fan of Alamo Drafthouse\u2019s season pass.\xa0\nDana: The Criterion Channel\u2019s new \u201cGothic Noir\u201d series.\xa0\nJulia: An algorithm-recommended bop, UNTZ UNTZ by Inji.\xa0\nSteve: The Milk Carton Kids\u2019 cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d and a performance of their song, \u201cAll of the Time in the World to Kill,\u201d featuring some lovely on-stage banter.\xa0\nPodcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.\xa0\nHosts\nDana Stephens, Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices