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b'This week, Steve and Dana are joined by Slate senior editor Allegra Frank. First, senior producer of Slate\\u2019s Decoder Ring podcast, Benjamin Frisch, chimes in to review the sci-fi megafilm Dune. Next, the panel discusses Netflix\\u2019s Maid. Finally, the panel dives into the IATSE strike, and the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, involving the actor Alec Baldwin.\\nIn Slate Plus, the panel discusses Halloween as an adult.\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\\nEndorsements\\nDana: Lauren Michele Jackson\\u2019s piece for The New Yorker about corporate social media and the way Netflix\\u2019s social media teams have responded to the Dave Chappelle controversy, titled \\u201cDave Chappelle, Netflix, and the Illusions of Corporate Identity Politics.\\u201d\\nAllegra: Lately, the videogame Super Smash Bros. Ultimate\\u2014which she has been playing on Nintendo Switch. Recently, the lead character of another video game franchise, Sora from Kingdom Hearts, has been added as an avatar you can play as in the game.\\xa0\\nSteve: First, the song \\u201cPrecious Memories\\u201d by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Then, British political scientist David Runciman discussed Peter Thiel, silicon valley investor, for the London Review of Books\\u2019 podcast, in an episode titled, \\u201cThe Peter Thiel Paradox.\\u201d\\xa0\\nPodcast production by Jessamine Molli. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.\\nOutro music is \\u201cPrecious Memories\\u201d by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'