Culture Gabfest: Man Out of Time, Fish Out of Water

Published: June 23, 2021, 9 a.m.

b'This week Dana and Steve are joined by Slate staff writer Karen Han. First, the panel discusses the Pixar movie Luca. Next, they talk about the first two episodes of Marvel\\u2019s TV show Loki. Finally, the panel is joined by Willa Paskin and Benjamin Frisch, the host and producer of Slate\\u2019s Decoder Ring podcast, to discuss the making of the new season.\\nIn Slate Plus, the panel talks about whether seeing movies in the theater is a tradition worth preserving.\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Cleo Levin.\\nOutro music is "Eightball" by Gabe Nandez.\\nEndorsements\\nDana: The playlist of the music found in James Baldwin\\u2019s apartment, \\u201cThis Giant Prehistoric\\xa0Rhino Was the Biggest Land Mammal to Walk the Earth\\u201d by Jack Guy and Zixu Wang for CNN\\nKaren: Try making ice cream at home\\nSteve: The writing of Janet Malcolm in the New York Review of Books and The New Yorker\\nFurther Reading\\n\\u201cHow Gay Is Pixar\\u2019s\\xa0Luca?\\u201d by Marissa Martinelli for Slate\\n\\u201cThe Many Contradictions of Owen Wilson\\u201d by Isaac Butler for Slate\\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'