Culture Gabfest: Money, Sex, and Space

Published: July 20, 2022, 7 a.m.

This week, author, poet, and host of the podcast This Is Good for You, Nichole Perkins, fills in for Julia as the panel begins by digging into Apple TV+\u2019s new series Loot. Then, the panel explores sex and sexuality in the film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Finally, the panel is joined by science writer and editor, Jaime Green, to break down the meaning of NASA\u2019s new Webb Telescope images\u2014her new book The Possibility of Life title comes out in April.\nIn Slate Plus, the panel discusses their relationship to plot.\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\nEndorsements\nDana: A supplement to the segment on the Webb Telescope: a simple website that takes the images and places them in context to each other for scale.\nNichole: The 2012 romance novel A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant, which centers a recent widow who needs to provide an heir to keep her wealth.\nSteve: Kris Kristofferson\u2019s song \u201cHelp Me Make It Through the Night\u201d: including the covers by John Doe and The Sadies and Sammi Smith.\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.\nOutro music is "What Do You Want From Me" by OTE.\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