Culture Gabfest: Nick Cage Smooches Good
This week, the panel begins by assessing Nicolas Cage\u2019s satirical cinematic metaverse in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Then, the panel is joined by co-host of Slate\u2019s Working podcast, Isaac Butler, to discuss the final season of Better Call Saul. Finally, the panel is joined by Washington Post columnist Will Oremus to break down Elon Musk\u2019s recent acquisition of Twitter.\nIn Slate Plus, Steve corrects a mistake and the panel discusses their relationships to imaginary places.\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\nEndorsements\nDana: Cousin endorsements involving the Mankiewicz family. First: Nick Davis\u2019 book Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, A Dual Portrait. Second: This video of Ben Mankiewicz interviewing Bruce Dern.\nJulia: Snorkeling!\nSteve: A 2015 edition of local radio program Alternative Radio: Audio Energy for Democracy in which Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) discusses the Holocaust.\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.\nOutro music is "Back to Silence" 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