Culture Gabfest: Ninja Turtle...Masterpiece?
b'This week, the panel begins by dissecting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, a zany piece of intellectual property that\\u2019s been taken off the shelf by Jeff Rowe, Seth Rogan, and a slew of animators and turned into a critical darling. Then, the trio reviews The Retrievals, a five-part narrative podcast hosted by Susan Burton for The New York Times and Serial Productions that chronicles the systematic ways American healthcare continually denies, discounts, and ignores women\\u2019s pain through a series of events that unfolded at the Yale Fertility Clinic. Finally, they are joined by Wesley Morris, critic at large at The New York Times, to discuss his tour de force essay, \\u201cHow Hip-Hop Conquered the World,\\u201d and how the history of the radical art form is as porous and complex as the nation itself.\\xa0\\n\\nIn the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel commemorates hip-hop\\u2019s 50th anniversary with a lightning round of personal accounts about their first encounters with the form.\\xa0\\n\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\\xa0\\n\\nEndorsements:\\n\\nDana: Since their conversation about Sin\\xe9ad O\\u2019Connor a few weeks ago, Dana has dived even deeper into the late Irish singer/songwriter\\u2019s oeuvre. One gem she found was The Year of the Horse, a concert documentary recorded live in 1990 at Forest National, Brussels. It\\u2019s a fantastic snapshot of a live performance at a very specific time in O\\u2019Connor\\u2019s life.\\xa0\\n\\nJulia: Taylor Swift fans! Julia recently attended Swift\\u2019s concert in Los Angeles and was struck by the overall kind, positive, and good vibes of the crowd. Fans of all ages and body types exchanged bracelets with one another, trading \\u201cHi Barbie!\\u201d greetings, which made the concert-going experience feel even more special.\\xa0\\n\\nStephen: It may be difficult to convince a teenage girl in 2023 to listen to Tom Waits\\u2019 catalog, but Stephen has done exactly that: he created a playlist for his daughter called \\u201cBroken Bicycles,\\u201d which highlights Waits\\u2019 extraordinary ability to write a pop melody.\\xa0\\n\\nOutro music: \\u201cSpinning Wheels\\u201d by Dusty Decks.\\n\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Kat Hong.\\xa0\\n\\nThis episode is sponsored by the podcast About the Journey. Learn more here: https://traveler.marriott.com/about-the-journey/\\n\\nIf you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows. You\\u2019ll also be supporting the work we do here on the Culture Gabfest. Sign up now at Slate.com/cultureplus to help support our work.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'