Culture Gabfest: Parasite Without a Host

Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 10 a.m.

b"This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner break down the Oscars and Bong Joon-ho\\u2019s historic win. Next, the discuss Star Trek: Picard with Slate associate editor and Trekkie Marissa Martinelli. Finally, they dive into a recent New York Times Magazine article on the way television imagines New York City.\\xa0\\nOn the Slate Plus segment this week, the fashion of the Oscars. \\xa0\\nPodcast production by Jessamine Molli. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.\\nOutro Music: Eminem Performs 'Lose Yourself' at Oscars 2020\\nEndorsements\\nDana:\\xa0Bong Joon Ho\\u2019s Oscar acceptance speeches, as Dana wrote about in her recent Slate piece \\u201cBong Joon-ho\\u2019s Oscar Night Had All the Genre-Bending Twists of His Movies.\\u201d\\nJulia:\\xa0\\u201cChasing Colombia\\u2019s \\u2018cocaine hippos\\u2019\\u201d by Peter Rowe in the Los Angeles Times.\\nSteve:\\xa0\\u201cThe Seriousness of George Steiner\\u201d by Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker.\\n\\u201cAn Evening With George Steiner (1929-2020)\\u201d by Kinton Ford in n+1.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"