Culture Gabfest: Station 2022
b"This week, the panel begins by breaking down just what makes HBO\\u2019s pandemic series Station Eleven so successful with Slate\\u2019s senior managing producer of podcasts and co-host of Slate\\u2019s Working podcast, June Thomas. Next, the panel appreciates the legacy that writer Joan Didion left behind. Finally, the panel rehashes the 2021 edition of Slate\\u2019s Movie Club (including Dana\\u2019s list of the year\\u2019s best films) while discussing the future of film.\\nIn Slate Plus, the panel responds to Parul Sehgal\\u2019s article \\u201cThe Case Against the Trauma Plot\\u201d in the New Yorker.\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\\n\\nEndorsements\\nDana: The magical work of Swedish stop-motion animator Niki Lindroth von Bahr. Four of her animated shorts can be found on the Criterion Channel, but you can find one\\u2014The Burden\\u2014on Amazon Prime.\\nJulia: A recipe for Italian rainbow cookies adapted by Bon App\\xe9tit from Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone (of popular eateries Carbone and Torrisi Italian Specialties).\\nSteve: First, his monster music playlist of mellow deep cuts, which includes work from Rickie Lee Jones\\u2019 great \\u201881 album Pirates, particularly the song \\u201cLiving It Up.\\u201d Second: Susan Tallman\\u2019s criticism for the New York Review of Books as a whole, but particularly\\xa0\\xa0her recent review of Jasper Johns titled \\u201cThe House That Johns Built,\\u201d inspired by a Johns catalog titled Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror.\\n\\nPodcast production by Asha Saluja. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.\\nOutro music is Freak Out! by Zorro.\\n\\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"