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On this week\u2019s show, the panel gets swept up by Twisters, and begins by discussing director Lee Isaac Chung\u2019s standalone sequel starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. (For the record, the original 1996 disaster flick, Twister, is a near-perfect, Gabfest-approved comfort watch). Sure, Chung\u2019s reboot isn\u2019t as weird as the original, and the modern-day renderings of completely plausible natural disasters are alarming, but Twisters did what it was supposed to do: deliver a good, generic summer movie where Glen Powell can be, well, Glen Powell. (Read Dana\u2019s review! And Sam Adam\u2019s take on the film\u2019s approach to climate change.) Then, the three dissect Sorry Not Sorry, a documentary from the New York Times that examines Louis C.K.'s public fall from grace in 2017 and the comic\u2019s recent comeback, but disappointingly offers little new insight. Finally, the trio tackles gambling and its increasing presence in modern life, inspired by an essay by Christine Emba for The Atlantic. \u201cSuddenly, gambling seems to be everywhere,\u201d Emba writes. \u201cThis sort of vice creep, a societal normalization of what used to be seen as unsavory habits\u2014gambling, smoking marijuana, watching porn\u2014is accelerated by people\u2019s addiction to devices, in this case giving casual bettors the tools to become compulsive wagerers and easing the way for gambling to become a constant part of life.\u201d\xa0\nIn the exclusive Slate Plus segment, the panel discusses a recent New York Times interactive and dives deep into their relationships with the grocery store.\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\nEndorsements:\nDana: Inspired by today\u2019s gambling segment, Dana endorses Owning Mahowny, director Richard Kwietniowski 2003 film based on the true story of a Toronto bank employee (played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman) who embezzled more than $10 million to feed his gambling addiction.\xa0\nJulia: An open call! Please send Julia your recommendations for great children\u2019s books that discuss the weather or the changing seasons to culturefest@slate.com. (And read Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson!)\nStephen: \u201cOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo,\u201d a set of 118 woodblocks by 19th century Japanese landscape master Utagawa Hiroshige, which is currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum through August 4th.\xa0\nPodcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.\xa0\nHosts\nDana Stephens, Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices