Culture Gabfest: Viral Songs and Quarantine Culture
This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and guest host and Slate staff writer Dan Kois talk about the film Spenser Confidential, starring Mark Wahlberg on Netflix. Next, they discuss Reply All\u2019s recent episode \u201cThe Case of the Missing Hit.\u201d Finally, the panel is joined by Dana Stevens to lay out how they approach culture during this time of quarantine. How much do we lean into escapism?\xa0\n\nOn the Slate Plus segment this week, the panel takes on Steve\u2019s own \u201cmissing hit\u201d mystery.\n\nPodcast production by Jessamine Molli. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.\xa0\n\nOutro Music: Lost Something in the Hills" by Sibylle Baier.\n\nEndorsements\n\nDana: Colour Green by Sibylle Baier.\n\nDan: The \u201cSondheim at 90\u201d package by the New York Times.\xa0\nThe album Side by Side by Sondheim.\xa0\n\nJulia: The poem \u201cMy Heart Leaps Up\u201d by William Wordsworth.\n\nSteve: Always Narrating: The Making and Unmaking of Umberto Eco by Costica Bradatan in the Los Angeles Review of Books.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices