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Culture GabfestCan Materialists Revive the Rom-com EditionOn this week’s show, Steve and Dana are joined by guest host Dan Kois to weigh the suitability of Materialists as a rom-com for our transactional age. In choosing between suitors played by Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, matchmaker Dakota Johnson must choose between love and money— but is there a soul beneath all this romantic calculation? They debate.
Next, they return to the depths of a billionaire-backed fiasco in the new documentary Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster about the jaw-dropping 2023 submarine implosion. Finally, they remember and appreciate the life and ineffable, enduring work...
2025-06-181h 02
Slate CultureCulture Gabfest: Can Materialists Revive the Rom-com EditionOn this week’s show, Steve and Dana are joined by guest host Dan Kois to weigh the suitability of Materialists as a rom-com for our transactional age. In choosing between suitors played by Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, matchmaker Dakota Johnson must choose between love and money— but is there a soul beneath all this romantic calculation? They debate.
Next, they return to the depths of a billionaire-backed fiasco in the new documentary Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster about the jaw-dropping 2023 submarine implosion. Finally, they remember and appreciate the life and ineffable, enduring work...
2025-06-181h 04
Slate Daily FeedCulture Gabfest: Can Materialists Revive the Rom-com EditionOn this week’s show, Steve and Dana are joined by guest host Dan Kois to weigh the suitability of Materialists as a rom-com for our transactional age. In choosing between suitors played by Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, matchmaker Dakota Johnson must choose between love and money— but is there a soul beneath all this romantic calculation? They debate.
Next, they return to the depths of a billionaire-backed fiasco in the new documentary Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster about the jaw-dropping 2023 submarine implosion. Finally, they remember and appreciate the life and ineffable, enduring work...
2025-06-181h 04
Give Me AwaySeason One Recap "What Had Happened Was..."In preparation for Season Two, we've prepared this Season One recap! For those of you that heard the first season but don't have the time to go back and re-listen (or for folks who want to skip the first season and don't want to be confused), we got some of the greatest creators and all-around fantastic people to explain exactly what happened.If you're still confused, you can set aside 90 minutes and call one of us. We're New Yorkers and we talk A LOT.Featuring -Lauren Shippen >> Breaker WhiskeyGraham R...
2024-04-0910 min
Travelers Institute Risk & ResilienceThe How and Why of D&I with Travelers’ Chief Diversity & Inclusion OfficerHow can organizations foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and how do companies build diversity and inclusion (D&I) into policies and hiring practices? Travelers’ Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Dr. Lauren Young, joined the Travelers Institute® to share some of her experiences leading Travelers’ enterprisewide D&I program.Referenced in the show:50 Ways to Fight Bias: https://leanin.org/50-ways-to-fight-gender-biasLearn more about D&I at Travelers: https://www.travelers.com/about-travelers/diversity---Visit the Travelers Insti...
2024-02-2758 min
Two Psychologists Four BeersDecriminalizing Mental IllnessYoel and Alexa chat with Jennifer Cox and Lauren Kois, co-directors of the Southern Behavioral Health and Law Initiative. Established in 2020, the initiative was created to address the dearth of mental health resources for people who become involved with the legal system. Jennifer and Lauren walk our co-hosts through common scenarios that can occur when a person with mental illness encounters the legal system, some of which involve long waits in understaffed state hospitals with little access to basic mental health resources. They also describe various efforts to ameliorate these problems, including their own work to optimize use of...
2022-07-201h 21Culture GabfestVoice Like a Jangly BellStephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the film Pain and Glory with Slate's June Thomas, the podcast Dolly Parton's America, and the Slate profile of Lauren Gunderson, the most popular playwright in America, with author Dan Kois. In Slate Plus: cats vs. dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-10-2358 minCulture GabfestFree Rein on Some Gargoyles EditionDana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf, and Dan Kois discuss the fire at Notre Dame cathedral with New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins, the new animated film Missing Link, and the saga of country/hip hop mega-hit Old Town Road with Slate's Chris Molanphy. This episode is brought to you by Everlane. Check out your personalized collection today at everlane.com/culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-04-171h 09
Slate BooksThe Audio Book Club: Arcadia by Lauren GroffSlate’s Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Lauren Groff’s novel of a 1970s hippie commune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2013-03-0151 min
Audio Book Club"Arcadia" by Lauren GroffSlate’s Dan Kois, Hanna Rosin, and David Haglund discuss Lauren Groff’s novel of a 1970s hippie commune.
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2013-03-0151 min