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This week on Slate Plus, listen to Steve’s Hudson Valley: A Documentary by Ann Heppermann, in which Stephen finds his calling as a tour guide, taking Julia, Dana, and Ann around his local upstate habitat, along with game audience members who bravely follow him on a hike.
On this week’s Slate Culture Gabfest, the critics answer listener questions live from Steve’s porch. Find out which historical movies the critics would recommend to culture-thirsty middle-schoolers, how Julia and Dana position themselves in terms of women’s fashion, and how, as parents, the gabbers react when their children are exposed to cultural products they disapprove of.
Links to some of the things we discussed this week:
- Rashomon, Lincoln, and PBS’s series on the civil rights movement, Eyes on the Prize
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Films from Julia’s elective history class: The Deer Hunter, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Candidate, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, All the President’s Men, The Parallax View
- Uber and Lyft apps
- Fashion blogs: Go Fug Yourself, Tom + Lorenzo
- Frozen
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Outro: “Sittin’ on the Front Porch Swing” by Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette
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