On this week’s show, our panel of Dana, Steve, and Sam Adams are on the case. The case: is the movie Sheep Detectives a real movie and is it any good? The answer: it’s a star-studded cozy murder mystery based on a best-selling book about ungulate sleuths… and yeah, it might just be the surprise word-of-mouth delight of the season.&nbsp;Next, they take up the proverbial conch shell to assess Lord of Flies, the new Netflix limited series adaptation of William Golding’s classic novel from the creator of Adolescence.Finally, they’re joined by longtime Slate book reviewer Laura Miller who understandably has some thoughts and feelings about the recent piece by New York Times book critic Dwight Garner “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/books/review/ai-book-reviews.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Where Have All the Book Reviews Gone?</a>”In an exclusive bonus episode for Slate Plus subscribers, Laura sticks around to report back from her viewing of the strange mess that is the new Animal Farm adaptation.EndorsementsLaura: The new book by philosopher and polymath C. Thi Nguyen <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-score-how-to-stop-playing-somebody-else-s-game-c-thi-nguyen/10cacf42dab73bd5?ean=9780593655658&next=t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Score: How To Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game</a>.&nbsp;Steve: The music of the Brazilian recording artist <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ijeN3MhwnbRfo86gH5McZ?si=w4gRdLi2R3GoulZ25Gu6Qg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sessa</a> and the chamber music piece <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7rC6IrCzShnanTdT87w1JT?si=I_7x0WkqQzOi6OUiRrf1rQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Quartet for the End of Time</a> by Olivier Messiaen.Sam: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wager-a-tale-of-shipwreck-mutiny-and-murder-david-grann/b1f2a00fc56cba78?ean=9780307742490&next=t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder</a> by David Grann.Dana: The audiobook <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Patrick-Stewart-Performs-the-Complete-Sonnets-of-William-Shakespeare/William-Shakespeare/9781668108444" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare</a>.&nbsp;--Email us your thoughts at <a href="mailto:culturefest@slate.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">culturefest@slate.com</a>.&nbsp;Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch. Production assistance by Daniel Hirsch.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our <a href="https://slate.com/podcastfaqs#plusbenefits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQ</a> at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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