On this week’s show, Steve, Dana, and Julia crack open the latest edition of The Paper, a new mockumentary set in the The Office universe. They debate whether the tried and true sitcom formula still delivers and assess its portrayal of local journalism.
Next, they share their feelings about two couples who are terrible at sharing theirs in Splitsville, the marriage farce created and starring Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino with Dakota Johnson and ​​Adria Arjona. Finally, the heterofatalist discourse continues in their conversation with Slate music critic Carl Wilson about Man’s Best Friend, the latest release from the spritely, cheeky, and controversy-stirring Sabrina Carpenter. 
In an exclusive Slate Plus bonus episode, the panel takes up the business of cultural criticism in a discussion inspired by the recent New York Magazine piece “Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism.”
Email us your thoughts at <a href="mailto:culturefest@slate.com">culturefest@slate.com</a>. 
Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch. Production assistance by Daniel Hirsch.
Endorsements:
Julia: The very Julia Turner-coded board games <a href="https://theop.games/products/hues-and-cues?srsltid=AfmBOophyexml3XKvMabdbUpsLny3qjPJ5XBSF8tpusP-P05RNd-rIS6">Hues and Cues</a>.
Carl: The documentary <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/82048609">Sunday Best</a> about Ed Sullivan by the late music journalist Sacha Jenkins and CMAT’s new album <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx4eWUKEAn0lHSMQ5rPqLvA7EBZrI6xs6">Euro-Country and the video playlist</a> that goes with it.
Steve: The book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Power-Human-Reason-Calculation-ebook/dp/B0BWWL5ZGY?ref_=ast_author_dp">Computer Power and Human Reason</a> by Joseph Weizenbaum.
Dana: Astor Piazolla's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NskN8QI6rws">Otoño Porteño," played by the Neave Trio</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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