This week, the OG three Steve, Dana, and Julia dig into the visually stuffed, Marxist smorgasbord that is Boots Riley’s latest film I Love Boosters. Starring Keke Palmer and Demi Moore, the candy-colored agitprop is about exploitation, the fashion world, shoplifting as class warfare, and— as they discuss—perhaps more than one movie can handle.&nbsp;Next they turn from Marx to Freud and analyze the critically adored reality TV phenomenon Couples Therapy, now entering its fifth season. Is the office of Dr. Orna Guralnik a site of transcendent psychological revelation or panoptic exploitation? They unpack.Finally, they talk lingvo itself by way of <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/love-language-katie-thornton-esperanto/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a recent article in Harpers by Katie Thornton</a> about the unlikely resurgence of interest in the artificial language Esperanto.&nbsp;In a bonus episode for Slate Plus subscribers, they answer a listener question about what long-running pieces of culture they’ve stuck with over years.Ĝuu!EndorsementsDana: The book <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/9780631154877/Artificial-Language-Movement-Large-Andrew-0631154876/plp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Artificial Language Movement</a> by Andrew Large about the centuries-long history of utopic language projects.Julia: Lena Dunham’s memoir <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/famesick-a-memoir-lena-dunham/051a699f988a479a?ean=9780593129326&next=t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Famesick</a> and <a href="http://dialed.gg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dialed.gg</a>, the internet’s latest color perception test.Steve: The music of the indie shoegaze band Slowdive—particularly the album <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4i21O3uVh5palcfFhCjlT7?si=ON6QAmsBStW_ippYKoZuig" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Souvlaki</a>—and the solo efforts of its frontman Neil Halstead—particularly the song “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7nQDSyEeO2pZOjRmOkTzLD?si=87c52bac77574620" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Witless or Wise”</a> and the album <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6nWn2IqFMPLfo5fEi42XOe?si=Bt2O8G1_ScqqLQxmN78XhA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Palindrome Hunches</a>; check out Steve’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/453gxQVv3s8pzCTXahnjlw?si=cac23533443d43d9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mega playlist for more</a>.---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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