Kristen Stewart Pumps Iron
This week, the hosts discuss Love Lies Bleeding, Kate Winslet in The Regime, and the ethics of posthumous publishing.
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Episode Notes
On this week’s show, Slate culture writers Nadira Goffe and Dan Kois fill in for Julia and Stephen. First up, the panel dissects Love Lies Bleeding with What Next producer Madeline Ducharme. Writer-director Rose Glass’ second feature stars Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian as beefed up, star-crossed lovers, in a twisted and gory love story about two unhealthily enmeshed women. (You can read Madeline Ducharme and Christina Cauterucci’s detailed review of the sex scenes in Love Lies Bleeding here!) Then, the trio explores The Regime, a weird and tonally bizarre Max limited series by showrunner Will Tracy (The Menu, Succession), in which Kate Winslet—in a commanding performance—plays the fictional dictator of an unnamed European country. Finally, can a book published posthumously do more harm than good? The panel discusses renowned author Gabríel Garcia Márquez’s latest novella, Until August, which was published 10 years after his death—and without his consent.
In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Nadira, Dan, and Dana chew over the rise and fall of food trends, inspired by Kim Severson’s piece for the New York Times, “The Coolest Menu Item at the Moment Is… Cabbage?”
Recipes mentioned by Dan:
Gilgeori Toast (Korean Street Toast with Cabbage and Egg) by Darun Kwak for the New York Times
Vegan Bunny Chow by Meera Sodha for the Guardian
Somen Salad by Sheldon Simeon
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Outro music: “Funk Wife Punk Life” by L. M. Styles
Endorsements:
Dana: Extreme Friend of the Pod (EFOP) Isaac Butler’s Substack, Complete Works. Specifically, his most recent post: “It Ain’t Me, Babe: Complicity and consequences, from sitcoms to Gaza.”
Nadira: Two albums—World Wide Whack by Philadelphia rapper Tierra Whack, and Brittany Howard’s What Now.
Dan: Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, by Brad Gooch. A beautiful chronicle of the artist’s life.
Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.