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Avatar: Glorious or Racist Schlock?

Avatar: Glorious or Racist Schlock?

Culture Gabfest · Slate Audio

December 21, 20221h 0m

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Show Notes

This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen get started by discussing Avatar: The Way of Water. Then they discuss the new Netflix documentary series Harry & Meghan. Finally, they finish by talking about the new Lensa AI art app and all the photos it’s generating online.


In Slate Plus, the panel answers a listener question about which works of art they like to revisit again and again?


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Endorsements


Dana: Spending an afternoon at the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in Berkeley, California.


Julia: The videos of Front Porch Dad on Instagram. 


Stephen: The essay “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” by Simon Callow about Paul Newman in the New York Review of Books.


Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Yesica Balderrama.


Outro music: "Lonely Calling" by Arc De Soleil.


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