On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3-iufiywU">a recent video</a> of twins’ listening to Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” that went viral. Then, the panelists talk about John M. Barry’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Influenza-Deadliest-Pandemic-History/dp/0143036491?tag=slatmaga-20">The Great Influenza</a>. Finally, they take on this week’s comfort watch—Network.In Slate Plus, the hosts break down The Daily’s recent two-part series on <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/podcasts/the-daily/cancel-culture.html">cancel culture</a>.Endorsements:Dana: The accurate lime cordial recipe!Julia: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rodham-Novel-Curtis-Sittenfeld/dp/0399590919?tag=slatmaga-20">Rodham</a> by Curtis SittenfeldSteve: “<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/05/dickens-in-brooklyn/">Dickens in Brooklyn</a>” by Jay Neugeboren in the New York Review of BooksPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on the Culture Gabfest each episode, and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. <a href="https://my.slate.com/plus?utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=plus_pod&amp;utm_content=Culture_Gabfest&amp;utm_source=show_notes">Sign up now</a> to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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