On this week’s show, Slate’s Rebecca Onion sits in for Julia. The team discusses Netflix’s current number 1 program Adolescence and what it says about how the descent into incel culture starts young. They then invite Chris Molanphy to talk about Lady Gaga’s new album, MAYHEM. They close out with a discussion on Trump's continued assault against DEI, this time holding funding over the heads of public universities if they don’t end programs that they say advance "racial preferences and stereotypes in education programs and activities."

Endorsements:

Steve: Lauren Theisen’s review of A Streetcar Named Desire

Dana: “That’s Life” on the Lady Gaga album Harlequin

Rebecca: The Fall

Podcast production and research by Vic Whitley-Berry. Email us at culturefest@slate.com.

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