Culture Gabfest: Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adolescence

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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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 [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.1	a technical mishap today with our audio, so I might sound a little different at points during
1:18.7	the show.
1:25.3	I'm Stephen McAfin. This is the Slate Culture Gap Fest.
1:28.3	Netflix's InCell Tragedy Adolescence Edition.
1:31.3	It's Wednesday, March 26th, 2025.
1:34.3	On today's show, Adolescence is a huge hit on Netflix.
1:37.3	The British import follows the story of the 13-year-old boy,
1:40.3	accused of murdering a classmate.
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