# Isaac Butler

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Unkindest Cut of All Edition

Stephen Metcalf, Isaac Butler, and Laura Miller discuss the horror film Hereditary, the return of The Staircase with Rebecca Lavoie, and Isaac's Shakespeare podcast Lend Me Your Ears.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs…

The Great Work Begins Edition

Dana Stevens, Dan Kois, and Isaac Butler discuss the revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America which recently arrived on Broadway, The World Only Spins Forward, the oral history of Angels in America, and the film Love, Simon with Slate's Alex Barasch.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you su…

Trundle-Tail Dog Edition

Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf, and Isaac Butler discuss the film BPM, the TV show Babylon Berlin, and the recent discovery of a new source for Shakespeare's texts.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructio…

We've Seen Things You People Wouldn't Believe Edition

Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Isaac Butler discuss Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, catch up on Amazon's streaming hit Transparent, and discuss the sexual assault allegations against Hollywood super-producer Harvey Weinstein.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Sl…

How America’s culture wars took over everyday life

One of the most politically volatile topics to bring up at the dinner table isn't the war in Iran, the price of gas or the immigration crackdown across the country. It's the culture war. This week on The Gaggle, we are joined by Isaac Butler, the left-leaning author of the new book "The Perfect Mo…

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Decoder Ring: Why Do Actors Act Like They Can Sing?

When an actor opens their mouth to sing in a movie, chances are high that the voice you hear will be their own. Even in music biopics, movie stars without much singing experience regularly go to great lengths to impersonate the most beloved vocalists of our time. Why not simply play Johnny Cash or …

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Decoder Ring: Why Do Actors Act Like They Can Sing?

When an actor opens their mouth to sing in a movie, chances are high that the voice you hear will be their own. Even in music biopics, movie stars without much singing experience regularly go to great lengths to impersonate the most beloved vocalists of our time. Why not simply play Johnny Cash or …

Decoder Ring: Why Do Actors Act Like They Can Sing?

When an actor opens their mouth to sing in a movie, chances are high that the voice you hear will be their own. Even in music biopics, movie stars without much singing experience regularly go to great lengths to impersonate the most beloved vocalists of our time. Why not simply play Johnny Cash or …

Summer Friday: Right's Women; West's Mistake; Culture Wars; Post-Literate; Wildflowers

On this Summer Friday, we've put together some of our favorite recent interviews, including: Katie Gaddini, sociologist, a visiting scholar at Stanford University, an associate professor of sociology at the Social Research Institute, University College London (UCL) and a research associate at t…

Watch With Jen - S7: E23 - Screen Censorship with Isaac Butler

Award-winning cultural historian Isaac Butler returns to the podcast to discuss screen censorship, the arts battles of the '80s & '90s with the rise of the religious right, Citizen Ruth, South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut, The People vs. Larry Flynt, & his outstanding new book The Perfect Moment: Go…