On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss a recent video of twins’ listening to Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” that went viral. Then, the panelists talk about John M. Barry’s The Great Influenza. 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 cancel culture.

Endorsements:

Dana: The accurate lime cordial recipe!

Julia: Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

Steve: “Dickens in Brooklyn” by Jay Neugeboren in the New York Review of Books

Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Rachael Allen.

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