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On this week?s episode, our critics look at HBO?s hit epic fantasy TV series Game of Thrones as it reaches near Sopranos-level popularity. Then, the Gabfest crew discusses director Joss Whedon?s new loose, naturalistic, Santa Monica-based film adaptation of Shakespeare?s Much Ado About Nothing. Finally, the gabbers take on the now-ubiquitous trend of smartphone self-portraiture, the ?selfie??innocuous social-media phenomenon, or 21st-century narcissism gone wild?
Here are links to some of the things we discussed this week:
Nina: The album Devotion, by British singer-songwriter Jessie Ware, and the young adult book Eleanor and Park, by Rainbow Rowell.
June: The BBC?s new ?atmospheric five-part drama The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson, which is now available on Netflix.
Stephen:? The song ?Sex Tourists,? by the band French Kicks. And, of course, the perfect garden fertilizer: alpaca poop.
Outro: ?Sex Tourists,? by French Kicks.
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This podcast was produced by Chris Wade. Our intern is Sam McDougle.
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