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Listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour Listen • 43:39 You've had a week now since the release of David Fincher's _Gone Girl_, the adaptation of Gillian Flynn's _Gone Girl_, so we

hope that the most fervently excited of you have already seen it. But if you haven't, we hope you'll still get a lot out of our chat with our pal Barrie Hardymon about the book and

the film, the performances of Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck, and the distinction between a mystery story and a suspense thriller, which we used this very book to discuss almost two years

ago. From there, we move on to a more philosophical question: What has pop culture taught us? Not just the life lessons, but the very practical things like chemical elements and names of

cheeses. (And also the names of mathematicians who are described in song as advocating plagiarism, although we should clarify: it's _in the song_ that he advocates plagiarism. The song

is a parody; you could write a similar one about anybody.) We somehow wind up once again on the topic of food television and apartment painting, and _completely by chance_, Stephen mentions

the Jan Hooks speech in _Pee-wee's Big Adventure_ that taught him about the Alamo (at a taping we did a couple of days before her death was reported Thursday). As always, we close the

show with what's making us happy this week. Barrie is being made happy by the "small bald host" of a show she's come to very much enjoy. Stephen is being made happy by

the hilarious resurfacing of a photo he was surprised to see float by him again, but also about his editing playlist, from which we've pasted some highlights below. Glen is happy about

_Twin Peaks_, but also about two upcoming comics capitalizing on something you already know he loves. And I am happy about a Tumblr that you seriously should check out. Find us on Facebook

or follow us on Twitter: me, Stephen, Glen, Barrie, producer Jessica, and producer Nick. SOME OF STEPHEN'S AMBIENT MUSIC FOR EDITING Arvo Part Bing & Ruth, Tomorrow Was The Golden

Age Brian McBride of Stars Of The Lid The Calm Blue Sea Flying Lotus Metavari – specifically the song "Pacific Lights" Nathan Salsburg Nils Frahm Riceboy Sleeps/Sigur Ros Latvian

Radio Choir, Rachmaninoff: Vespers Angelo Badalamenti, Twin Peaks soundtrack Two slowed-down songs: Justin Bieber's "U Smile" (35 minutes), Jurassic Park theme (54 minutes)

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