Slate Culture Feed

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics (plus guest gabber Troy Patterson) discuss Conan O’Brien’s first night as the host of the Tonight Show, the reality show/tabloid phenomenon Jon & Kate Plus 8, and UP, from non-stop hit factory Pixar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the return (er, relapse?) of the rapper Eminem, whether working with your hands is the new outlet for cultural elitism, and the forthcoming memoir by former Kennedy intern/lover Mimi Beardsley Alford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the end (and future) of the network television season, the Maureen Dowd plagiarism scandal, and the idea of happiness as explored by a 70 year-old Harvard psychology study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new Star Trek movie directed by J.J. Abrams, Wanda Sykes’s routine at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, and the new line of upscale McCafé coffee drinks at McDonald’s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the use of so-called neuro-enhancing drugs to aid study or work, the plight of the embattled-but-seemingly-safe-for-now newspaper the Boston Globe, and which upcoming summer movies they’re most looking forward to (or looking forward to hating). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss their adventures in the world of Twitter, the new HBO feature adaptation of the documentary Grey Gardens, and the surprising web obsession with the gifted but plain singer Susan Boyle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new film Sugar and A.O. Scott's (flawed?) concept of Neo-Neo Realism, Levi Johnston's interview on the Tyra Banks show, and the war between sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Paul Rudd and Jason Segal's bromance in the new movie I Love You, Man, the implications of the Obamas' vegetable garden, and the minor duststorm kicked up over off-the-record media chatroom JournoList. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new movie version of the classic graphic novel Watchmen, a new book on the canon of female American writers called A Jury of Her Peers by Elaine Showalter, and a tween-style makeover for kiddie cartoon hero Dora the Explorer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the Academy Awards, Rick Santelli's rant, the Octomom, and the backlash over a juice carton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.