Culture Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
New York Times critic Dwight Garner says “The Slate Culture Gabfest is one of the highlights of my week.” The award-winning Culturefest features critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner debating the week in culture, from highbrow to pop. For more of Slate’s culture podcasts, check out the Slate Culture feed.Want more Culture Gabfest? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the Culture Gabfest show page. Or, visit slate.com/cultureplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jul 23, 2014 • 48min
The Culture Gabfest: Ape Not Kill Ape Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the dark and violent sequel Dawn of the Apes, whether potato salad caused Kickstarter to jump the shark, and the timelessness of Weird Al Yankovic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 16, 2014 • 48min
The Culturefest: Migrating Buns Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Richard Linklater's new movie Boyhood, whether E!'s plastic surgery reality show Botched actually has a moral universe, and whether Tinder is as female-friendly as it bills itself to be with outgoing intern Anna Shechtman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 9, 2014 • 48min
The Culture Gabfest: Babbling Brooks Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and guest June Thomas discuss the action blockbuster and political allegory film Snowpiercer, the campy and catty British TV import Vicious, and David Brooks tells us that we should all strive to be deep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 2, 2014 • 47min
The Culture Gabfest: Grief Sandwich Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and guest John Swansburg discuss the rom com spoof They Came Together, the rapturously dark HBO show "The Leftovers," and The Onion's new clickbait parody website Clickhole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 25, 2014 • 50min
Slate Culture Gabfest: Summer Strut 2014 Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss ABC Family's radical TV show The Fosters with Slate's June Thomas, the ethics of landmark conservation, and the results of this year's listener callout for summer songs that will make you strut your stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 18, 2014 • 53min
The Culture Gabfest: This is Sparta Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss if the movie 22 Jump Street is too self aware to be any good, whether poetry can go mainstream, and how to predict your song of the summer with Slate's Chris Molanphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 11, 2014 • 47min
The Culture Gabfest: Re-Stephening Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the film Obvious Child, a movie that is radically blase about abortion, whether adults should be embarrassed to read Young Adult literature, and the case for bringing Home Economics back to the classroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 4, 2014 • 50min
The Culture Gabfest: "Ow, Your Cheekbone!" Edition
Slate critics Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Mike Pesca discuss Disney's Sleeping Beauty re-make "Maleficent," faking cultural literacy, and NY magazine's music critic Jody Rosen joins the gabbers to discuss "Oh, You Kid," what he deems the "first ever dirty pop song." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 28, 2014 • 1h 4min
The Culture Gabfest: Sadness as the Bread Edition
Slate critics Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Dan Kois discuss HBO's new film The Normal Heart, commencement speeches, and the new 9/11 Memorial Museum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 21, 2014 • 49min
The Culture Gabfest: We Are All Going to 100% Die Someday Edition
Slate critics Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and June Thomas discuss Showtime's heady Gothic series Penny Dreadful, Chipotle's move to serve literature along with its burrito bowls, and net neutrality with Slate's David Auerbach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
