Culture Gabfest
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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.
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May 19, 2010 • 33min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Bigger Explosions, Smaller Laughs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss 88-year-old Betty White’s appearance on Saturday Night Live, the 50th anniversary of "the pill," and the release of Iron Man 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 5, 2010 • 34min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Optimization of Selfhood Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and June Thomas discuss a new biography of Oprah, the Data-Driven Life as quantified by Gary Wolf, and the new film Please Give from director Nicole Holofcener. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2010 • 48min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Naked Doorway Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Lisa Tharpe and Julia Turner discuss performance artist Marina Abramovic retrospective at MOMA, censoring and the 201st episode of South Park and Al Pacino knows Jack Kevorkian in HBO’s new biopic You Don’t Know Jack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2010 • 44min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I'm Not Going to Say That on the Gabfest Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new film Kick-Ass, literature and cognitive neuroscience and the Library of Congress preserving your tweets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 14, 2010 • 44min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Ooh La La Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss David Simon's latest HBO endeavor Treme, the loss of British punk rocker Malcolm McLaren and the comic musings of Tina Fey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 7, 2010 • 47min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I Want to Touch the Machine Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Seth Stevenson and Julia Turner discuss Seth Stevenson's new travel book "Grounded", creating your own TV ad with a little help from Google and Apple's much hyped IPad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2010 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Shake Your Bon-Bon Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, June Thomas and Julia Turner discuss the new CBS television show Undercover Boss, the language of coming out when your a celebrity and the website TV Tropes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 24, 2010 • 44min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Number One Record Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Mike Pesca, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discus the death of Big Star front man Alex Chilton, music criticism is it worthless and replacing William Safire at The New York Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 17, 2010 • 44min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, This is Event Programming, Dammit Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss HBO's new mini-series The Pacific, Variety firing it's critics and mommy bloggers in The New York Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2010 • 49min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Busby Berkeley Dreams Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the Oscars, finding your way through New York's Penn Station and whether The National Enquirer should be eligible for a Pulitzer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
