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.
Episodes
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Mar 3, 2010 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Warbly Strangly Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the singer song-writer Joanna Newsom, the new NBC show "The Marriage Ref" and ten rules for writing fiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 24, 2010 • 42min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Meet the Crotchman Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss this Esquire profile of film critic Roger Ebert, the new animated HBO incarnation of The Ricky Gervias Show, and ChatRoulette the international chat room that pairs you and your webcam with a total stranger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 17, 2010 • 48min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: We're Saving Our Own Lives Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss "We Are the World" take two, singer-songwriter John Mayer's disturbing Playboy Interview and the start of the 2010 winter games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 10, 2010 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: We Have No Pants Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Seth Stevenson, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss this years crop of Super Bowl ads, the HBO Temple Grandin biopic and The New York Times story on a killer karaoke Sinatra song. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 3, 2010 • 38min
Slate, The Culture Gabfest: Mourning in America Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Meghan O'Rourke, Troy Patterson and Dana Stevens discuss Oscar nominations, death and mourning in American and the loss of author JD Salinger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 27, 2010 • 43min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: The Origin of Speciousness Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Mike Pesca and Dana Stevens discuss the new Charles Darwin biopic Creation, liberal outrage and the airwaves and The New York Times hiding behind a pay wall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 20, 2010 • 34min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: The Golden Globalization Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Troy Patterson, Dana Stephens and June Thomas discuss the Golden Globes, the Americanization of Mental Illness from the New York Times Magazine and the latest video to go viral from American Idol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2010 • 39min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: I've Got Ten Cartridges of Toner in My Pants Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stephens and Julia Turner discuss the fate of late night TV, the works of the late French director Eric Rohmer and twenty years of The Simpsons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 6, 2010 • 43min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Scary Bunny Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Adam Gopnik, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stephens and Julia Turner discuss sex and the American novel, the fate of magazines and van Gogh's ear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 30, 2009 • 42min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Puny Ingratiation Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the mistress of yuppie comedy Nancy Meyers latest film It’s Complicated, the loss of singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt and predictions for the decade to come. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
