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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May 27, 2009 • 39min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Boo-Effing-Hoo Edition
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.
May 20, 2009 • 43min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Mature Adaptation Edition
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.
May 13, 2009 • 42min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Franchise Reboot Edition
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.
May 6, 2009 • 38min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Performance Anxiety Edition
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.
Apr 22, 2009 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Oh My God Ugly People Can Sing Edition
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.
Apr 8, 2009 • 55min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Empty Calories Edition
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.
Mar 25, 2009 • 46min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Why Do I Know This Word? Edition
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.
Mar 11, 2009 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Commodified Girl Power Edition
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.
Feb 25, 2009 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Public Disgust Edition
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.
Feb 11, 2009 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Enough Already Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used a banned substance while playing for the Texas Rangers, the proposed $500,000 salary cap for executives of publicly held banks that might benefit from the newest round of bailouts, the "25 Random Things About Me" frenzy on Facebook, and the Grammys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
