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Jun 17, 2009 • 42min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Heavy Traffic Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Twitter’s role in the post-election protests in Iran, nostalgia for a grittier New York City, and Times Square’s pedestrian makeover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2009 • 40min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Middle of the Road Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Stephen Colbert’s trip to Baghdad and his guest editorship of Newsweek, the Tony awards and the year in Broadway an, and the end of General Motors (and American car culture?) as we know it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 3, 2009 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Posh New Digs Edition
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.
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.
