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.
Episodes
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Jul 27, 2011 • 1h 10min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Featuring Marc Maron Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Errol Morris’s new Rashomon-meets-Octomom documentary Tabloid and the long-awaited arrival of music streaming service Spotify. For their final segment, they’re joined by comedian and podcast host Marc Maron to discuss his podcast WTF with Marc Maron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 20, 2011 • 50min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Vulture Epaulets Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the end of the Harry Potter film series, Facebook competitor Google+, and the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 13, 2011 • 46min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Totally Gruesome Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Jason Zinoman’s guide to fixing modern horror, the film industry’s all-too-familiar approach to online piracy, and the latest debate over antidepressants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2011 • 49min
Slate, The Culture Gabfest, Hornivores of the Savannah Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner are joined by Slate’s foreign editor June Thomas to discuss her new —their riotous past and uncertain future. For their next segment, they discuss the new HBO documentary , and whether it does tort reform justice. For their final segment, they discuss Nick Paumgarten’s New Yorker article on the weird world of . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 22, 2011 • 47min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Summer Strut Edition
In this week's episode, critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Page One, a new documentary about the New York Times, Stephen's Slate article about Robert Nozick, and the results of Julia's search for a great summer strutting song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 15, 2011 • 42min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I’m Doing The World A Favor Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss J.J. Abrams’ new film Super 8, the blockbuster book Go The Fuck To Sleep, and the viral video reviving America’s battle over bike lanes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 8, 2011 • 37min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Bite Is A Gift Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner
discuss Dan Kois’s NYT Magazine Riff on “Eating Your Cultural Vegetables,” MTV’s new
Twilight-style series Teen Wolf, and Louis Menand’s recent New Yorker article on “Debating the Value of College in America.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 1, 2011 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, We’re F#@king F#@ked Edition
Our critics discuss Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, the untimely
death of Gil Scott-Heron, and David Mamet’s newfound conservativism on this week’s
Culture Gabfest podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2011 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Edge of Glory Is Sitting On My Face, But Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Lady Gaga’s Born This Way, Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday, and the latest controversy over acclaimed novelist Philip Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2011 • 42min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Tacky But Vigorous Edition
This week our critics discuss the global reactions to the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
Eurotrash at the Eurovision Song Contest, and the raunchy new comedy Bridesmaids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
