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.
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Dec 22, 2010 • 39min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: WE'RE NOT SCREAMING AT YOU Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the Coen brothers’ film True Grit. They’re joined by Slate’s political reporter Christopher Beam to discuss the movement to abandon caps lock, and by Slate’s music critic Jody Rosen to discuss the death of Captain Beefheart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2010 • 44min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Swarm of Humbugs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss director Tom Hooper’s film The King’s Speech and NBC sitcom Community. They’re joined by Slate’s Daniel Engber to discuss the state of peer review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 8, 2010 • 44min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: It's Not Me, It's Me Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the fate of narcissism as a psychiatric disorder and director Andrew Jarecki’s film All Good Things. They’re joined by Slate pop critic Jonah Weiner to discuss Kanye West’s latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 1, 2010 • 46min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Live from Seattle Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new film Burlesque, MFA's and today's writers and Microsoft's latest gizmo Kinect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 1, 2010 • 16min
Slate:The Culture Gabfest: Seattle Live Q and A
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner answer questions from the audience live from Seattle's Town Hall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2010 • 47min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Junk-Touching Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Dan Engber, Troy Patterson, John Swansburg, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the outcry over the TSA's new scanning procedures, the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly and HBO's new documentary Public Speaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2010 • 44min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: I Can See My Ego From Russia Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Sarah Palin's new TLC show Alaska, the British jihadi satire Ten Lions and the Sinatra bio "Frank: The Voice." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2010 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: A Farewell to Arm Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Conan on basic cable, the many facets of James Franco, including his latest film, and the Yale University Press Anthology of Rap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 3, 2010 • 46min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: The Things That Won't Die Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, the new zombie apocalypse show The Walking Dead, and Masterpiece Mystery’s irreverent new 21st century adaptation of Sherlock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2010 • 41min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Stevie Likes It Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new documentary Inside Job, the FX show Terriers and New York magazine's anthropological exploration of the hipster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
