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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Oct 20, 2010 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Friendly Barbarian Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the box office record set by Jackass 3D, the dueling magazine profiles of Gawker's Nick Denton and the best way to handle celebrity sightings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2010 • 49min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Does It Get Better Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the It Gets Better web campaign against bullying, a newly unearthed Ted Hughes poem and HBO's Bruce Springsteen documentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 6, 2010 • 40min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Barely Legal Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Malcolm Gladwell's latest piece on activism and social media, Law and Order LA and the Civil War tourism series by Slate's John Swansburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2010 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Jesse's Girls Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new film about Facebook, The Social Network, Oliver Stone's Money Never Sleeps and the new NBC comedy Outsourced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 22, 2010 • 47min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest: The Velveteen Gabfest Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new HBO series Boardwalk Empire and the controversial documentary Catfish. They are also joined by Slate contributor Joshua Wolf Shenk to talk about John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and his series on creative pairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2010 • 36min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Toast to the Douchebags Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss round two of the Kanye vs Taylor Swift VMA face-off, the new Robert Rodriguez film Machete and the monetization of sex on Craigslist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 8, 2010 • 46min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Mooney Clooney Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss George Clooney's latest flick The American, income inequality with Slate's own Timothy Noah and the phone hacking scandal in the Murdoch media empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 1, 2010 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, King of the Beach Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss this years Emmy's ceremony, the new handbook True Prep and the summer song of 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 25, 2010 • 43min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Rambo in Blush Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss twenty-somethings, Sylvester Stallon's latest action flick, and the new Arcade Fire album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 18, 2010 • 40min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Eat, Pray, Vomit Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love, the sanctity of academic tenure and the Starbucks' bagel standoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
