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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Aug 11, 2010 • 48min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Flavor Burst Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Dan Kois, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and Jacob Weisberg discuss the new comic action film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the rules regulating spoilers and the loss of the British historian Tony Judt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 4, 2010 • 42min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Biometric Barbie Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Dahlia Lithwick, Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, June Thomas and Julia Turner discuss The Real Housewives of Washington D.C., publisher Andrew Wylie's big bet on eBooks and the new FX comedy television show Louie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 28, 2010 • 47min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Angelina Jolie/Model American Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Jessica Grose, Stephen Metcalf, John Swansburg and Julia Turner discuss the new Angelina Jolie blockbuster Salt, Comic-Con with Time Magazine's Lev Grossman and the Mad Man Season 4 premiere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21, 2010 • 46min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster Inception, Slate’s Josh Levin joins the gabbers to talk about Steve Jobs and the woes of the iPhone 4 and finally Old Spice ads gone viral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 14, 2010 • 47min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, What's Your Provenance Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas and Julia Turner discuss the new film The Kids are All Right, Jezebel verses The Daily Show and The New Yorker's David Grann on authenticating a masterpiece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 7, 2010 • 34min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Do Not Go Gently Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the age when novelists hit their prime, the latest musical foray from Liz Phair and the retirement of music writer Robert Christgau's "Consumer Guide." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 30, 2010 • 40min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Beauty in the Sky Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Dan Engber, Stephen Metcalf, Troy Patterson, Dana Stevens, James Sturm, June Thomas and Julia Turner discuss life without the Internet, June’s must see list of summer TV shows and love 'em or hate 'em no Fourth of July is complete without fireworks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 23, 2010 • 38min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Maximum Fun Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Clive Thompson and Julia Turner discuss the third installment of Disney-Pixar's Toy Story, the science behind a great vacation in The Boston Globe and an answer to that eternal question can an IBM supercomputer win at Jeopardy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 16, 2010 • 39min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Old Ball and Chain Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Hanna Rosin, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new documentary on Joan Rivers, the Bravo reality show Work of Art and the downfall of men as reported in The Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 9, 2010 • 45min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Girl with the Wealth of Boring Details Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Michael Agger, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the Stieg Larsson obsession, our brains on the internet (revisited) and World Cup mania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
