Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Explain It To Me Like I’m a Golden Retriever...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner review the new Wall Street drama Margin Call and Showtime’s new series Homeland. For their final segment,...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, The Erudition is Sick Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the return of MTV’s Beavis and Butthead and then deconstruct the legacy of literary theory. For their...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, I Want My Happy Ending Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner wrap their brains around physicist Brian Greene’s new Nova television series The Fabric of the Cosmos. Next,...
View ArticleSlate, The Culture Gabfest: Cultureballs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and June Thomas parse J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood’s new film about the infamous FBI director. Next, they consider the popularity...
View ArticleSlate, The Culture Gabfest, May Your Descendants Be Stuffed With Naked Mole...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner debate the merits of Alexander Payne’s new movie The Descendants. Next, Daniel Engber joins the podcast to...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Live From The City Winery Edition
In this week's special live Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new ode to the silent screen era, The Artist and take a survey of the cotemporary...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, I’ve Been Wearing These Jeans For 20 Years Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner debate Kurt Anderson’s new Vanity Fair article lamenting 20 years of cultural stagnation. Next, they take a...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Tinker Tailor Soldier Fry Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner ponder the mysteries of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and explore the verbal tic known as vocal fry. For their...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Hot Nude Yoga Edition
Listen to Slate's show about The Iron Lady, the return of the Absolutely Fabulous, and the Slate movie club.
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Flexuous Brainsicle Edition
Listen to Slate's show about House of Lies, the dangers of Yoga, and the closing of Filene’s Basement.
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, ¡Ay, Marimba! Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner weigh in on ¡Rob!, the new sitcom starring comedian Rob Schneider. Next, they debate SOPA, the proposed...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Sh*t Tuskegee Airmen Say Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner are joined by Slate’s Bryan Curtis to discuss Curtis’ New York Times Magazine profile of George Lucas whose...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Half-Time In America Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner review Smash, NBC’s new musical series about the drama of Broadway. Next, they take in Hugo, Martin Scorsese...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Silence Is My Breakup Album Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, Slate music critic Jody Rosen joins the Gabfest to lament the death of pop superstar Whitney Houston. Next, our critics share their personal Valentine’s Day playlists....
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Great Granola Showdown Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, Slate’s June Thomas joins the discussion to parse the massive success of the Anglophile hit Downtown Abbey. Next, Gabfesters debate whether Moneyball hits a home run or...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Angelina's Leg Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics pick over the 84th Academy Awards ceremony and then sample the edutainment Internet phenomenon known as TED Talks. For their final segment, Gabfesters weigh...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Dana's Power Alley Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics cut The Lorax down to size. Next, Gabfesters weigh in on the new television GCB starring Kristen Chenoweth. Finally, the Gabfest is joined by Slate’s design...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Live in Los Angeles Edition
In this week's special live Culture Gabfest, our critics debate the controversy surrounding This American Life’s retraction of Mike Daisey’s popular monologue, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs....
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Money In The Envelope Edition
In this week's Gabfest, our critics revisit AMC’s much-acclaimed drama series Mad Men, now entering its fifth season. Next, they are joined by Nathaniel Rich to discuss his New York Times Magazine...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Diving Into the Wreck Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the poetry of Adrienne Rich, grizzly bear attacks and The New York Times' article "Where Have All the Neurotics Gone?"
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