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Slate Culture Feed
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Episodes
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Feel the Burn Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new Ryan Gosling film Drive, the season premiere of Two and a Half Men, and the Burning Man Festival. Hosted on Acast. See…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Stop Touching Your Face Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Steven Soderbergh’s new film Contagion, Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show Anderson, and the demise of the US Postal Service…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Paranoid Style in American Podcasting Edition
Listen to Slate's show about 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, the iPhone App Instagram, and Suits on the USA Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Babyoncé Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the hype about the hype about Hurricane Irene, 4-Hour guru Tim Ferriss, and Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and the tabloids' obsession with…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - The Culture Gabfest, “The Three-Quarter Hour” Edition
In this week’s Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner watch the new BBC America series The Hour, a Mad Men for the…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Yammering Yobs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new film The Help, their favorite method for summer reading and the recent riots in London. Hosted on…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Hail Caesar Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the state of the book review, and the return of the ‘90s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Daniel Craig in Chaps Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new movie Cowboys & Aliens, AMC’s Breaking Bad, and the death of painter Lucian Freud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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. Hosted on…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, "Real Men Cheat on Their Wives" Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Mark Oppenheimer's profile of Stranger columnist Dan Savage…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Bite Is A Gift Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turnerdiscuss Dan Kois’s NYT Magazine Riff on “Eating Your Cultural…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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 untimelydeath of Gil Scott-Heron, and David Mamet’s newfound…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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. Hosted on…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Grody, Moldy Breath of Tourists Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the latest documentary from Werner Herzog, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about the earliest cave paintings ever…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Where Are Our Manners? Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and John Swansburg discuss the death of Osama bin Laden, and whether it’s okay for…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Why All These Stupid Altruistic Urges? Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Atlas Shrugged Part 1, the new film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest Daddy, Can I Keep This Direwolf? Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Dana Stevens and Julia Turner are joined by Slate culture blogger Nina Shen Rastogi to discuss HBO’s new fantasy…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest Drinkable Suede Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the classic films of recently deceased director Sidney Lumet…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Gray Ladies Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Todd Haynes’ new HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce starring Kate…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest Debonair Counterspy Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss AMC’s new murder mystery The Killing—based on the Danish…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Thousands Ridicule Teen Singer Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Netflix’s entry into original programming with David…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The SXSW Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Mel Gibson in Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, their favorite…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, How Does That Make You Feel? Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, Mike Pesca, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner are joined by Slate’s Farhad Manjoo to discuss his tirade against NPR listeners’…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - The Culture Gabfest, “Adonis DNA” Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Charlie Sheen’s bizarre career-killing antics, James Franco…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - The Culture Gabfest, My Eyeballs Feel Like Boiled Eggs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Lawrence Wright’s article “Paul Haggis vs. Scientology” in…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Church of High Modernism and Puppies Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner are joined by Slate columnist Fred Kaplan to discuss the exhibition…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Tear Down This Pay Wall Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Rupert Murdoch’s new iPad newspaper The Daily, Eugene…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Reality is Statham Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Troy Patterson, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Jason Statham in The Mechanic and the satirical Onion News…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, All Hail Hailee Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the 2011 Oscar nominations with Slate Brow Beat writer Nina Shen Rastogi…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Entering the Age of Ophiuchus Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Gwyneth Paltrow in Country Strong and the recent kerfuffle…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, “Rags to Riches… And Back Again?” Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, June Thomas and Julia Turner discuss PBS’s new upstairs-downstairs drama Downton…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Congratulations: Your Marriage is Probably Doomed Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine, the…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Phoning It In Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss Sofia Coppola's latest film Somewhere with film critic Dan…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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 Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - 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…