Slate's Culture Gabfest Podcast
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The Culture Gabfest: Luhrmania Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," Marc Maron's new IFC series "Maron" with David Haglund and get to the bottom of Time Magazine's Millennials trend piece.
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The Culture Gabfest: This is a Movie About Hope Edition
Slate's Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas and Dana Stevens discuss "Iron Man 3," Stephen Soderbergh's "State of the Cinema" address and the new Comedy Central show "Inside Amy Schumer."
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The Culture Gabfest: ...but Mostly Pain Edition
Slate's Stephen Metcalf, June Thomas and Dana Stevens discuss Michael Bay's latest film "Pain and Gain," talk about morning TV with the New York Times' Brian Stelter, and ponder the Amazon's new TV show pilots.
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The Culture Gabfest: A Rhythm of Liquids Edition
Slate writers Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas speak with Mason Currey about his book, "Daily Rituals," discuss the Sundance TV series "Rectify" and unpack the theories behind the camp aesthetic with Slate's Bryan Lowder.
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The Culture Gabfest: The Mason Dixon Needs Some Fixin'...
Slate writers Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas speak with Slate's Aisha Harris about the song "Accidental Racist," discuss Bitcoin with Slate tech writer Farhad Manjoo and then examine the new HBO series "Vice."
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The Culture Gabfest: Pop Rocks in a Fanny Pack Edition
Slate contributors Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss the passing of Roger Ebert, National Geographic's series about the 1980's and social class in Britain.
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The Culture Gabfest: Auteurs Gone Wild Edition
Slate contributors Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss the Hollywood flop "Heavens Gate," Bryan Lowder's Slate story about 'gaybros' and the art of book recommendations.
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The Culture Gabfest: Sprang Braake Forever Edition
Slate's Dana Stevens, June Thomas and John Swansburg discuss the Phil Spector biopic on HBO, Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers" and the life and legacy of Lew Wallace, Civil War general and author of "Ben-Hur."
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The Culture Gabfest: I Remain Your Ever Fond Servant...
Slate's Dana Stevens, June Thomas and John Swansburg discuss the new crime drama "Top of the Lake," David Bowie's latest album and, fondly, the possible demise of the email signoff.
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The Culture Gabfest: Meat Your God Edition
Slate's Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf and John Swansburg discuss History Channel's "The Bible," the results of VITA count and the death of the American pun.
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The Culture Gabfest: I Guess We Should Ask You for Money...
Slate writers Dana Stevens, David Haglund and Forrest Wickman are joined by Mark Harris to discuss his piece for GQ on the leading man, Amanda Palmer's TED talk on crowdfunding and the PBS documentary "Makers: The Women Who Make America."
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The Culture Gabfest: We Saw You're a Boob Edition
Slate critics Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen and David Haglund weigh in on the Oscars, the Harlem Shake meme and the HBO series "Enlightened."
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The Culture Gabfest: Only Beyonce Could Make me Not Like...
Slate critics Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf and Slate Deputy Editor Julia Turner discuss Beyonce's documentary, Kindling Quarterly, a new magazine on fatherhood and the Oscar-nominated documentary "Searching for Sugarman"
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The Culture Gabfest: Hump the Host Edition
Slate's Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf and June Thomas discuss the Broadway revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", the life and death of Aaron Swartz and the bigtime Oscar contender "Lincoln."
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The Culture Gabfest: 6 Seconds of My Life Manages to...
Slate's Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and Brow Beat blog editor David Haglund discuss Netflix's new series "House of Cards," the movie-making app Vine and gear up for the Oscars with "Silver Linings Playbook."
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The Culture Gabfest: First, We Kill All the Cats Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the song "Thrift Shop" with Jody Rosen, unpack Dana's coined phrase "artisenal horror" and discuss the end of cats.
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Slate Culture Gabfest: This is an Aztec Sacrifice of my...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss 'Zero Dark Thirty,' celebrity journalism and remember Pauline Phillips a.k.a. 'Dear Abby' with Slate columnist Emily Yoffe
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The Slate Culture Gabfest Love and Death in a Fabulous...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the Oscar-nominated film "Amour," the phenomenon of self-help and comedian Maria Bamford's "Special Special Special."
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The Culture Gabfest: Falling Off the Treadmill, Vomiting...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and columnist Daniel Engber discuss their favorite movies of 2012, NBC's "The Biggest Loser," and the decline of the shopping mall.
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The Culture Gabfest: Plodding Recitative Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and Aisha Harris discuss the new Quentin Tarantino film "Django Unchained," the film adaptation of "Les Miserables," and the website Quora.
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The Culture Gabfest: First Time, Long Time Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner respond to questions from listeners on a wide range of topics, including the Psy hit "Gangnam Style," what defines a great acting performance, and their favorite high school coming-of-age movies.
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The Culture Gabfest: Trapped in a Glass Box with Dwarves...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and Dan Engber discuss Peter Jackson's new film adaptation of The Hobbit, the hit reality show Duck Dynasty, and the 50th anniversary of the Myers-Briggs personality test.
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The Culture Gabfest: I Normally Have To Be Drunk Off My...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, David Haglund, Simon Doonan and Jody Rosen discuss the indie film "Beasts of the Southern Wild," the awful state of the art world, and Beck's new collection of sheet music, "Song Reader."
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The Culture Gabfest: Uniball Vision Elite Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the end of handwriting and Philip Hensher's book "The Missing Ink," Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book "Antifragile" and the idea of "neomania," and Slate's June Thomas stops by to explain why she neither wants a wife, nor wants to be one.
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The Culture Gabfest: Slut on a Hot Tin Roof Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime film "Liz and Dick," and the photo sharing app Snapshot. Plus Slate's Seth Stevenson joins them to talk about his piece on supercut video montages.
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The Culture Gabfest: What Is Stuffed Inside of What Is...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new James Bond film "Skyfall" and a list of the ten best American essays since 1950, plus Dan Pashman from The Sporkful podcast and blog joins them to discuss his new Thanksgiving creation, the Veggieducken.
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The Culture Gabfest: On Tenterhooks Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and John Swansburg discuss the new Denzel Washington film "Flight," George Lucas selling Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise to Disney, and Twitter hashtags as poetry.
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The Culture Gabfest: Frankenfest Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, Jody Rosen and David Haglund discuss Twitter's role in Hurricane Sandy, the new ABC drama "Nashville," and Haglund's piece on Mormon intellectuals.
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The Culture Gabfest: Why Did You Give Me That Bag of...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the 40th anniversary of "Free to Be You and Me" with Slate's Dan Kois, Saturday Night Live's presidential debate parodies, and the website HeTexted.com.
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The Culture Gabfest: Ya Big MOOC Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new film "Pitch Perfect," Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and his selection as Oscars host, and the growth of online university courses.
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The Culture Gabfest: Stow Your Blunderbuss Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new sci-fi thriller "Looper" and the 30th anniversary of the sitcom "Cheers," plus the economics of indie rock stardom with New York Magazine music critic Nitsuh Abebe.
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The Culture Gabfest: Long Shoots of Goldenrod Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the documentary "The Queen of Versailles," the new NBC show "Revolution," and the question of how best to appreciate the art of the past.
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The Culture Gabfest: Get Thee Behind Me Satan Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss P.T. Anderson's The Master, Hanna Rosin's new book The End of Men, and New York City's pending large soda ban.
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The Culture Gabfest: Bringing a Gun to a Puppy Fight...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, John Dickerson, John Swansburg, and Farhad Manjoo discuss Bob Dylan's new album "Tempest," the 20th anniversary of the film "Sneakers", and a cheating scandal at Harvard.
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The Culture Gabfest: Bengal Tiger Giving Birth Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and June Thomas discuss early previews of the fall TV lineup, including The New Normal, The Mindy Project, and Animal Practice, plus Jonathan Chait's piece on Hollywood liberalism and the 50th anniversary of the Norton Anthology of English Literature.
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The Culture Gabfest: "There Are Some Broke Down People...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the TLC show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo", the Mike Birbiglia / This American Life film "Sleepwalk with Me", and the phenomenon of viral video marriage proposals.
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The Culture Gabfest: Tasty Medieval Cockentrice Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the re-release of Singin' in the Rain and its place in film history, Time Machine Chefs and food-centric reality TV, and the debate over whether critics should be more critical.
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The Culture Gabfest: 25 Sex Moves He Secretly Wishes...
Slate critics Julia Turner, Dana Stevens and John Swansburg discuss the death of Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown, the new film The Campaign starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, and the merits of swimming in all its forms and venues.
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The Culture Gabfest: Don't Look Down Edition
Slate critics Julia Turner, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss the 2012 Sight and Sound list of the top 50 films of all time, the dance drama Bunheads, and Jerry Seinfeld's new web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."
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Slate, The Culture Gabfest: Scary Mascot Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the rise and fall of journalist Jonah Lehrer. Next the gang is joined by Slate's own Seth Stevenson to talk Olympic mascots. And they round out the show with the new documentary about the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.
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The Culture Gabfest: Batman and Robins Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss "The Dark Knight Rises" and the shooting in Colorado, as well as Christian Marclay's art installation "The Clock." Plus Slate editor Laura Helmuth joins them to talk about birding, Jonathan Franzen, and the new HBO documentary "Birders: The Central Park Effect."
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The Culture Gabfest: Utter Tosh Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the new USA series "Political Animals" starring Sigourney Weaver, the Daniel Tosh rape joke controversy, and Dana's lack of interest in all forms of games.
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The Culture Gabfest: Summer Strut Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the new Charlie Sheen sitcom "Anger Management," Tim Kreider's New York Times op-ed on "The Busy Trap," and the listener-selected summer strut music playlist.
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The Culture Gabfest: "I'll Have What She's Having"...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and June Thomas discuss the Steven Soderbergh film "Magic Mike," the death of writer/director Nora Ephron, and CNN's Anderson Cooper coming out.
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The Culture Gabfest: Vamp Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new Pixar film "Brave," the new HBO series from Aaron Sorkin "Newsroom," and the death of the seminal film critic Andrew Sarris.
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Culture Gabfest: Curb Appeal Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the revelation that the reality show "House Hunters" is sometimes completely staged, Kathryn Bowers' new book about how humans and animals share many common diseases, and finally the viral, summer pop nugget "Call Me Maybe"
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Slate Culture Gabfest: "Don't Drive Like My Brother"...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and John Swansburg discuss Ridley Scott's new blockbuster Prometheus, a recent article about a culture of abuse and secrecy at the prestigious Horace Mann Prep School, and the end of Car Talk's 25-year run on NPR.
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The Culture Gabfest: "Movies on the Radio LIVE!" Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner host a live event with WQXR's David Garland to discuss music in film and are joined by prolific film composer Howard Shore.
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Culture Gabfest: "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd"...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the difference between 'literary fiction' and 'genre fiction,' whether the app "The Atavist" is the magazine of the future, and what the New York Times wedding announcement section say about our culture.
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The Culture Gabfest: I Thought We Really Made A...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the legacy of Donna Summer, Robin Gibb and Disco, why Stephen loves The Bachelorette, and the cultural phenomenon of the commencement speech.
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The Culture Gabfest: Heeeeere's Johnny (Depp) Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new film Dark Shadows, a new documentary on Johnny Carson, and what the conversation about football head injuries and suicide says about our culture.
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The Culture Gabfest: Wild Rumpus Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the life of Maurice Sendak, art market economics, and the phenomenon of hate-watching.
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The Culture Gabfest: "Ka-Blamo!_[snappy-rejoinder]_"...
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss summer blockbuster The Avengers, the latest happenings in the e-book price wars, and how companies are starting to reward and punish us for how much online clout we have.
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The Culture Gabfest, Dangly Bits Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Rupaul's Drag Race, the legacy of Dick Clark, and whether Facebook is making us lonely.
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The Culture Gabfest, why-I-oughta Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new HBO series "Girls", the Farrelly brothers's remake of the Three Stooges, and the online phenomenon of recapping TV shows.
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The Culture Gabfest, The Unsinkable Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the 3D re-release of Titanic, the death of artist Thomas Kinkade, and stupid video games with Sam Anderson of the New York Times.
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Slate: 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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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Money In The Envelope Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new season of Mad Men, the jungles of New Orleans, and the cashless society.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Live in Los Angeles Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the Mike Daisey controversy, Zooey Deschanels sitcom New Girl, and The Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Live in Los Angeles Q&A
In a special live show Steve, Julia and Dana take listeners' questions after their show at Zocalo Public Square in LA.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, “Wild Oversimplification”...
Listen to Slate's show about Kony 2012, Game Change, and Werner Herzogs OnDeath Row.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Dana's Power Alley Edition
Listen to Slate's show about The Lorax, GCB, and Dutch wax prints.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Angelina's Leg Edition
Listen to Slate's show about The Oscars, TED Talks, and the Liz Lemon wars.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Great Granola Showdown...
Listen to Slate's show about Downtown Abbey, Moneyball, and the worlds greatest granola.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Silence Is My Breakup Album...
Listen to Slate's show about Whitney Houston, Valentines Day playlists, andMidnight in Paris.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Half-Time In America Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Smash, Hugo, and Super Bowl ads.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, “Luck Be A Lady” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Luck, A Separation, and Lana Del Rey.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Sh*t Tuskegee Airmen Say...
Listen to Slate's show about Red Tails, workplace collaboration, and the sh*t X says meme.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Ay, Marimba! Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Rob!, online piracy legislation, and ill-timed ringtones.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Flexuous Brainsicle Edition
Listen to Slate's show about House of Lies, the dangers of Yoga, and the closing of Filenes Basement.
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Slate: 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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Writhing Around In Dirt...
Listen to Slate's show about Tintin, the history of the word processor, and the dance documentary Pina.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Tinker Tailor Soldier Fry...
Listen to Slate's show about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, vocal fry, and the legacy of Christopher Hitchens.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I’ve Been Wearing These...
Listen to Slate's show about cultural stagnation, the comedy of Louis C.K., and the entertainers of the year.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Live From The City Winery Q...
The question and answer session from the Slate Culture Gabfest recorded live on December 6, 2011 at The City Winery in New York City.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Live From The City Winery...
Listen to Slate's show about The Artist, Weed Wars, and the Kardashians.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Don We Now Our Gay Apparel” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about The Muppets, decorating at home with DeborahNeedleman, and Christmas carols.
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Slate, The Culture Gabfest, May Your Descendants Be...
Listen to Slate's show about The Descendants, laboratory mice, and the ultimate Thanksgiving stuffing.
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Slate, The Culture Gabfest: Cultureballs Edition
Listen to Slate's show about J. Edgar, Univision, and the 50th anniversary of the British satirical magazine Private Eye.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I Want My Happy Ending...
Listen to Slate's show about The Fabric of the Cosmos, Once Upon a Time, and the 21st centurys cultural cannon.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Erudition is Sick Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Beavis and Butthead, literary theory, and indie rocks decent into banality.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Explain It To Me Like I’m a...
Listen to Slate's show about the new Wall Street drama Margin Call, Homeland, and the critical legacy of Pauline Kael.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, “Beyonce’s Cafeteria” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Occupy Wall Street, Beyonce's dance plagiarism, and the films of Pedro Almodvar.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest Bronze Ball of Regret Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new romantic comedy Weekend, Dancing with the Stars, and the legacy of Steve Jobs.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Ken Burns Flinch Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new Ken Burns documentary Prohibition, Ikea, and the corpulence of Chris Christie.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Bunny Emergency Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new TV dramas Pan Am and The Playboy Club, the breakup of R.E.M., and the robot job market.
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Paranoid Style in...
Listen to Slate's show about 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, the iPhone App Instagram, and Suits on the USA Network.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Babyonce Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the hype about the hype about Hurricane Irene, 4-Hour guru Tim Ferriss, and Beyonce, Jay-Z, and the tabloids' obsession with baby-bumps.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Three-Quarter Hour...
Listen to Slate's show about the new BBC-America program The Hour, the release of the West Memphis Three, and the death of songwriters Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford.
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Hail Caesar Edition
Listen toSlate'sshow aboutRise of the Planet of the Apes, the state of the book review, and the return of the 90s.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Daniel Craig in Chaps Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new movie Cowboys Aliens, AMCs Breaking Bad, and the death of painter Lucian Freud.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Featuring Marc Maron Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Errol Morriss new Rashomon-meets-Octomom documentary Tabloid and the long-awaited arrival of music streaming service Spotify. For their final segment, theyre joined by comedian and podcast host Marc Maron to discuss his podcast WTF with Marc Maron.
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Totally Gruesome Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Jason Zinomans guide to fixing modern horror, the film industrys all-too-familiar approach to online piracy, and the latest debate over antidepressants.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Real Men Cheat on Their...
Listen to Slate's show on Dan Savages take on monogamy, Ashton Kutcher vs. The Village Voice, and the message board 4chan.
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Slate, The Culture Gabfest, Hornivores of the Savannah...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner are joined bySlates foreign editor June Thomas to discuss her newSlateseries on gay barstheir riotous past and uncertain future. For their next segment, they discuss the new HBO documentaryHot Coffee, and whether it does tort reform justice. For their final segment, they discuss Nick PaumgartensNew Yorkerarticle on the weird world ofonline dating.
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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 article about Robert Nozick, and the results of Julia's search for a great summer strutting song.
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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 article about Robert Nozick, and the results of Julia's search for a great summer strutting song.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I’m Doing The World A Favor...
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 America’s battle over bike lanes.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Bite Is A Gift Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Dan Kois’s NYT Magazine Riff on “Eating Your Cultural Vegetables,” MTV’s new Twilight-style series Teen Wolf, and Louis Menand’s recent New Yorker article on “Debating the Value of College in America.”
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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 untimely death of Gil Scott-Heron, and David Mamet’s newfound conservativism on this week’s Culture Gabfest podcast.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Edge of Glory Is Sitting...
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.
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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 Bridesmaids.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Grody, Moldy Breath of...
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 discovered. For their second segment, they’re joined by Nina Shen Rastogi to discuss Wesley Yang’s New York article on Asian-Americans, “Paper Tigers.” For their final segment, they’re joined by Slate’s music critic Jody Rosen to discuss the Beastie Boys and their new album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, “Where Are Our Manners?”...
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 Americans to celebrate his demise. They are then joined by Johann Hari, columnist for The Independent and presenter of the Johann Hari Podcast, to discuss the recent royal wedding hoopla and whether it too is a cause for celebration. For their final segment, they discuss John Swansburg’s New York feature on “The Comic Stylings of Brian...
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Why All These Stupid...
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 novel. They are then joined by Slate senior editor Daniel Engber to discuss Gary Taubes’ New York Times Magazine article “Is Sugar Toxic?” For their final segment, they are joined by historian and New York Times columnist Adam Goodheart to discuss his writing for The New York Times’ acclaimed Civil War blog Disunion.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest Daddy, Can I Keep This...
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 series Game of Thrones and Will Ferrell’s send-off for Steve Carell on The Office. They’re then joined by Slate culture editor John Swansburg to discuss New York Times “On the Street” photographer Bill Cunningham and the new documentary Bill Cunningham New York.
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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 and PBS’s new celebrity wine talk show Vine Talk. For their third segment, they’re joined by Slate culture critic Meghan O’Rourke to discuss her new memoir about grieving The Long Goodbye.
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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 Winslet, the death of leading lady Elizabeth Taylor and the future of Web journalism in light of The New York Times’ new paywall.
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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 series Forbrydelsen— and Spike’s reality series Coal, the latest from the producer of Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers and Ax Men. For their final segment, they’re joined by The New Yorker’s David Grann to discuss his report on the murder of Rodrigo Rosenberg.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Thousands Ridicule Teen...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Netflix’s entry into original programming with David Fincher’s House of Cards, Web sensation Rebecca Black’s “worst song ever” “Friday,” and the debate surrounding the European Union’s proposed “right to be forgotten” on the Internet.
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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 concerts at South by Southwest and elsewhere, and the latest incarnation of Jane Eyre.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, How Does That Make You Feel?...
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’ tedious complaints. They then discuss gourmets, gluttons and B.R. Myers’ Atlantic article, “The Moral Crusade Against Foodies.” Finally, they’re joined by extra special guest Stephen Metcalf to discuss his recent New York essay, “The Sleeping Cure.”
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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 and Anne Hathaway at the 83rd Academy Awards, and the new Justin Bieber documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – Director’s Fan Cut.
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The Culture Gabfest, My Eyeballs Feel Like Boiled Eggs...
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 The New Yorker, FX’s Elmore Leonard-inspired crime series Justified, and the future of marginalia in the age of the e-book.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Church of High Modernism and...
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 Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art. They’re then joined by New York magazine’s music and architecture critic Justin Davidson to discuss John Adams’ Nixon in China at the Metropolitan Opera. Finally, they’re joined by Slate’s culture editor John Swansburg to discuss the Westminster Dog Show.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Tear Down This Pay Wall...
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 Jarecki’s new HBO documentary Reagan, and the virtual museum tours of the Google Art Project.
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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 Network on IFC. For the final segment, Dana and Julia are joined by Slate senior editor Michael Agger to discuss Jane McGonigal’s new book Reality Is Broken and whether video games can make us better people.
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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, IFC’s new sketch comedy Portlandia with Slate associate editor Jessica Grose, and Brock Enright’s pay-per-thrill “reality adventures” with Slate’s pop critic Jonah Weiner.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Entering the Age of...
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 over the shifting signs of the zodiac. They’re joined by author Lauren Redniss to discuss her new illustrated biography Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, “Rags to Riches… And Back...
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 Abbey, the controversy over NewSouth Books’ new censored edition of Huckleberry Finn, and the overnight fame of a “homeless man with a golden voice,” Ted Williams.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Congratulations: Your...
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 year 2010 in film, and Google’s new Ngram database.
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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 Kois. Plus the best TV shows of 2010 and their New Year's resolutions.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest: WE'RE NOT SCREAMING AT YOU...
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest: I Can See My Ego From Russia...
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."
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest: The Things That Won't Die...
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Toast to the Douchebags...
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Angelina Jolie/Model...
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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Man Your Man Could Smell...
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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, What's Your Provenance...
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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Girl with the Wealth of...
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.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Truffle Fries Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the pop star M.I.A's beef with The New York Times, the new documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop and a Wired article that asks whether the Internet has uncivilized our brains.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Kung-Chung Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens, John Swansburg and Julia Turner discuss Law and Order the final episode, breathing life into the 50 year old Breathless and the vocal stylings of the soon to be pop sensation Janelle Monae.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, First Ever Live Gabfest...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss director Ridley Scott’s retelling of the Robin Hood myth starring Russell Crowe, Sam Lipsyte’s novel The Ask and the ongoing dispute over Facebook’s privacy setings.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Bigger Explosions, Smaller...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss 88-year-old Betty White’s appearance on Saturday Night Live, the 50th anniversary of "the pill," and the release of Iron Man 2.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Optimization of Selfhood...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and June Thomas discuss a new biography of Oprah, the Data-Driven Life as quantified by Gary Wolf, and the new film Please Give from director Nicole Holofcener.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Naked Doorway Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Lisa Tharpe and Julia Turner discuss performance artist Marina Abramovic retrospective at MOMA, censoring and the 201st episode of South Park and Al Pacino knows Jack Kevorkian in HBO’s new biopic You Don’t Know Jack.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I'm Not Going to Say That on...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new film Kick-Ass, literature and cognitive neuroscience and the Library of Congress preserving your tweets.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Ooh La La Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss David Simon's latest HBO endeavor Treme, the loss of British punk rocker Malcolm McLaren and the comic musings of Tina Fey.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, I Want to Touch the Machine...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Seth Stevenson and Julia Turner discuss Seth Stevenson's new travel book "Grounded", creating your own TV ad with a little help from Google and Apple's much hyped IPad.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Shake Your Bon-Bon Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, June Thomas and Julia Turner discuss the new CBS television show Undercover Boss, the language of coming out when your a celebrity and the website TV Tropes.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Number One Record Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Mike Pesca, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discus the death of Big Star front man Alex Chilton, music criticism is it worthless and replacing William Safire at The New York Times.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, This is Event Programming,...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss HBO's new mini-series The Pacific, Variety firing it's critics and mommy bloggers in The New York Times.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Busby Berkeley Dreams Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the Oscars, finding your way through New York's Penn Station and whether The National Enquirer should be eligible for a Pulitzer.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Warbly Strangly Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the singer song-writer Joanna Newsom, the new NBC show "The Marriage Ref" and ten rules for writing fiction.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Meet the Crotchman Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss this Esquire profile of film critic Roger Ebert, the new animated HBO incarnation of The Ricky Gervias Show, and ChatRoulette the international chat room that pairs you and your webcam with a total stranger.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest: We're Saving Our Own Lives...
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss "We Are the World" take two, singer-songwriter John Mayer's disturbing Playboy Interview and the start of the 2010 winter games.
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Slate: The Culture Gabfest: We Have No Pants Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Seth Stevenson, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss this years crop of Super Bowl ads, the HBO Temple Grandin biopic and The New York Times story on a killer karaoke Sinatra song.
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