Culture Gabfest

by Slate Podcasts

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.

Episodes

The Culture Gabfest: Gild This Edition

59m · Published 30 Apr 05:00

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss French economist Thomas Picketty and his intellectual blockbuster, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," comedian John Oliver's weekly fake-news show, and spring cleaning with Slate's Bryan Lowder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture Gabfest: GGMFTW Edition

47m · Published 23 Apr 04:30

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Scarlett Johansson as a man-eating femme fatale in the arthouse horror flick "Under the Skin," the legacy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez with journalist and critic Paul Berman, and why you won't see derp in Gawker's new style guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture Gabfest: The Silent "T" Party Edition

50m · Published 16 Apr 04:30

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and guest Gabber Jacob Weisberg discuss Stephen Colbert's move to late night television, chat with author Adam Begley about the legacy of John Updike, and then it's a Guggenheim field trip to check out the exhibit, "Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture Gabfest: My Little Dictaphone Edition

52m · Published 09 Apr 04:30

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Errol Morris' study of Donald Rumsfeld in his latest documentary "The Unknown Known," HBO's tech industry send up "Silicon Valley," and why faster isn't necessarily better when it comes to reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture Gabfest: Are You There God? It's Me, Hollywood. Edition

52m · Published 02 Apr 04:30

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Darren Aronofsky's Hollywood version of Noah's Ark, how fame changes friendship in HBO's Doll & Em, and the TV recap website "Television Without Pity" going dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture Gabfest: The Green Handshake Edition

46m · Published 26 Mar 04:30

Everyone's a guest this week on the Culture Gabfest with Slate's Mike Pesca, John Swansburg, and Jessica Winter filling in for our usual hosts. The guest gabbers discuss the movie Muppets Most Wanted and what the Muppets mean to kids in 2014. Next, it's High Maintenance a fictional web series that follows a pot dealer into clients' homes, and lastly the effects of e-payments on tipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Culture Gabfest: Prime Directive Edition

44m · Published 19 Mar 11:00

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss FX's Cold War era throwback television show The Americans, whether Amazon is ruining literature, and the matriculation of trigger warnings into the college classroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Culture Gabfest has 597 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 608:51:43. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 4th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 24th, 2024 06:24.