Culture Gabfest

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the dark horse of this year's Best Picture nominees, Philomena, the webseries-turned-Comedy Central show Broad City, and Atlantic editor Scott Sossel's new book, My Age of Anxiety. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members s...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and David Haglund discuss Lena Dunham's photoshopped Vogue photo spread, Woody Allen's troubling personal life and their favorite literary punctuations. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss HBO's "True Detectives," Will Farrell's mini-series parody "Spoils of Babylon," and the dearth of African American recording artists on the billboard charts in 2013 with Slate contributor Chris Molanphy. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss "Her," Isaac Asimov's 1964 predictions about the present and critic anonymity with New York Magazine's restaurant critic Adam Platt. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic acces...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss "The Wolf of Wall Street," the BBC's "Call the Midwife Christmas Special," and Britney Spears' Vegas comeback. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hos...

On this week’s Christmas experiment, Culture Gabfest critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the elements of language: vocabulary, conversation, and voice. Show page at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new movie American Hustle, the Danish TV political drama Borgen (with Slate TV critic Willa Paskin), and whether long-form journalism is something to trumpet. Show page at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy in...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner are joined by music critic Carl Wilson to discuss the new Coen Brothers film "Inside Llewyn Davis", Tom Scocca's essay on smarm, and interview the curator of the Met museum's textiles exhibit. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Member...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner discuss the new HBO show "Getting On," a Twitter shaming that may have been a hoax, and the 100th anniversary of the crossword puzzle with Will Shortz. Show page at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Memb...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new film "Nebraska", social media shopping site The Prowl and the ins and outs of the Thanksgiving meal. Show notes at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the new film "The Dallas Buyer's Club", Rupert Murdoch with NPR Media Correspondant David Folkenflik and working conditions in academia. Show notes at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subsc...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the hit TV show Scandal, the new book Provence 1970 with author Luke Barr, and the closing of Blockbuster Video’s last stores. Show page at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via A...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss the controversial film Blue is the Warmest Color, French TV show, the Returned and speak with author Claudia Roth Pierpont about her new book Roth Unbound. Show notes at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructi...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss  Rock 'n' Roll great Lou Reed, Shakespeare and the effect of the internet on poetry. Show notes at www.slate.com/culturefest. This version corrects the quiet audio of the original. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members su...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss director Steve McQueen's new film, 12 Years a Slave, Alec Baldwin's move to TV talk show host and podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Show notes at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed vi...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the Tom Hanks thriller Captain Phillips, the SAT's essay section, and Alice Munro's Nobel Prize. Show page at www.slate.com/culturefest. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic ac...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the Sandra Bullock/George Clooney movie Gravity, the new Showtime series Masters of Sex, and the evolution of cool. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup require...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the hip-hop artist Drake's new album “Nothing Was the Same,” the merits and downsides of hatchet-job books reviews, and the redesign of Apple's iOS7. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the Nicole Holofcener film "Enough Said" and Brooklyn as a global brand, plus New York Times contributor Chris Suellentrop guests for a discussion of video games as art and Grand Theft Auto V. Watch video of the hosts playing Grand Theft Auto and get other show links on the . Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed...

Slate critics Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and Stephen Metcalf take calls from listeners on a wide range of topics, and Julia realizes just how much she loves a mouse who's also an architect. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup re...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new film "Salinger" and the state of The Onion, plus Adam Sternbergh of the New York Times guests to talk about what constitutes popularity today. Get show links . Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and John Swansburg discuss the Joe Swanberg film "Drinking Buddies," Laura Helmuth's piece on the impact of longevity on humanity, and Simon Doonan's new book on his life. Get show links . Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via App...

Slate critics Julia Turner, John Swansburg, June Thomas and Aisha Harris discuss the Edgar Wright film "The World's End," Miley Cyrus' performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, and love and terror in amusement parks. Get show links . Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Ap...

Slate critics Julia Turner, David Haglund, and Seth Stevenson discuss the romantic comedy "In A World," the New York Times' longform multimedia piece "The Jockey," and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." Get show links . Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get a...

Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Larry David's new HBO movie "Clear History," the problem of sexual harassment in university philosophy departments, and this year's summer strut playlist. Show links are . Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed...