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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. Get more Culture Gabfest with Slate Plus! Join to unlock weekly bonus episodes—plus ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from our show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or visit slate.com/cultureplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted...

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest Summer Movie Bonanza 07.05.2008 29:14

Slate's Culture Gabfest with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the rollout of the summer movie season, including the superhero movie Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr.'s nimble performance in it, 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: The Culture Gabfest and Personal Virtue 23.04.2008 33:01

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the viability of personal virtue to solve global warming, the possible failure of personal virtue in the travel writing business and the utter failure of personal virtue inside Abu Ghraib prison. 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 subs...

Slate: The Cultural Gabfest, Misplaced Outrage Edition 09.04.2008 30:49

The Slate Cultural Gabfest, with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. This week, our critics discuss Vogue magazine’s King Kong redux, Hillary’s millions, and the latest in nerd verite, the online sitcom, The Guild. 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 Pod...

Slate: The Cultural Gabfest, Schadenfreude Edition 26.03.2008 30:28

The Slate Cultural Gabfest, with Stephen Metcalf, John Swansburg and Meghan O'Rourke. Our critics discuss Obama’s big speech, Bear Stearns’ big meltdown, plus the deconstruction of the university English department. 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 au...

Slate: The Cultural Gabfest and Eliot Mess 12.03.2008 29:15

The Slate Cultural Gabfest, with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and John Swansburg. Our newest podcast feature returns just in time to take on the colossal fall from grace of New York governor Elliot Spitzer. Our critics also weigh in on famous fabulists, and a Web site so white, you'll need SPF 100 just to listen. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out...

Slate: The Second Cultural Gabfest 28.02.2008 28:51

The Slate Cultural Gabfest, with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. We're back for another outing with Slate's cultural critics. This week they train their sights on the Oscars aftermath, the trouble with mocking Obama, and why young starlets should choose their photo shoots more carefully. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at...

Slate: Introducing the Cultural Gabfest 14.02.2008 33:54

The popularity of Slate's Political Gabfest over the last two years has prompted us to try a variation on the theme: a Cultural Gabfest, featuring some of Slate's best critics batting around the week's cultural happenings. Our first edition features Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate....