Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Middle of the Road Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Stephen Colbert’s trip to Baghdad and his guest editorship of Newsweek, the Tony awards and the year in Broadway an, and the end of General Motors (...
10 Jun 200940min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Posh New Digs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics (plus guest gabber Troy Patterson) discuss Conan O’Brien’s first night as the host of the Tonight Show, the reality show/tabloid phenomenon Jon & Kate Plus ...
3 Jun 200940min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Boo-Effing-Hoo Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the return (er, relapse?) of the rapper Eminem, whether working with your hands is the new outlet for cultural elitism, and the forthcoming memoir b...
27 Mai 200938min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Mature Adaptation Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the end (and future) of the network television season, the Maureen Dowd plagiarism scandal, and the idea of happiness as explored by a 70 year-old H...
20 Mai 200942min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Franchise Reboot Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new Star Trek movie directed by J.J. Abrams, Wanda Sykes’s routine at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, and the new line of upscale McCafé...
13 Mai 200941min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Performance Anxiety Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the use of so-called neuro-enhancing drugs to aid study or work, the plight of the embattled-but-seemingly-safe-for-now newspaper the Boston Globe, ...
6 Mai 200937min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Oh My God Ugly People Can Sing Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss their adventures in the world of Twitter, the new HBO feature adaptation of the documentary Grey Gardens, and the surprising web obsession with the ...
22 Apr 200945min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Empty Calories Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new film Sugar and A.O. Scott's (flawed?) concept of Neo-Neo Realism, Levi Johnston's interview on the Tyra Banks show, and the war between suga...
8 Apr 200955min
