The Culture Gabfest: Do Bert and Ernie Get it On? Edition
Slate's Dana Stevens, June Thomas and David Haglund discuss the New Yorker cover celebrating the defeat of DOMA, Pedro Almodóvar's latest film "I'm So Excited" and the new Showtime series "Ray Donovan...
3 Jul 201347min
The Culture Gabfest: Steak All the Way Through Edition
Slate's own Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss the nature of the celebrity apology, the new CBS show "Under the Dome," and debate the end of the humanities. Show notes at: Need to s...
26 Jun 201342min
The Culture Gabfest: The "Hurry Up with My Damn Croissants" Edition
Slate's culture critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and June Thomas discuss Kanye West's "Yeezus" with Forrest Wickman and Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" with Glen Weldon. Also, they weigh the virtue...
19 Jun 201342min
The Culture Gabfest: The Selfie Duckface Edition
Slate's culture critics Stephen Metcalf and June Thomas are joined by Nina Rastogi to discuss "Game of Thrones" (warning: spoilers), Joss Whedon's adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing", and the pheno...
12 Jun 201340min
The Culture Gabfest: Bondage Trousers Edition
Dana Stevens and June Thomas discuss the new show "Graceland" with Meredith Blake, The "Punk: Chaos to Couture" exhibit at the Met with Simon Doonan and hating cultural objects with Slate's Carl Wilso...
5 Jun 201350min
The Culture Gabfest: Palatial Kitsch Edition
Slate's own Dana Stevens, June Thomas and David Haglund discuss "Before Midnight," the new HBO Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" and unpack the bluster around likeable characters in fiction. Nee...
29 Mai 201351min
The Culture Gabfest: Prog Bots Into Darkness Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and June Thomas talk "Star Trek" with Matt Yglesias, discuss the new Daft Punk album "Random Access Memories" and debate the mind-numbing qualities of Google glass. Need ...
22 Mai 201342min
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 tre...
15 Mai 201350min
