Slate, The Culture Gabfest: Scary Mascot Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the rise and fall of journalist Jonah Lehrer. Next the gang is joined by Slate's own Seth Stevenson to talk Olympic mascots. And th...
1 Aug 201247min
The Culture Gabfest: Batman and Robins Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss "The Dark Knight Rises" and the shooting in Colorado, as well as Christian Marclay's art installation "The Clock." Plus Slate edito...
25 Jul 201243min
The Culture Gabfest: Utter Tosh Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the new USA series "Political Animals" starring Sigourney Weaver, the Daniel Tosh rape joke controversy, and Dana's lack of interes...
18 Jul 201240min
The Culture Gabfest: Summer Strut Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the new Charlie Sheen sitcom "Anger Management," Tim Kreider's New York Times op-ed on "The Busy Trap," and the listener-selected s...
11 Jul 201241min
The Culture Gabfest: "I'll Have What She's Having" Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and June Thomas discuss the Steven Soderbergh film "Magic Mike," the death of writer/director Nora Ephron, and CNN's Anderson Cooper coming o...
4 Jul 201243min
The Culture Gabfest: Vamp Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new Pixar film "Brave," the new HBO series from Aaron Sorkin "Newsroom," and the death of the seminal film critic Andrew Sarri...
27 Jun 201243min
Culture Gabfest: Curb Appeal Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the revelation that the reality show "House Hunters" is sometimes completely staged, Kathryn Bowers' new book about how humans and...
20 Jun 201251min
Slate Culture Gabfest: "Don't Drive Like My Brother" Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and John Swansburg discuss Ridley Scott's new blockbuster Prometheus, a recent article about a culture of abuse and secrecy at the prestigious Horace Mann P...
13 Jun 201242min
