Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Shrinky Dink Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the arrival of Judd Apatow’s third movie, Funny People; the rapid disappearance of the music magazine; and the controversies over some of the new ps...
29 Juli 200940min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Rocket Experience Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni’s struggle with bulimia, and the glut of nomination...
22 Juli 200942min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The In Bruno Veritas Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Bruno, the confrontational new comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen; the links between Goldman Sachs and each of the major financial bubbles of the last 80...
15 Juli 200943min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Smooth Criminal Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the memorial service for Michael Jackson, Michael Mann’s new depression-era bank robber movie Public Enemies, and the various uses they’ve found for...
8 Juli 200941min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Everybody's Dead Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the recent spate of celebrity deaths, starting with Michael Jackson and the lesser lights – Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and Billy Mays – eclipsed by ...
1 Juli 200938min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Failed Species Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Woody Allen’s new film Whatever Works, the HBO vampire drama True Blood, and A Vindication of Love, Cristina Nehring’s defense of swooning passion. ...
24 Juni 200942min
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Heavy Traffic Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Twitter’s role in the post-election protests in Iran, nostalgia for a grittier New York City, and Times Square’s pedestrian makeover. Need to set u...
17 Juni 200942min
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 Juni 200940min
