Slate.com's critics debate the week in culture, from highbrow to pop. http://www.slate.com/culturefest ©2008 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC en Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:38:29 -0700 podcasts@slate.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:37:43 -0700 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Slate.com's critics debate the week in culture, from highbrow to pop. Slate.com's critics debate the week in culture, from highbrow to pop. Slate Magazine Slate Magazine podcasts@slate.com slate, culture, gabfest, culturefest, cultural, metcalf no no http://media.slate.com/media/slate/Podcasts/Culturefest/art/iTunesCultureGabfest144x144.jpg http://www.slate.com/culturefest 144 144 In this week’s Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the merits and frivolities of Mad Men, the odds that Tropic Thunder will revive Tom Cruise's career, and the new documentary film, Man On Wire. http://www.slate.com/id/2197532/ podcasts@slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2197532/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:33:16 -0400 Slate's Culture Gabfest with Stephen Metcalf, John Swansburg, and Julia Turner. In this week’s Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the merits and frivolities of Mad Men, the odds that Tropic Thunder will revive Tom Cruise's career, and the new documentary film, Man On Wire. 32:06 Slate Magazine man on wire, mad men, tom cruise, tropic thunder, ben stiller, philip roth, neil diamond, hunter s. thompson, amc, world trade center no no In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the Beijing Olympics and "The Redeem Team," the too-famous-too-fast Seth Rogen and his new film, Pineapple Express, and the death of comedian Bernie Mac. http://www.slate.com/id/2196894/ podcasts@slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2196894/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:40:19 -0400 Slate's Culture Gabfest with Josh Levin, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens. In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the Beijing Olympics and “The Redeem Team”, the too-famous-too-fast Seth Rogen and his new film, Pineapple Express, and the death of comedian Bernie Mac. 30:35 Slate Magazine slate, culture, gabfest, beijing, olympics, redeem team, bernie mac, seth rogen, pineapple express, isaac hayes, Mahmoud Darwish yes no In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Joss Whedon's new web-only musical show "Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog," Starbucks' abrupt move to shutter a sizable number of its stores in the US and abroad, and Google's newest challenger in the search field, Ceil. http://www.slate.com/id/2196253/ podcasts@slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2196253/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:49:26 -0700 Slate's Culture Gabfest with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Joss Whedon’s new web-only musical show “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”, Starbucks’ abrupt move to shutter a sizable number of its stores in the US and abroad, and Google’s newest challenger in the search field, Ceil. 32:44 Slate Magazine slate, culture, gabfest, joss whedon, neal patrick harris, dr. horrible's sing-along blog, starbucks, google, berlin trilogy, Philip Kerr, jo stafford, boggle no no In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new Batman movie The Dark Knight, the New Yorker Magazine's cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as anti-American Mujahideen, and the mysterious relationship between Madonna and Alex Rodriguez. http://www.slate.com/id/2195317/ podcasts@slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2195317/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:34:29 -0700 Slate's Culture Gabfest with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new Batman movie The Dark Knight, the New Yorker Magazine’s cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as anti-American Mujahideen, and the mysterious relationship between Madonna and Alex Rodriguez. 28:15 Slate Magazine Batman, Dark Knight, heath ledger, new yorker, barack, michelle obama, barry blitt, alex rodriguez, madonna, curtis sittenfeld, Christopher lasch no no In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the re-release of Liz Phair's feminist indie rock masterpiece Exile in Guyville, the media’s semi-hysterical reaction to news of a "pregnancy pact" amongst teenage girls at a high school in Gloucester, MA, and the death of comedian George Carlin. http://www.slate.com/id/2194327/ podcasts@slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2194327/ Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:14:14 -0700 Slate's Culture Gabfest with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the re-release of Liz Phair’s feminist indie rock masterpiece Exile in Guyville, the media’s semi-hysterical reaction to news of a “pregnancy pact” amongst teenage girls at a high school in Gloucester, MA, and the death of comedian George Carlin. 28:15 Slate Magazine slate, culture, gabfest, George Carlin, comedy, gloucester, pregnancy, pact, liz phair, exile in guyville, summer song yes no In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Vanity Fair's sprawling, dishy takedown of President Clinton, Sex and the City's boffo success in movie theatres, and the ear-splitting arrival of mixed martial artist Kimbo Slice on CBS. http://www.slate.com/id/2192375/ podcasts@slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2192375/ Tue, 3 Jun 2008 22:52:45 -0700 Slate's Culture Gabfest with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Vanity Fair’s sprawling, dishy takedown of President Clinton, Sex and the City’s boffo success in movie theatres, and the ear-splitting arrival of mixed martial artist Kimbo Slice on CBS. 32:41 Slate Magazine slate, cultural, gabfest, Sex and the City, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Vanity Fair, Todd Purdum, Kimbo Slice, Elite XC, CBS, MMA no no Our critics discuss the counter-evolutionary nature of monogamy, the aesthetically promiscuous -- and recently departed -- artist Robert Rauschenberg, and Barack Obama's affinity for the work of novelist Philip Roth, the great bard of infidelity. http://www.slate.com/id/2191397/ podcasts@slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2191397/ Tue, 20 May 2008 23:51:51 -0700 Slate's Culture Gabfest with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner. Our critics discuss the counter-evolutionary nature of monogamy, the aesthetically promiscuous -- and recently departed -- artist Robert Rauschenberg, and Barack Obama's affinity for the work of novelist Philip Roth, the great bard of infidelity. 32:54 Slate Magazine slate, cultural, gabfest, Philip Roth, Barack Obama, infidelity, monogamy, Robert Rauschenberg, Philip Weiss no no