Culture Gabfest
New York Times critic Dwight Garner says “The Slate Culture Gabfest is one of the highlights of my week.” The award-winning Culturefest features critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner debating the week in culture, from highbrow to pop. For more of Slate’s culture podcasts, check out the Slate Culture feed.
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Twisters Blows Away the Box Office
This week, the hosts discuss Twisters, a new Louis C.K. documentary, and how gambling has crept into all of our lives.
56 min
52
Longlegs Has Legs
This week, the hosts discuss Longlegs, a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries, and an Alice Munro controversy.
60 min
53
Has The Bear Jumped the Shark?
This week, the hosts discuss The Bear season 3, Fancy Dance, and the app-ification of, well, everything.
59 min
54
Celine Dion’s Heart Goes On
This week, the hosts discuss the revealing Celine Dion documentary, A Family Affair, and the semantics of “aesthetic.”
54 min
55
Much Ado About Ren Faire
This week, the hosts discuss Ren Faire on HBO, Janet Planet, and Donald Sutherland’s legacy.
61 min
56
Does Inside Out 2 Get Anxiety Right?
This week, the hosts discuss Inside Out 2, the new Brats documentary, and Google’s demise.
59 min
57
Can The Acolyte Redeem Star Wars on TV?
59 min
58
What Even Is Garfield?
This week, the hosts discuss Garfield, an essay on suspense, and June Thomas’ new book, A Place of Our Own
64 min
59
Furiosa’s Glower
This week, the hosts discuss Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, and the Scarlett Johansson vs. ChatGPT debacle.
56 min
60
Can Babes Make Childbirth Funny?
This week, the hosts discuss Babes, Interview With the Vampire’s second season, and Billie Eilish’s new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.
52 min
61
Damn Dirty Apes
This week, the hosts discuss the latest Planet of the Apes saga, John Mulaney’s live comedy special, and Steve Albini’s legacy.
58 min
62
Ryan Gosling Falls for Emily Blunt
This week, the hosts discuss The Fall Guy, Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow, and the nationwide student protests with New York Times opinion columnist Lydia Polgreen.
56 min
63
Zendaya Plays Doubles
This week, the hosts discuss Challengers, Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, and the state of magazines.
58 min
64
Taylor Swift’s Messy Maximalism
This week, the hosts discuss The Tortured Poets Department, Fallout, and Becca Rothfeld’s debut essay collection.
61 min
65
Civil War: What Is It Good For?
This week, the hosts discuss Alex Garland’s Civil War, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, and an essay about “gaslighting.”
61 min
66
Dev Patel Goes John Wick
This week, the hosts discuss Monkey Man, Ripley on Netflix, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ podcast Wiser Than Me.
59 min
67
Beyoncé’s Country Kaleidoscope
This week, the hosts discuss Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World by Radu Jude, and the new Steve Martin documentary.
58 min
68
Jon Stewart Returns
This week, the hosts discuss Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show, Problemista, and Anything’s Pastable with author Dan Pashman.
59 min
69
Kristen Stewart Pumps Iron
This week, the hosts discuss Love Lies Bleeding, Kate Winslet in The Regime, and the ethics of posthumous publishing.
52 min
70
The Oscars Are Back, Baby!
This week, the hosts discuss the 96th Academy Awards, FX’s Shōgun, and the controversial Formula 1 story that took the media world by storm.
56 min
71
Timothée Chalamet Rides the Worm
This week, the hosts discuss Dune: Part Two, the God Save Texas docuseries, and the new casting Oscar with an actual casting director.
53 min
72
J.Lo’s This Is… What Now?
This week, the hosts discuss J.Lo’s confusing vanity project, 20 Days in Mariupol, and an oral history of the Village Voice.
59 min
73
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Remarried
This week, the hosts discuss Donald Glover’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith remake, The Color Purple, and that viral $50,000 scam.
51 min
74
We’re Saving Our Own Lives
This week, the hosts discuss The Greatest Night in Pop, Oscar-nominated Rustin, and Slate’s True-Crime Canon.
45 min
75
Why Zone of Interest Is Dividing Critics
This week, the hosts discuss Oscar nominees The Zone of Interest and Nyad, and the hallmarks of a good director.
52 min