Dana Steven, Stephen Metcalf and Sam Anderson discuss HBO's new show The Young Pope, the film A Monster Calls directed by J. A. Bayona, and Neanderthals Were People, Too from The New York Times Magazine.

Slate's Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Netflix's new sci-fi show The OA, the film Fences with UCLA professor and playwright Dominic Taylor, and then whether hard times make for great art.

Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens discuss the new musical film La La Land, the Oscar-contender Manchester By the Sea with John Swansburg, and the best movies of the year in Slate's movie club.

The panel comes together around the podcast fire to answer your advice questions in our yearly call-in holiday special. Topics include poems for suitors, father-daughter dances, foreign name pronunciation and much more.

Dan Kois, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the new Star Wars spin-off Rogue One, TBS's mystery millennial comedy Search Party, and Stevie Wonder and Slate's Wonder Week with Jack Hamilton.

The panel discuss the new biopic Jackie with Browbeat editor Sam Adams, the Netflix show 3%, and Laura Miller's piece for Slate, "Do Video Games Make Us More Cruel?"

The panel discuss the new film The Edge of Seventeen, The new album from A Tribe Called Quest with Jody Rosen, and Julia Turner's Slate cover story, The Stunt Presidency.

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Moana, the new animated film from Disney, the return of Gilmore Girls with Seth Stevenson, and Nathan Heller's article in the New Yorker, "If Animals Have Rights, Should Robots?".

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the booing of Mike Pence at a performance of Hamilton, the new sci-fi movie hit Arrival, and TruTV's man on the street comedy game show Billy on the Street.

The panel discuss their feelings in the aftermath of the election, the art we use to take solace in dark times with Slate writers Jamelle Bouie and Bryan Lowder, and how to think about Trump and Hitler with contributor and historian Ron Rosenbaum.

The panel discuss Netflix's new show The Crown, about the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Loving, the new film about the Loving Vs. Virginia case, and Making Gay History, the new podcast from writer Eric Marcus

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, Aisha Harris, and Will Oremus discuss ABC's hit drama Designated Survivor, Netflix's new documentary 13th, and the death of Vine, the 6-second video platform.

Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Barry Jenkins' new film Moonlight, Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize and subsequent snub, and taste test Soylent, the tech world's attempt at food disruption.

Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and guest Karina Longworth are live in Santa Monica to discuss Nate Parker's new film Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith's 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, and their favorite Hollywood films about Hollywood.

The Gabfest team discuss the new Netflix Documentary Amanda Knox, Jack Hamilton discusses his new book Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination about how rock and roll became white, and the mystery and unmasking of Rachel Brewson.

The Culture Gabfest team discusses Westworld, Bruce Springsteen's memoir, Born To Run, and the unmasking of Elena Ferrante.

The Culture Gabfest team discusses Fleabag, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce, and the history of American Girl dolls.

"Blowin' in the Wind" (1963), "A Change is Gonna Come" (1964)

The Culture Gabfest team discusses Don't Breathe, High Maintenance, and Harry Potter mega fandom.

The Culture Gabfest team discusses Atlanta; how landmark scientific studies are being debunked more and more frequently; and they take a look back at the 90s film Walking and Talking.

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Amazon's pilot TV show I Love Dick, bad songs, and what a dismal summer at the box office means for the movie industry.

The Slate Culture Gabfest team discusses Werner Herzog's documentary Lo and Behold, how Michelangelo's David could crumble at any moment, and what it takes to make a great children's book.

Dana Stevens, Dan Kois, and Jessica Winter discuss the end of Gawker, the animated film Kubo and the Two Strings, and their favorite cultural depiction of vacations.

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens are live from Steve's porch this week and answer listeners' calls.

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens are live from The Mount in the Berkshires this week to discuss the film Idiocracy, cultural pilgrimages, and how technology is trying so hard to infantilize us.