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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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The Culture Gabfest, “The Three-Quarter Hour” Edition Aug 24, 2011

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In this week’s Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner watch the new BBC America series The Hour, a Mad Men for the Anglophile set. Next, they’re joined by attorney Dennis Riordan for a legal briefing on the West Memphis Three. (Riordan represented newly released defendant Damien Echols.) For their final segment, Gabfesters welcome Slate music critic Jody Rosen to discuss the legacy of songwriters Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford, both of whom died this past week.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Yammering Yobs Edition Aug 17, 2011

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the new film The Help, their favorite method for summer reading and the recent riots in London.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Hail Caesar Edition Aug 10, 2011

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Listen to Slate's show about Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the state of the book review, and the return of the ‘90s.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Daniel Craig in Chaps Edition Aug 03, 2011

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Listen to Slate's show about the new movie Cowboys & Aliens, AMC’s Breaking Bad, and the death of painter Lucian Freud.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Featuring Marc Maron Edition Jul 27, 2011

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Errol Morris’s new Rashomon-meets-Octomom documentary Tabloid and the long-awaited arrival of music streaming service Spotify. For their final segment, they’re joined by comedian and podcast host Marc Maron to discuss his podcast WTF with Marc Maron.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Vulture Epaulets Edition Jul 20, 2011

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Listen to Slate's show about the end of the Harry Potter film series, Facebook competitor Google+, and the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Totally Gruesome Edition Jul 13, 2011

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Listen to Slate's show about Jason Zinoman’s guide to fixing modern horror, the film industry’s all-too-familiar approach to online piracy, and the latest debate over antidepressants.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, "Real Men Cheat on Their Wives" Edition Jul 06, 2011

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Mark Oppenheimer's profile of Stranger columnist Dan Savage in the New York Times Magazine, and the Twitter fight between the Village Voice and Ashton Kutcher. For their third segment, our critics are joined by Slate editor Michael Agger to discuss his piece on 4chan's highly influential and somewhat revolting message board /b/ .

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Slate, The Culture Gabfest, Hornivores of the Savannah Edition Jun 29, 2011

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner are joined by Slate’s foreign editor June Thomas to discuss her new —their riotous past and uncertain future. For their next segment, they discuss the new HBO documentary , and whether it does tort reform justice. For their final segment, they discuss Nick Paumgarten’s New Yorker article on the weird world of .

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Summer Strut Edition Jun 22, 2011

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In this week's episode, critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Page One, a new documentary about the New York Times, Stephen's Slate article about Robert Nozick, and the results of Julia's search for a great summer strutting song.

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