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“Culture gabfest, A Word, fantastic! ICYMI, Dear Prudence, care and feeding (and I’m a psychologist and parent), garbage. Recommend you follow the specific podcast you may like rather than get flooded with mostly bad entries.”
NYC psychologist via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/04/24
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“when did it get so bad? y’all will really do anything to boost those shareholder profits, huh”
cmosbrhciw eianaw via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/14/24
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“‘Outward: the inherent queerness of poetry’ is the title of one episode - hahahaha!!!!!”
angrylf via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/24/24
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“The zone of interest episode was amazing from start to finish—including the Holocaust, Barbie, House of Gucci, and Solnit’s essay on San Francisco.”
JeffGetty1 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/07/24
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“Barry Mauer is spot on about the delusional nature of Trump supporters. The host of this segment is what is wrong with American media. She still can’t say Trump supporters are delusional & in a death cult?? Still???”
ichibanrose via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/31/24
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“Hey, ICYMI hosts! Stop literally like saying “like” every third word in a like sentence? And every like sentence you like say isn’t like a question? So like please like maybe like don’t like speak like that? It’s literally like literally like so like annoying? And maybe like literally learn the...”Read full review »
Pete Redmond via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/24/23
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“In the Ep, “America’s Obsession with Trans Women”, reduced own arguments to nothing when she resorted to name calling and rudeness towards whole groups of people with one person as an example (“mids”, celebrities are all dumb, etc). Would have been much more effective to practice the respect for...”Read full review »
Ksnixkernut via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/25/23
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“Tried the podcast, but felt the interviewer’s questions to their Make Live, Not Porn guest were judgmental.”
B_The_Locks via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/01/23
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“There is nothing insightful offered. But the premise is good.”
otissara via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/01/23
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“I’ve been listening to the Culture Gabfest for many years and Steve, Dana and Julia feel like old friends who guide me through whatever is new, trendy or worth paying attention to.”
craving sleep 265 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/14/22
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“This outward looking show has been consistently leading this family’s cultural development and inspiring intergenerational conversation for over five years…. Keep on keeping on Steve, Julia, Dana and all your erudite guests…”
from afar.. via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/11/22
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“I love hearing the wordy and deeply considered critique from the hosts. Julia in particular is my hero!”
Rachaelky via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/10/22
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“The hosts are brilliant
It’s so current and keeps me up to date
Their smartly formed opinions help me understand what’s going on in the world!
Thank you”
Marshee10012 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/02/22
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“Great interviews that always contain useful and motivating content. Like a helpful, humble, honest pep talk.”
ElizabethTee via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/04/22
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“I appreciate this podcast, but after recently listening to the hosts analysis of Office Space I had to play it for several friends.I don’t thinkI’ve ever heard a more out of touch understanding of white collar versus blue collar work. Clearly you do not understand where Mike Judge comes from or...”Read full review »
Ichablog Crane via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/26/22
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“It’s not helpful to listen to someone who is not a lover of film or a legit film critic trash a movie because it didn’t touch his heart. I have my friends for amateur bitchy film “commentary””
bobored via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/11/21
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“wow the ICYMI Kardashian episode was so terrible.”
bzznabb. xbs via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/31/21
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“Don’t support Slate. Their contrarian credentials have been revoked.”
M1A1M1 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/19/21
“You all are doing a great job of alienating some good people that have listened since day one.”
JohnGuidos via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/31/21
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“I just want to listen to Culture, Money and Mike Pesca, and now I can’t even do one of those things...”
KevinMichaelM via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/27/21
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“That’s all. Just plain smug shade.”
Take the A train via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/24/21
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“I really enjoy the Culture Gabfest, but just be aware that if you subscribe, Slate will fill your phone with dozens of other unrelated shows such as Thirst Aid Kit, Working, Decoder Ring, etc. I don’t want to listen to these. Please stop pushing them in this feed.”
David Spitz via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/31/21
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“I used to listen to the culture gabfest every week but I stopped when the feed became jam packed with other shows. Why did this feed get cannibalized?”
ZFP_1808 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/03/21
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“To podcast peruser: Do it. They are brilliant to a person. Even when you disagree it’ll be interesting. They don’t interrupt each other. Fantastic mix of topics. They give a sh** about the world. Probably not for you if you just want updates on reality shows—although they do weirdly seem to keep...”Read full review »
Xixiant via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/30/20
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“Trying to subscribe to the Gabfest, but I’m getting feeds for a dozen other slate podcasts that l don’t listen to”
Samurai Pie via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/18/20
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“I've always loved the charts, and listening to the Hit Parade episodes has brought me sooooooooo much joy. Thank you thank you thank you 😊😊😊”Read full review »
APG&SD via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
12/18/20
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“My favorite time of the political cycle is when democrats take a break in calling everyone racist during the primaries, and call each other racist for political gain. Camala called her running mate racist. And he is. Then she took it back.”
Freddie bag of donuts via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/25/20
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“I love love love the content of this podcast but the mixing of it often makes it a pain to listen with headphones in and even with Monoaudio set on my headphones. For a podcast with more than one host it’s understandable that you’d have it set so the voices come from different directions but if...”Read full review »
Ejayinc via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/07/20
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“No surprise here but these are the people you went to college with who looked down on you then for not being highbrow enough. Guess what? They hate all things pop culture. If you *actually* like pop culture, don’t waste your time here. You’ll just be told how your choices are low class,...”Read full review »
iamdavidjay via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/18/20
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“I used to adore this podcast, recommend it others, even joined the FB group (but probably never posted anything..), but all that is to say I was once enthusiastic. I used to take notes on their recommendations as things they covered. I found Steve charming as a pompous white man in the hudson...”Read full review »
Rimpu K via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/25/20
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“A competent podcast about culture in America needs to include someone who is not white, cis, and straight. Duh. Also SM is a pretentious blowhard without interesting opinions. Please replace him.”
MoniKahye via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/11/20
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“I fell in love with podcasts in the 2000s, and this podcast was one of my first go-tos. Stephen, Dana, and Julia always seem as though they’ve done plenty of background work—true reporting—on the works they cover in each episode. They are thoughtful and smart, and they make connections I might...”Read full review »
30SomethingAudioPhile via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/03/20
“I like The Culture Gabfest. I don’t always agree with their opinions, but sometimes i do. But just because i subscribe i ended up with a bunch of other podcasts in my feed. And usually i just get rid of them, but today, due to circumstances outside of my control - i ended up listening to about 15...”Read full review »
funkir via Apple Podcasts ·
Netherlands ·
04/16/20
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“I usually love culture gabfest, but they dismissed Tiger King WAY too quickly. It just felt contrarian and dismissive and they totally failed to address the pop culture moment of the show itself. We get it. You’re too good to enjoy trash with the rest of us. Like they enjoyed the Circle and...”Read full review »
MissyRissy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/01/20
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“i'm a longtime listener, and i've always resented stephen and his flat boring pretentious het white man takes, but dana and julia more than compensated with their intelligence and insights.
but these recent weeks brought a series of ignorant, privileged takes on the coronavirus, and have...”Read full review »
nfdusaofhdsuiablf via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/01/20
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“The Whitney Houston episode was one of the best and most thoughtful listens. I was in tears by the end.”
FMccl via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/29/20
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“I stopped in the middle of most recent episode on "Cheer" and am deleting from my feed after trying to like this podcast (I used to enjoy it a few years back). Dana and Julia didn't even watch most of the series! Why discuss something you haven't even watched!!
And its a...”Read full review »
AW624 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/29/20
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“Dana Stevens is a treasure. That’s all you need to know.”
VeggieBurgerSF via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/29/19
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LuBK12 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/27/19
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“For the most part I really enjoy the show but, my god, why is the music mixed so low relative to the host’s vocal? Every music clip sounds like it was mistakenly or hurriedly inserted at half volume. Could this possibly be an aesthetic choice? I keep waiting for it to be fixed but it looks like...”Read full review »
NJinLA via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/27/19
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“yeah I bet”
ReerZom via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/26/19
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“I’m sorely disappointed at the other content that consistently sneaks through. Or rather, *that* other content sneaks through.
I’m busy and subscribed to get and enjoy the content I want. Instead in besieged by shows I would never come near (looking at you thirst aid kit). It’s frustrating to...”Read full review »
Eddie B from DC via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/23/19
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“This has become a feed to launch other podcasts. Only about 20% of the downloads are actually the gabfest. Infuriating.”
Mikafino via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/21/19
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“Yes, SM sounds like a pompous professor of comparative lit you had to take as an undergrad, and the show sometimes sounds like the Yale English department graduate student lounge. Sure, not every topic is interesting. In fact many are insufferably dull and pointless. But that’s life sometimes. Go...”Read full review »
zac_s via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/13/19
“why slate culture gabfest do you post exponentially more content from podcasts other than your own? and you made an announcement you’d stop, stopped for about a week, and then went back to that same annoying model of promotion. over it.”
mama-teri via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/19
“Get rid of all the other crap. It seems like it’s rarely just Julia, Dana and Steve. Can these other podcasts get their own feed. Oi. Just not interested in them. So much is happening each week culturally and yet its given so little time for these weird look backs at old hits or quirky minutia...”Read full review »
Celebes Sea via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/22/19
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“If that’s what you’re looking for, this is the show for you. I can never shake the feeling that this group listens to the Ringer podcasts first and then tries to emulate them. The problem is the Slate staff doesn’t have the chemistry or the comedy chops to make their shows appointment listening....”Read full review »
The Most Tak3n Nickname via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/01/19
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“I enjoyed this podcast for years. But recently episodes became a chore to finish. I’m not articulate enough to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong. But I’ve unsubscribed, and I want the hosts to know that I miss what “we” once had. Fondly and respectfully, T”
Bones T via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/19
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