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“I agree with most of what has been said -- both the good and the bad -- yet this is still my favorte Slate podcast. Hearing the writers present such overly complicated, pretentious arguments about trivial details of pop culture makes me nostalgic for my college years. Outside of academia, there are few places where you can hear such trumped up commentary of, say, Miley Cyrus's decisions. There are lots of cringe-worthy moments, but, like that old college boyfriend who compared Seinfeld to Beckett, I actually find them endearing.
Metcalf's accent is hard on my ears, though. Is it from a region I haven't visited, or is it the vocal manifestation of pretentiousness? I agree that Stevens and Turner are easier to take. Perhaps they will start to deflate more of Metcalf's pompous comments in the future.
I wish the cultural gabfest recorded more than twice a month. In contrast, I find the political gabfest more grating by the week. They veer into in-jokes and tedious personal anecdotes that detract from the conversation. I long for that part of the summer when they go on vacation and bring in more interesting / less annoying replacements. Both of the gabfests would benefit hugely from more diverse perspectives, if Slate had any to offer.”Read full review »
sally_ann via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/30/08
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“Love the wide range of topics and the endorsements. Getting a new episode is like a mini bday present every week!”
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08/16/11
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“Very much a poor relation to Slate's fantastic Political gabfest. The participants seem to forget that they're talking (mostly) about mass-media pop-culture, and come across as over-educated and amazingly pretentious.”Read full review »
ChaosMichael via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/10/08
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“I enjoy the discussion but I really, really loathe Stephen Metcalf's voice. He chews every word, he says "kind of" way too often, I don't know how his fellow podcasters stand him. He really needs to swallow whatever it is that is living in his throat and learn new ways to phrase...”Read full review »
ShanB67 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/12/09
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