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“The Political Gabfest takes dry material and makes it interesting. The Culture Gabfest takes interesting topics and makes them dull.
Why? Two main reasons:
1. They're often not experts on the topics they discuss. They are able to speak about graphic design, or technology trends, or celebrity gossip, but they do so without authority or particular insight.
2. They treat this podcast as an opportunity to show off, and riff on, SAT words. Fun for them. Tedious for the rest of us. Obscure words are not a substitute for substance.
Add to these the sensibility of an over-achieving college seminar student and you get all circus and no bread.”Read full review »
Juston via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/28/09
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“This podcast makes me doubt my love of other Slate productions. Am I really aligning myself with such pretentious twits? Are these really the people that are at the cocktail parties where Emily, John, and Plotz are chattering? If so, I've got to stop my social climbing. The panel is most...”Read full review »
taz2 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/15/08
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“Ok, there's French and it's pretentious, but so what? That's part of the smirk-and-roll-your-eyes factor. It's entertaining and informative, and I love listening to the back-and-forth patter while I'm driving to work or digging in the garden -- it makes any boring chore pass...”Read full review »
Gizmology via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/18/08
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“I look forward to this podcast every week. Usual format is to choose 3 current topics/events/people in "culture" (broadly defined, usually NY-based), do a little homework the night before, and chat about each topic for 10 minutes. They go astray if they pick a topic none of them...”Read full review »
GentleReader via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/09
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