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Culture Gabfest
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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Ratings & Reviews
4.6 stars from 504 ratings
My favourite podcast
I’ve been listening to the Culture Gabfest for more than a decade. I never miss an episode and am a happy slate plus subscriber purely off the back of the show. If you have any interest in culture, this is the best place to hear about it.
City_Dreamer via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 07/20/24
Love this podcast
I look forward to hearing this program every week. It’s a real lift arriving mid-week. All three hosts are so well spoken, so articulate. Hooray! They always provide interesting insights to the subject at hand. Keep up the excellent work!
Saskat-Seismo via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/16/24
Love the white hosts
This podcast is the only reason I subscribe to Slate Plus. If the hosts are replaced due to concerns of diversity, I will simply unsubscribe. Slate, please do not consider reviews like the one I just read that said it’s “shameful” to have 3 white hosts. I’ve been a listener since the beginning....Read full review »
Izzybowles via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/29/24
Recent Episodes
On this week’s show, the panel gets swept up by Twisters, and begins by discussing director Lee Isaac Chung’s standalone sequel starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. (For the record, the original 1996 disaster flick, Twister, is a near-perfect, Gabfest-approved comfort watch). Sure, Chung’s...
Published 07/24/24
Published 07/24/24
On this week’s show, the panel begins by dissecting Longlegs, director Osgood Perkin’s viral horror movie starring Nicolas Cage that’s sweeping the box office. Aided by a clever marketing campaign, Longlegs is undoubtedly the summer’s “you gotta see it” horror flick, but does the Silence of the...
Published 07/17/24
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