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March 26, 2008
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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss whether Barack Obama was channeling Walt Whitman, whether the head of JPMorgan was channeling Gordon Gekko, and whether English professors should be channeling Wal-Mart associates.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned in the show:
Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech
Walt Whitman's Song of Myself
New York magazine's profile of Jamie Dimon
Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street
Joseph Schumpeter's "Creative Destruction"
The New York Times' "You Say Recession, I Say 'Reservations!' "
NOBU restaurant in New York City
Gerald Graff's Professing Literature: An Institutional History
Meghan's pick: The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine
John's pick: Dispatches by Michael Herr
Stephen's pick: Boys and Girls in America from the Hold Steady
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March 12, 2008
Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 3 with critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and John Swansburg by clicking the arrow on the audio player below:
Oklahama Tornado's Death Toll Rises to 91
How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?
Is Your State Bird a Stupid State Bird? What It Should Be Instead.
Stephen Metcalf is Slate's critic at large. He is working on a book about the 1980s.
Dana Stevens is Slate's movie critic. Email her at slatemovies@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter.
Julia Turner is Slate's deputy editor and a regular on Slate's Culture Gabfest podcast.
You can email her at juliaslateturner at gmail.com or follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/juliaturner.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.