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Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 21 with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner by clicking the arrow on the audio player below: You can also download the program here, or you can subscribe to the Culture Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the Malcolm Gladwell phenomenon, Michelle Obama's role as first lady and mom-in-chief, and the post-Obama buzz kill of Prop 8.

Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned in the show:

Malcolm Gladwell's latest book, Outliers: The Story of Success.
Jason Zengerle's article on Malcolm Gladwell in New York magazine.
A Slate "Book Club" about Outliers.
Rebecca Traister's article on the "momification" of Michelle Obama in Salon.
Slate's article on the Obama marriage.
Slate's "XX Factor" blog post on Michelle, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin.
The Michelle Obama biography that played at the DNC.
A Slate article comparing the fight over gay marriage with the civil rights movement.
Background info on Prop 8.

The Culture Gabfest weekly endorsements:

Dana's pick: David Garland's Evening Music show on WNYC.
Julia's pick: Beyoncé's latest songs, "Single Ladies" and "If I Were a Boy."
Stephen's pick: Charles Mingus' Mingus Plays Piano.

You can reach the Culture Gabfest at culturefest@slate.com.

Posted on Nov. 19 by Amanda Aronczyk at 11:45 a.m.

Nov. 6, 2008

Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 20 with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner by clicking the arrow on the audio player below:

You can also download the program here, or you can subscribe to the weekly Culture Gabfest podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.