The Culture Gabfest, "Puny Ingratiation" Edition
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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss a decade of change in the music business, commercials that star indie celebrities, and the inexorable rise of Facebook.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned in the show:
Rule No. 1 for Female Academics: Don’t Have a Baby
How Can You Survive in an Air Bubble 100 Feet Underwater for Three Days?
Sesame Street Creates a Muppet Whose Dad Is in Jail. Way Too Many Kids Relate.
June Thomas is a Slate culture critic. Follow her on Twitter.
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.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.