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Posted Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at 10:49 AM

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Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 118 with Christopher Beam, Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner by clicking the arrow on the audio player below:

Outro: "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" performed by Everything But the Girl.

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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.

Christopher Beam is a writer living in Beijing.

Jody Rosen is Slate's music critic. He can be reached at slatemusic@gmail.com.

Illustration by Robert Neubecker.