Discussing first political memories on Slate’s Culture Gabfest.

What Moment Turned You Toward Politics? The Culture Gabfest Shares Theirs.

What Moment Turned You Toward Politics? The Culture Gabfest Shares Theirs.

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Nov. 10 2016 3:19 PM

What’s Your First Political Memory?

The hosts of Slate’s Culture Gabfest discuss their first impressions of politics. 

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Culture Gabfest's Julia Turner, left, Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf

Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photo by Steve McFarland.

In the Slate Plus bonus segment of Wednesday’s edition of the Culture Gabfest, hosts Stephen Metcalf and Dana Stevens are joined by Slate culture critic June Thomas to discuss their earliest political memories.

What moment in American history turned a young Stephen Metcalf toward politics? What about June, who grew up in Britain? 

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And what do politics mean to children?  

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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.

June Thomas is managing producer of Slate podcasts.