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Stephen Metcalf
Stephen Metcalf is Slate's critic at large. He is working on a book about the 1980s.
Articles By Stephen Metcalf
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The Culture Gabfest: Tasty Medieval Cockentrice Edition
Slate's podcast about the 60th anniversary of Singin’ in the Rain, ABC’s Time Machine Chefs, and the niceness of literary criticism.
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The Culture Gabfest: Scary Mascot Edition
Slate's podcast about Jonah Lehrer’s fabrication and resignation, the London Olympics, and the documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.
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The Culture Gabfest: Batman and Robins Edition
Slate's podcast about The Dark Knight Rises, Christian Marclay’s 24-hour film The Clock, and the HBO documentary Birders: The Central Park Effect.
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The Culture Gabfest: Utter Tosh Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the USA miniseries Political Animals, the Daniel Tosh rape-joke controversy, and Dana’s lifelong indifference to games.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Summer Strut” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom Anger Management, the recent New York Times op-ed about the “ ‘Busy’ Trap,” and the Summer Strut 2012 playlist.
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The Culture Gabfest, ‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’ Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new Steven Soderbergh movie Magic Mike, the legacy of writer and director Nora Ephron, and Anderson Cooper coming out as gay.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Vamp” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the new Pixar movie Brave, Aaron Sorkin’s latest offering The Newsroom, and the legacy of film critic Andrew Sarris.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Curb Appeal” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about fakery on HGTV’s House Hunters, human-animal zoobiquity, and Carly Rae Jepsen’s irresistible hit song “Call Me Maybe.”
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The Culture Gabfest, “Don’t Drive Like My Brother” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, the story of sexual abuse at the Horace Mann School, and the end of NPR’s Car Talk.
