Episodes 851
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.4 (440)
Since Feb 2008
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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New York Times critic Dwight Garner says “The Slate Culture Gabfest is one of the highlights of my week.” The award-winning Culturefest features critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner debating the week in culture, from highbrow to pop. For more of Slate’s culture podcasts, check out the Slate Culture feed.Want more Culture Gabfest? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the Culture Gabfest show page. Or, visit slate.com/cultureplus to get access wherever you listen.

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Bad Bunny Spikes the Football Edition

Feb 11, 2026 1h 3m

The sugarcane fields! La casita! Piraguas! Lady Gaga! Ricky Martin! An actual wedding! Bad Bunny’s immense and boisterous Super Bowl Halftime show brought a whole Puerto Rican universe to Levi’s…

The Boss Responds to Minneapolis Edition

Feb 04, 2026 58m

This week, Steve, Dana and guest host Sam Adams talk anti-authoritarian art in its many forms. First, they take up It Was Just an Accident, the Cannes Palme d’Or-winning film by Iranian filmmaker…

Is Hamnet this Year’s Oscar Villain? Edition

Jan 28, 2026 1h 27m

Shuffling under the mortal coil this week (aka hosting the Gabfest), it’s our OG players Steve, Dana, and Julia. Like a morose Danish prince contemplating a human skull, they gaze upon the Oscar…

Game of Thrones Buddy Comedy Edition

Jan 21, 2026 1h 5m

This week, our Gabfest panel includes Steve and guest hosts Nadira Goffe and Laura Miller with a typically eclectic collection of topics. First up, Dana hops on the call to decode the unspoken truths…

Sydney Sweeney’s Box Office Triumph Edition

Jan 14, 2026 1h 3m

Podcasting is a privilege as Steve is joined by Dan Kois and Rebecca Onion to unpack and cackle at the domestic thriller schlockfest The Housemaid. Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in the Paul…

The Timothée Chalamet vs. the Blue Aliens Edition

Jan 07, 2026 1h 4m

This week, Julia and Steve welcome guest host Sam Adams to deconstruct the aggravating, yet strangely charming, table tennis phenom on the make that is Marty Supreme. Played with “BDE off-the-charts”…

The 2025 Call-In Spectacular Edition

Dec 31, 2025 1h 10m

In the waning moments of 2025, Julia, Dana, and Steve say goodbye to the year that was with a beloved annual end-of-year tradition… our listener call-in show! And you delivered some great queries,…

We Found Our Archives: The Abstract Noun Edition

Dec 24, 2025 48m

After thinking it was lost to the sands of internet time, our team uncovered a 2013 gem from the archives. In the “The Abstract Noun Edition,”  your favorite Gabfesters talk about how we talk. Steve,…

The Biggest Show on Paramount Is Big Oil Propaganda Edition

Dec 17, 2025 1h 2m

On this week’s show, Dana and Steve are joined by guest host Rebecca Onion for a Gabfest first: a segment about something from the sprawling Taylor Sheridan television universe. They strap on their…

"Is the Warner Bros. Deal the End Of Cinema?" Edition

Dec 10, 2025 1h 5m

On this week’s episode, Gabfest old friends Steve, Julia, and June Thomas convene on two showbiz works of midlife retrospection and regret: the new film Jay Kelly and Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We…

Knives Out Is Back with a New Hot Priest Edition

Dec 03, 2025 1h 3m

On this week’s show, Julia and Steve are joined by guest host Jamelle Bouie to crack mysteries corporeal and divine in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The latest entrant in Rian Johnson’s…

Wicked Triple Feature Edition

Nov 26, 2025 56m

Something Wicked this way comes as Dana, Steve, and guest host Dan Kois gather round their proverbial cauldrons for an all-movie edition of the Gabfest. First up, of course, is Wicked: For Good the…

Glen Powell Does The Running Man Edition

Nov 24, 2025 59m

If you’ve got a cultural question or topic you’d like our hosts to tackle, now is your chance because we’re preparing for our annual call-in show! Call and leave us a message with your cultural query…

The Slate Culture Gift Guide

Nov 14, 2025 48m

Hark, the holiday season is upon us—and with it the most solemn of festive traditions: a gift guide! In this video and podcast special, Slate hosts Dana Stevens, Chris Molanphy, and Willa Paskin…

The Creator of Breaking Bad is Back—with Polite Zombies Edition

Nov 12, 2025 59m

On this week’s show, Steve, Dana, and Julia merge their consciousnesses—so to speak—to reflect on Pluribus, the latest television saga from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. In this unlikely body…

Lily Allen’s Revenge Tour Edition

Nov 05, 2025 53m

On this week’s show, Steve, Dana, and Julia pull up proverbially barstools at Sardi’s to discuss Richard Linklater’s latest film Blue Moon, which is about one night in the life of Broadway lyricist…

Netflix Goes Nuclear with A House of Dynamite Edition

Oct 29, 2025 58m

On this week’s show, Dana is joined by fellow movie critics Amy Nicholson of The Los Angeles Times and Slate’s Sam Adams for an all-film edition of the Gabfest. First up, they enter A House of…

Slate Plus Preview: Jad Abumrad Inquires How We Make the Gabfest

Oct 22, 2025 6m Bonus

This is a special preview of this week's Slate Plus episode. To get the full episode, another one like it every single week, and unlimited reading on Slate.com, subscribe to slate plus at…

Guillermo del Toro Can Take Frankenstein Off His Bucket List Edition

Oct 22, 2025 1h 7m

On this week’s show, Dana, Steve, and Julia step into the gothic, visually rich world of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. It’s been years in the making, gorgeously rendered, and stars the always…

Channing Tatum on the Lam Edition

Oct 15, 2025 59m

On this week’s episode, Julia and Steve are joined by guest host Rebecca Onion to admire and puzzle over the magnetic appeal of Channing Tatum in Roofman. Does the beloved hunk’s captivating…

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