Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens discuss Maria Bamford's Netflix series Lady Dynamite, the film Popstar, and Paul Simon's latest album and his career.
The Slate Culture Gabfest is brought to you by the new podcast Dog Smarts. Each episode features leading researchers and academics that tackle questions of language, memory, intelligence, and e ... Show More
Yesterday
How To! | Learn to Love Your City
It wasn’t long after Melody Warnick moved to Blacksburg, Va., that she realized its nickname—“Bleaksburg”—wasn’t a joke. Feeling stuck, she devised a research-based experiment to acclimate to her new city. On this episode: Melody explains how she went from hating Blacksburg to lo ... Show More
30m 27s
Yesterday
Death, Sex & Money | “The Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay”
When the Metropolitan Community Church was founded in the late sixties, it was one of the first gay positive churches in America. When AIDS hit, it became a refuge for people who were sick and those who were mourning them.
In this episode, Anna talks to researcher Lynne Gerber, ... Show More
55m 14s
Mar 2021
Ciara Bravo
Ciara Bravo [Red Band Society, Wayne, Cherry] joins Anna to talk about her recent film Cherry, hanging out with co-star Tom Holland, 16-second memories, helping sick trees or joining a fire watch, sending a text to the wrong person, surviving a long distant relationship, the ghos ... Show More
1h 24m
Apr 2023
Beau is Afraid and Ari Aster is Unwell
This week, Slate’s Sam Adams joins Dana and Stephen to talk about auteur Ari Aster’s newest film, Beau is Afraid. Then they discuss the new Hulu limited series, Tiny Beautiful Things. Finally, they chat about the state of the music business as inspired by this recent article: htt ... Show More
57m 37s
Mar 2021
Brie Larson & Jessie Ennis
Brie Larson [Captain Marvel, Room, Kong: Skull Island, Unicorn Store] and Jessie Ennis [Mythic Quest, Better Call Saul, Life of the Party, Veep] talk with Anna about being best friends since childhood, their new podcast Learning Lots, first kisses, rejection, love, knitting socks ... Show More
1h 15m
Mar 2021
Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz [Kick-Ass, Carrie, Suspiria, Tom and Jerry] talks with Anna about her new film Tom and Jerry, not quite living in Los Angeles, fight training, sharing M&Ms, ghosts, aliens, friend groups, patriotism, going back to school, life in the circus, Frederick Douglass, ... Show More
1h 40m