Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest: Barely Legal Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2010
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains no explicit language whatsoever. |
| 0:04.4 | Our apologies. |
| 0:09.4 | This week's episode of Slate's Culture Gab Fest is brought to you by Carbonite, the leader in online backup. |
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| 0:26.6 | That offer code is Slate. |
| 0:29.4 | I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest Barely Legal Edition. |
| 0:33.0 | It's Wednesday, October 6, 2010 on today's program, Malcolm Gladwell's rather jaundiced, I would say, take on activism and social media, the Law and Order franchise heads west, and Civil War tourism with Slate's own John Swansberg. |
| 0:48.6 | Joining me are Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. |
| 0:51.4 | Hello, Julia. |
| 0:52.2 | Hello, Steve. |
| 0:53.1 | And of course, Slate's film critic, Dennis Stevens. For some reason, I'm coming in for extra measures of contempt today. I don't know why, but... Well, it's because you're a star on the Brian Lairer show. We have to knock you down a peg. You're back with your low-rent friends. Can I just tell you I plugged our GabFest on that show this morning? |
| 1:11.1 | Well done. |
| 1:11.7 | Oh, excellent. |
| 1:12.4 | Good. |
| 1:13.7 | You're useful to me after all. |
| 1:15.6 | Oh, hey, speaking of plugs, I should also, before we start, plug our forthcoming first ever |
| 1:21.0 | West Coast Slate Live Gab Fest, the Slate Culture Gab Fest is coming to Seattle this fall. |
| 1:26.2 | We're still working out the exact details of date and venue, but we will let you guys |
| 1:30.6 | know through the podcast and on the Facebook page as soon as we have details. |
| 1:34.0 | But get psyched, tell your Seattle friends, plan your forthcoming move to Seattle, et cetera. |
| 1:40.0 | We'll keep you posted. |
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