Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Toast to the Douchebags Edition

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🗓️ 15 September 2010

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss round two of the Kanye vs Taylor Swift VMA face-off, the new Robert Rodriguez film Machete and the monetization of sex on Craigslist.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:05.8	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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0:23.0	That offer code is Slate.
0:26.8	I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest Toast Toast the Dushbags edition.
0:31.7	It's Wednesday, September 15th, 2010.
0:34.6	On today's program, Kanye and Taylor meet again at the VMAs, the Robert Rodriguez
0:39.5	Splatterfest Machete, and Craigslist and Monetized Sex. Joining me today are Slate's
0:45.6	Deputy Editor Julia Turner. Hello, Julia. Hi, Steve. And our film critic, Dana Stevens. Hey, Dana.
0:50.3	Hey, Stephen. And also to talk about the VMA's Jodi Rosen. Hey, Jody.
0:55.0	Hi, Steve.
1:01.0	Jody, I just want to make clear that the douchebag title of the show has nothing to do with either your presence or mine.
1:02.8	Hey, wait a second.
1:06.3	Maybe can only men be douchebags?
1:09.9	There was no implication by omission there.
1:14.5	It applies only to men as the Kanye song makes clear.
1:19.0	But let's not leap and monetize sex had nothing to do with you or Julia, Dana.
1:21.8	This is wrong in so many ways. We now have to behead this episode clearly from the top, but we don't have time to do that.
1:25.6	So let's plow ahead.
1:27.2	Last year at the VMAs, obviously, there was this highly, super highly publicized moment.
1:31.7	We were guilty as charged.
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