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contains explicit language. I'm Stephen McCaffin. This is the Slate Culture Gapfest

Butchery and Bitchery Edition. It's Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013. On today's show, Drake, he has a new album out.

We'll discuss it and the rapper's neurotically overdetermined reputation with Jody Rosen, the music critic for New York Magazine.

And then, whither the hatchet job, why won't critics indulge in bloodsport anymore?

And finally, Apple's iOS 7 will discuss the politics and

emotions surrounding a major redesign. Joining me today is Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hello, Julia.

Hi, Steve. And of course, Slate's film critic, Dana Stevens. Hey, Dana. Hey, Steve. I should say

that I'm coming to you today from Slate's ever-expanding Ghent Bureau in upstate New York. I want to say I had so much fun at the live show. It was such a total delight. It was fun. I liked meeting all the Brooklyn fans who came out. The buzz is still not worn off. I know. I know. I thought we did a really buzzy show at Mohawk, a really buzzy show in Brooklyn. So you know what that means for this show, right?

This is the come down?

Total dud.

As flat as an iOS 7 icon.

Exactly.

All right, but before we dig in, we have one other piece of business, Julia.

Yes, I touted, endorsed, mentioned, and announced the fact that we have new Slate Culture Fest T-shirts for sale at our live show in Brooklyn last week.

They will be available for sale online. Some of you who have inquired about this, but they are not yet.

So on either next week's show or the week after, we will have a URL for you where you can go see them.

And if they are to your liking, buy them. Also, we have a second announcement, which is that our brethren at Hangup and Listen Slate's sports podcast are doing a live show in New York City on November 11th.

Veterans Day, great day to talk about sports, obviously, and they have secured a totally

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