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A eulogistic weepfest? A “valediction forbidding mourning”? A conscious unthroupling? All of the above?Believe it or not, the time has come for Steve, Dana, and Julia to convene the Culture Gabfest panel for the very last time. Before saying goodbye, they look back at the very fi ...  Show more

The Gabfest’s end is nigh but we’ve still got a few bits of culture to gab upon. This week, Steve and Dana are joined by longtime Gabfest star pinch hitter Dan Kois. First up for consideration: Pixar’s Toy Story 5. In this fifth installment of the computer animation studio’s flag ...  Show more

This week, Slate’s TV critic and host of the podcast Decoder Ring, Willa Paskin, and poet, essayist, podcast host, and author, Nichole Perkins, fill in for Dana and Julia. The panel begins by taking a spin with Julian Fellowes’ (creator of Downton Abbey) new show The Gilded Age. ...  Show more

This week, Steve and Dana are joined by writer extraordinaire Karen Han. First, the panel discusses Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s novel, Passing. Next, the panel dives into The Shrink Next Door. Finally, the panel talks about People’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive, Paul Ru ...  Show more

In this episode...- Murder vs. death by natural causes- Being abducted by Peter Dinklage- Breakfast burritos- Cool beans- The formative movie Swingers- Tennis coach vs. bouncer- Isaac Lamb and his proposal video- Green grass- A family of sociologists- Greek literature- Mount St. ...  Show more

An autumnal check in with Alaska and Willam about Halloweens past, horror movies, and the phenomenon where people try and book drag queens super last minute to put them in drag for Halloween. Good News: they discuss DRUK 3 episode 3 and go spelunking into some wild DM’s about tox ...  Show more