Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the new film The Edge of Seventeen, the new album from A Tribe Called Quest, We Got it From Here...Thank You For Your Service with guest Jody Rosen, and Julia Turner's Slate cover story, The Stunt Presidency.

The Slate Culture Gabfest is brought to you by Wordpress. More bloggers use Wordpress than any other platform. And now, for the first time ever, Wordpress.com offers you your own dot-blog domain. Hurry to Wordpress.com now and use promo code PODCAST for 15-percent off your custom dot-blog domain.

And by Harry’s. Their limited edition holiday shave set makes a great gift for anyone. Go to Harrys.com and order by December 9th to get free shipping. Enter promo code culture at checkout for 5 dollars off.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices