Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Tinker Tailor Soldier Fry Edition

Slate Culture Gabfest | Oct 22, 2014
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner ponder the mysteries of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and explore the verbal tic known as vocal fry. For their final segment, they are joined by Slate’s chairman Jac

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