Slate Daily Feed
The Slate Daily feed includes new episodes from more than 30 shows in the Slate Podcast Network. You'll get thought provoking analysis, storytelling, and commentary on everything from news and politics to arts, culture, technology, and entertainment. Discover new shows you never knew you were missing.
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Slow Burn S5 Ep. 3: Mushroom Clouds
How weapons of mass destruction became the Bush administration’s rallying cry for war.
41 min
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ICYMI: The Price of Fan Fiction
Answering your questions about a regrettable TikTok meme (respectfully!) and the latest controversies around Archive of Our Own.
27 min
3378
Mission Interplanetary: Trash at 17,000 mph
What do we do about the hazards of space junk?
35 min
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Sponsored: How Can We Bring More Imagination to...
29 min
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ICYMI: There’s a Chadwick Boseman NFT?
Plus, by popular demand, the return of High-Speed Downloads.
22 min
3381
Hit Parade: Taylor’s Version of Country, Part 2
Chris Molanphy's analysis of Taylor Swift's masterful country-to-pop crossover, continued.
49 min
3382
What Next TBD: Tim Apple vs. Mark Facebook
Two of the most powerful tech companies in the world have very different ideas about how the internet should work.
18 min
3383
A Word: Get Ready, Playa One
“Storymodebae” on how Black women creatives are taking online video gaming to the next level.
19 min
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Sponsored: Trailer: Let’s Workflow It
1 min
3385
Slow Burn S5 Ep. 2: Terror
How the anthrax attacks of 2001 fueled a coming war with Iraq.
43 min
3386
ICYMI: How Babby Is Formed
An elegy for Yahoo Answers, with the creator of one of the videos that helped make it famous.
28 min
3387
Mission Interplanetary: Murder in Space
What laws govern us when we leave Earth?
42 min
3388
ICYMI: “Body Positivity” Is Meaningless
What started as a movement advocating for fat acceptance has been diluted into a useless buzzword.
26 min
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What Next TBD: What's Causing the Tesla Crashes?
Two men died after their car plowed into a tree. Police say no one was at the wheel.
19 min
3390
A Word: After George Floyd, Abolition or Death?
Can jailing bad cops stop police violence?
17 min
3391
Slow Burn S5 Ep. 1: The Exile
Ahmad Chalabi spent decades trying to return to Baghdad. Thanks to the Americans’ war, he finally got his wish.
47 min
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ICYMI: What We Tok About When We Tok About Piss
A deep dive into PissTok—and what its popularity says about the memeification of kink.
24 min
3393
Mission Interplanetary: Closing Time
How will the universe end?
37 min
3394
ICYMI: Will You Accept This SponCon?
The war between social media and socially conservative values that’s at the heart of The Bachelor.
26 min
3395
Hit Parade: Taylor’s Version of Country, Part 1
At the turn of the ’10s, Taylor Swift pulled off a masterful country-to-pop crossover, ruling two genres at once.
50 min
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What Next TBD: Seduced by Substack
Is leaving a stable job to peddle a newsletter based on your personal brand crazy, or the future?
21 min
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A Word: When Police Kill ... Again
As the Derek Chauvin trial winds down, weary Minnesota activists demand justice for Daunte Wright.
19 min
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ICYMI: A Vaccine Is Not a Personality
The memes and merch inspired by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson are not helping the fight against COVID.
26 min
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Slate Money: Movies: Working Girl
37 min
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Mission Interplanetary: No Space for Columbus
Why should we decolonize space exploration?
38 min