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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Culture Gabfest: Taylor Swift’s Messy Maximalism
This week, the hosts discuss The Tortured Poets Department, Fallout, and Becca Rothfeld’s debut essay collection.
61 min
52
Hear Me Out: Third Parties Are Saving Democracy
It’s just that their job isn’t winning (yet).
32 min
53
What Next: Your Right to Protest? Not the Supre...
Looks like the highest court will let the wildly conservative Fifth Circuit judges violate the Constitution a bit, as a treat.
19 min
54
How To!: Find Your People After a Mental Health...
Dr. Aleksandra Rayska on the stigma and self-doubt that can curtail new friendships.
36 min
55
Death, Sex & Money: A Tarot Reader Explains Why...
North Carolina-based witch Rebecca Auman helps Anna through a rough patch. Then she explains why it’s so hard for some of us to make sense of our own inner voices.
39 min
56
Hang Up: The Huge NBA Gambling Scandal
61 min
57
What Next: What the WNBA Salary Debate Misses
Caitlin Clark’s $76,000 pay is shocking—but the story is bigger than her.
24 min
58
Care & Feeding: When – and Why – Are Teens Usin...
Slate’s parenting podcast on sparking up some conversations.
26 min
59
John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: Remembering Geor...
Easing into the day, remembering his dog George, feeling absences in your bones, and more are explored in this week’s audio essay from John Dickerson.
24 min
60
Working: How Fact-Checking Can Improve Your Fic...
Novelist Julia Hannafin and ecologist Adam Rosenblatt talk about Julia’s new novel Cascade and its commitment to scientific accuracy.
45 min
61
What Next TBD: The Internet Archive Endangered
A non-profit site just digitized Aruba’s history. They could be sued out of existence.
19 min
62
Political Gabfest Reads: Can America Survive It...
David Sanger’s book, New Cold Wars, delves into America’s volatile relationships with nuclear powers – China and Russia.
39 min
63
Slate Money: Tesla’s Toxic Relationship With Musk
The Money team discusses Musk’s $56 billion pay package, the troubles at NPR, and what inflation means for interest rates.
49 min
64
ICYMI: How a Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Took ...
Donghua Jinlong is enjoying an unprecedented amount of success.
44 min
65
Amicus: Twelve Jurors and One Angry Ex-President
What the first week of Trump’s hush money trial tells us about how the former President is handling his first criminal trial
35 min
66
What Next TBD: What’s Driving Tesla’s Layoffs?
The EV maker may be demonstrating why other car makers don’t do it this way.
19 min
67
A Word: Freaknik: Party in the Black
Remembering the freedom, fun and –sometimes– foolishness of 1990s Black spring break.
22 min
68
Dear Prudence: My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is C...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi.
31 min
69
Political Gabfest: Could You Be A Trump Juror?
Donald Trump faces his first criminal trial; the Supreme Court considers a charge related to another Trump case; and The Atlantic’s Mark Leibovich finds Gavin Newsom can’t help himself.
59 min
70
Care & Feeding: Ask A Weed Mom
Slate’s parenting podcast on lighting up.
39 min
71
What Next: Is It Too Late to Escape “Forever Ch...
The EPA has known PFAS are dangerous for a long time—why are they finally ratcheting up regulations now?
25 min
72
Working: Collaborating Through Conflict
17 min
73
ICYMI: Ann Maddox on Scandoval, Reddit and Grief
How Tom Sandoval’s former personal assistant had to change her Reddit boundaries after Vanderpump Rules’ biggest scandal to date
32 min
74
Culture Gabfest: Civil War, What Is It Good For?
This week, the hosts discuss Alex Garland’s Civil War, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, and an essay about “gaslighting.”
61 min
75
Outward: A History of the Gay Right with Neil J...
Bryan and Neil dive into the history of his new book Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right
31 min