Slate History
A feed with the best history coverage from Slate’s wide range of podcasts. From narrative shows like Slow Burn, One Year, and Decoder Ring, to timely analysis from ICYMI and What Next, you’ll get the fascinating stories and vital context you need to understand where we came from and where we're going.
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Hit Parade | Mighty Real Edition Part 1
From Little Richard to Chappell Roan, queer artists have always been vanguards of pop, even when they have not been out.
56 min
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Hit Parade | All Apologies Edition Part 2
Nirvana and grunge pulled alternative rock from the left of the dial to the center of the charts.
57 min
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ICYMI: Pope Leo XIV is the Taylor Swift of Cath...
32 min
4
Hit Parade | All Apologies Edition Part 1
Nirvana and grunge pulled alternative rock from the left of the dial to the center of the charts.
62 min
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Hit Parade | Only Girl in the World Edition Part 2
Rihanna was the most prolific 21st century chart-topper before bowing out of the game.
51 min
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Outward | How The Gay Rights Movement Became Tr...
33 min
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Hit Parade | Only Girl in the World Edition Part 1
Rihanna was the most prolific 21st century chart-topper before bowing out of the game.
53 min
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Hit Parade | Singing Nuns and Green Tambourines...
The 1960s will always be associated with counterculture and the Summer of Love, but the decade’s pop charts were full of novelty, schlock and bubblegum.
54 min
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Outward: Renaissance Trans Theologies and Hist...
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
35 min
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Gabfest Reads | The Day the Challenger Fell Fro...
Adam Higginbotham’s new book delves deep into the tragedy of the Challenger explosion and the impact the disaster has had on American culture.
32 min
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Hit Parade | Singing Nuns and Green Tambourines...
The 1960s will always be associated with counterculture and the Summer of Love, but the decade’s pop charts were full of novelty, schlock and bubblegum.
47 min
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Culture Gabfest: Meghan Markle Sprinkles Potpou...
This week, the hosts discuss Mickey 17, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, and the plague of the white homes.
67 min
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Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro ...
This week, the hosts discuss Zero Day, remembering Gene Hackman, and how to engage with optimism during times of crisis.
63 min
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Outward | Slapping Leather: The Untamed History...
Christina Cauterucci talks with historian Rebecca Scofield about the history of gay rodeo
36 min
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Hit Parade | Material Girl in an Imperial World...
Pet Shop Boys coined the term “imperial phase” to describe a pop star’s untouchable era. In the ’80s, Madonna lived it.
40 min
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Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
This week, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here, Trump’s disruptions at the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, and an exclusive interview with Oscars CEO Bill Kramer.
66 min
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Care & Feeding | Should We Skip Touring the Whi...
Slate’s parenting podcast on field trip politics.
46 min
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Gabfest Reads | A Former Haitian President’s Gr...
Rich Benjamin’s new book Talk to Me explores the coup that overthrew his grandfather, and the ripple affects the political upheaval had on his family.
30 min
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Hit Parade | Material Girl in an Imperial World...
Pet Shop Boys coined the term “imperial phase” to describe a pop star’s untouchable era. In the ’80s, Madonna lived it.
61 min
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Decoder Ring | The Scratch-Off Ticket’s Instant...
Ian Coss shares how scratch-off tickets became a part of American life.
33 min
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Culture Gabfest: Noah Wyle Lures Us Into The Pitt
This week, the hosts discuss The Pitt, September 5, and cruelty as the style of the GOP.
61 min
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Hit Parade | The Freewheelin’ Edition Part 2
A Complete Unknown depicts Bob Dylan’s ’60s cultural explosion—but all his chart-topping albums came decades later.
56 min
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Decoder Ring | Jump, Jive and Fail: The ’90s Sw...
Why the swing revival sizzled and then fizzled almost as quickly as it started.
59 min
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Gabfest Reads | Finding Connection in the After...
Yael van der Wouden’s new book The Safekeep explores paranoia, loneliness, and obsession in the post-World War II Dutch countryside.
27 min
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Hit Parade | The Freewheelin’ Edition Part 1
A Complete Unknown depicts Bob Dylan’s ’60s cultural explosion—but all his chart-topping albums came decades later.
58 min