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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Political Gabfest Reads: How the British Empire...
David Grann’s The Wager tells the harrowing story of a shipwrecked crew in 1741 that had to tell their stories to save their lives.
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A Word: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied?
Survivors of the Tulsa Massacre waited a century for justice. Will they ever get it?
25 min
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The Waves: Why Barbie Lives On
Barbie has been around for generations, as Greta Gerwig takes her to Hollywood, we look at what makes Barbie a legend.
29 min
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Decoder Ring: What's Really Going On Inside a M...
The etiquette, science and enduring appeal of a concertgoing ritual.
29 min
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Slow Burn: Season 8 Live Announcement & Bonus C...
Host Joel Anderson is interviewed by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick.
25 min
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A Word: Black Dolls Matter
Black Barbie: A Documentary traces the origin of a revolutionary toy.
26 min
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Decoder Ring: The Great Parmesan Cheese Debate
Is a Wisconsin version more authentic than its beloved Italian counterpart?
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Hear Me Out: Insurrection Is A Force For Good
…But not the one you’re thinking of.
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Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas - Ep. 4: A N...
What if Anita Hill hadn’t been the only woman who testified against Clarence Thomas?
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Hear Me Out: Descendants Of Slaves Don’t Need R...
Being stuck in the past might not help us make progress.
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How To!: Find the Gems in All Your Junk
Leila Dunbar on the true value of memorabilia and memories.
36 min
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Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas - Ep. 3: I’m...
To understand who Clarence Thomas was in the 1980s, you need to hear from the women who knew him best.
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Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas - Ep. 2: Smi...
Racial preferences gave Clarence Thomas a leg up. They also made him feel degraded.
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A Word: My Father, the Spy
Martin Luther King Jr., a Black police mole, and the lie that brought them together.
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Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas - Ep. 1: Ame...
How Clarence Thomas went from an aspiring priest to a campus radical.
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Hear Me Out: “Thank You For Your Service” Feels...
There are ways to thank vets that would actually make a difference.
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A Word: Reckoning on Campus
How the “Hard Histories” project exploded an abolitionist myth.
32 min
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Hear Me Out: Policing Can’t Be Reformed And Mus...
Some systems are just too broken to fix.
31 min
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A Word: The Ballot, the Bullet, and the Truth
MLK’s condemnation of Malcolm X never happened. Why that matters now.
34 min
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A Word: Dungeons, Dragons, and Diversity
How “blerds” and other geeks of color are diversifying hobby games.
32 min
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Decoder Ring: Who Owns the Tooth Fairy?
The Tooth Fairy’s freak flag is still flying.
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A Word: Becoming “The Black Mozart”
Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr., star of “Chevalier,” on bringing forgotten virtuoso Joseph Bologne to film.
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What Next: Charles In Charge
A coronation is a good time to ask of the monarchy “Do we have to?”
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Decoder Ring: Why You Can’t Find a Damn Parking...
Parking is a mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. We can get ourselves out of it.
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What Next: America’s Rich History of Gun Control
How “originalist” arguments against gun control distort actual history.
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