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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Well, Now: We Don’t Need to Cure Autism
“If your kid didn’t have autism anymore, they would be a different person. A person that doesn’t exist.”
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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
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John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: Sending our Son ...
Drawing grand conclusions, neon lights, dorm room greeters, giving advice, and more are explored in this week’s audio essay from John Dickerson.
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Hit Parade: We Want It That Way Edition Part 1
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Decoder Ring: Can the “Bookazine” Save Magazines?
Why is there a magazine all about Robert Redford in the CVS checkout lane?
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Hit Parade: Gotcha Covered Edition Part 2
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Decoder Ring: Andrew Wyeth's Secret Nudes
Why did America’s favorite artist hide 240 pieces of artwork from his wife?
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A Word: Love, Family, and Freedom’s Ultimate Price
An assassin ended Medgar Evers’ life. His widow Myrlie Evers-Williams still nurtures his dream.
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Hit Parade: Gotcha Covered Edition Part 1
A smash remake of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” has reminded us of the power of cover songs. But why are hit covers so rare today?
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A Word: Black Country Renaissance
After Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” tops charts, the spotlight shines on Black women in country music.
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Decoder Ring: Why Stylists Rule the Red Carpet
Avery Trufelman and Melissa Rivers on what the fashion police hath wrought.
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Hear Me Out: The House Should Elect The President
Not we the people… at least, not directly.
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Decoder Ring: The Gen X Soda That Was Just "OK"
Thirty years ago, OK Soda arrived in select stores and offered up a fizzy irony.
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Well, Now: Ending Racism in Healthcare
In her new book Legacy, Dr. Uché Blackstock honors her late mother while also tracing the history of racism in U.S. healthcare.
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Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
It’s time to reassess what a great president looks like.
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Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
And we should stop pretending like it can.
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A Word: True Crime in Black and White
What a decades-old murder and hoax tells us about race and policing today.
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What Next: How Trump Gets Kicked off the Ballot
The Constitution pretty clearly states he should be booted. Will the Supreme Court agree?
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What Next: Are Two States Still the Solution?
Both sides seem to agree on at least one point: the status quo is untenable.
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Hear Me Out: Feminism Is Dying (But It Can Be S...
When we say all women, we need to mean it.
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What Next TBD: The Great British Library Hack
How a cultural institution became the target of a ransomware attack.
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A Word: Send In the Clowns?
Black Republicans, white supremacy, and the politics of grift.
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Outward: The Outing of Bubba Copeland
The story of how an Alabama mayor’s outing became national news
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A Word: A Black Power Radical’s Rise and Fall
Did a civil rights rebel become a murderer, or a scapegoat?
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One Year: 1990 - The Angry Death of Kimberly Be...
A young woman claimed she got HIV from her dentist. Was she right?
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