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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ICYMI: American Girl’s Addy Is More Than a Slave
It seems like every six months another person brings this discourse back online.
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Political Gabfest Reads: Two Horrifying Days in...
Shahan Mufti discusses his new book, American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C.
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A Word: Haiti: Fear of a Black Republic
Historically, has American “help” pushed Haiti to the brink of failure?
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Decoder Ring: The Mailbag Episode
From kids menus to succulents to the chicken that crossed the road, we answer your questions.
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Outward: How Can Queer People Keep Each Other S...
Plus, a conversation with actress Jen Richards about the groundbreaking trans film Framing Agnes.
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Decoder Ring: Encore: ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Got It ...
Who's afraid of... Barnes & Noble? The now quaint conflict that inspired the 1998 romantic comedy.
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Political Gabfest Reads: Everything You Need to...
Gautam Mukunda explains how to predict presidential success – and how to make the right choice for the job - in his new book, Picking Presidents.
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Decoder Ring: Cellino & Barnes, Injury Attorney...
Cellino and Barnes became the literal poster-men for personal injury advertising.
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Decoder Ring: How Preppy Became Streetwear
Ralph Lauren’s modern Ivy style was remixed by ’Lo-Heads.
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S7 Ep. 5: Creating a Winning Show
The team behind Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade reveals how they made Apple Podcasts' Show of the Year.
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Decoder Ring: The New Age Hit Machine
How a PBS pledge drive turned Yanni and John Tesh into rock stars.
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One Year: 1942 - The Black-Japanese Axis
A shadowy organization, a mysterious leader, and an alleged conspiracy against America during World War II.
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Decoder Ring: The Butt and the Bustle
It may be old-fashioned, but the bustle still has a lot to tell us about race, sex and power.
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Political Gabfest Reads: Rethinking J. Edgar Ho...
Beverly Gage talks about writing the first major J. Edgar Hoover biography in over a quarter century.
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One Year: 1942 - When Internment Came to Alaska
The U.S. military claimed it was protecting indigenous Alaskans during World War II. The real story is much darker.
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Decoder Ring: The Truth About #TheDress
An unassuming photo of a party dress showed how seeing is believing.
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One Year - 1942: The Info Wars of World War II
How the Nazis used radio propaganda as a weapon against the United States.
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One Year: 1942 - The Day the Music Stopped
How a 1942 recording ban changed America forever.
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A Word: Jim Crow’s Killers
By Hands Now Known: Resurrecting stories of segregation’s brutality.
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One Year: 1942 - The Year Everyone Got Married
In 1942, matrimony was a national obsession. How would those weddings change America?
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Decoder Ring: McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime...
Did a trench-coat wearing dog’s catchy anti-drug anthems actually work?
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Decoder Ring: McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime...
The unlikely origins of the trench-coat wearing bloodhound who tackled personal safety, guns and drugs.
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One Year: 1942 - The Most Hated Man in America
In 1942, it was up to Leon Henderson to stop inflation. He became a nationwide villain.
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One Year - 1986: The Man From Fifth Avenue
The stranger-than-fiction story of a mysterious American who starred in a Soviet propaganda film.
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One Year - 1986: The Miracle of Cokeville
How the worst school attack in U.S. history was narrowly averted.
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