Slate Race and Identity

The Slate Race and Identity feed features new episodes from a variety of shows in the Slate podcast network. From One Year, to What Next, to A Word...With Jason Johnson and more, you’ll get informative and thoughtful reporting and analysis on the many ways race and identity shape the world around us. 

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What Next | Free Speech? Not If You’re A Foreig...
The administration is sending a message by detaining Rumeysa Ozturk and Mahmoud Khalil.
23 min
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Culture Gabfest: Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super...
This week, the hosts discuss Black Bag, Deli Boys, and the enduring legacy of Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
64 min
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Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest...
The inside story of how Netflix encouraged employees to talk about the hard stuff.
29 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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Culture Gabfest: Congratulations! You Finally G...
This week, the hosts discuss the return of Severance, the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film No Other Land, and Buzzfeed’s new social media platform BF Island.
55 min
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Culture Gabfest: The SNL 50th Anniversary Indus...
This week, the hosts discuss SNL’s 50th anniversary, Flow, and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
70 min
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Culture Gabfest: One of Them Movies About Women...
This week, the hosts discuss One of Them Days, Asura, and the men of YouTube.
60 min
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What Next | Who Will Mourn DEI?
An imperfect system for creating a fairer society became a boogeyman—and Trump’s attacks on it are turning government employees against each other.
26 min
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Culture Gabfest: Babygirls and Nickel Boys
This week, the hosts discuss two awards contenders and the Justin Baldoni v. Blake Lively debacle.
71 min
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Care & Feeding Encore | Parenting Fearlessly, O...
Slate’s parenting podcast on being bold.
27 min
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Care & Feeding | Parenting in an Interfaith World
Slate’s parenting podcast on holiday traditions.
39 min
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Gabfest Reads: The Life and Legacy of John Lewis
David Greenberg’s new biography on the Civil Rights icon shows what makes Lewis a legend.
32 min
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What Next | How Shaboozey Broke the Mold
His hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is both trap-country and an old-fashioned radio hit.
25 min
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A Word | Flash Black
Host Jason Johnson revisits A Word’s iconic moments.
35 min
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A Word | Good to Go-Go
Go-go, Washington’s DC’s signature music finds a new home.
34 min
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A Word: Trump’s Team America: The Sequel
What a cabinet of D.E.I. haters and cable news blowhards could mean for Black America.
25 min
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Slate Money Talks: RIP DEI?
Simone Foxman joins to discuss the conservative backlash to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs in corporate America.
34 min
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A Word | A Mother of a Crisis
Opening the book on untold stories of pregnancy loss.
43 min
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What Next | Mass Deportation How?
It seems unimaginable, but it’s not without historical precedent.
23 min
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A Word: The (Small) Winners’ Circle
Observers are watching for the new Black power players in Washington.
21 min
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Is There Hope After Kamala Harris?
Black voters showed up. Trump voters showed out. Now what?
35 min
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A Word | Star Man: Merlin’s Tour of the Universe
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on space, politics, and his new book.
37 min
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Political Gabfest: Floating Island of Garbage
The presidential race: where we stand; the election: what we worry about; and the backlash from non-endorsements: why we care.
63 min
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A Word: Invisible Men
Fear of a Black male voter.
31 min
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A Word: Snitch Nation
Can conservatives score Culture War wins with citizen spies?
24 min