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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A Word | Good to Go-Go
Go-go, Washington’s DC’s signature music finds a new home.
34 min
27
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
28
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
31
A Word: The (Small) Winners’ Circle
Observers are watching for the new Black power players in Washington.
21 min
32
Is There Hope After Kamala Harris?
Black voters showed up. Trump voters showed out. Now what?
35 min
33
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
35
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
37
Political Gabfest: 15 Percent of Black Voters S...
Kamala Harris makes her pitch to Black and Hispanic men; Republican senators in Nebraska, Texas, and Florida are in surprisingly close races; and when conspiracies win, hurricane victims lose on disaster relief.
58 min
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What Next: Kamala’s Bid for Black Men’s Votes
Harris’s town hall with Charlamagne Tha God was part of her outreach to a demographic that Democrats once considered a lock.
25 min
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A Word: WNBA Finals: Shooting Beyond the Stars
Can the WNBA championship score without Caitlin Clark or Angel Reese?
30 min
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What Next: Diddy Was Indicted. Conspiracies Ran...
Since his arrest, more details and accusations against the mogul have been emerging.
24 min
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What Next: October 7th, One Year Later
A Palestinian journalist and a Jewish writer reflect on Hamas’s attack—and Israel’s year-long assault on Gaza.
33 min
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A Word: Latinos for Trump…for Real
Trump vilifies Latino immigrants, but wins over lots of Latino voters. Why?
32 min
43
A Word: Tech’s Race Reckoning
Silicon Valley might drive progress in business, but it lags behind on race.
28 min
44
A Word: Yvette Nicole Brown: Caring and Community
The actress on comedy, caregiving, and her new podcast Squeezed.
30 min
45
What Next: Inside Israel’s October 7th Tourism
It’s the site of a massacre—and a new tourist attraction.
26 min
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What Next: The View from Springfield, Ohio
Trump’s words dropped like a bomb on the town. And now residents are left to sort through the wreckage.
28 min
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What Next: When Cops Police Your Vote
Election integrity, or voter intimidation?
26 min
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A Word: How Kamala Harris Stumped Trump
Even Fox panned Donald Trump’s disastrous debate.
30 min
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A Word: Prayer, Politics, and Power Shifts
Trump and Harris both want Black church support. Do they know how to find it?
39 min
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A Word: Masters of the House…and the Senate
How decades of racial hierarchy persist in the halls of Congress
27 min