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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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
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A Word: Tech’s Race Reckoning
Silicon Valley might drive progress in business, but it lags behind on race.
28 min
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A Word: Yvette Nicole Brown: Caring and Community
The actress on comedy, caregiving, and her new podcast Squeezed.
30 min
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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
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What Next: Chicago's Mayor on the Democrats' To...
When the buses arrived, ideals met a real world test.
27 min
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What Next: Can Kamala Harris Win “Uncommitted” ...
How the nominee can distinguish herself from her predecessor on the war in Gaza.
23 min
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A Word: Seeds of Justice for Black Farmers
Activist says JD Vance should “check himself and check history” on Black farm aid.
25 min
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A Word: Project 2025: A Contract on Black America?
How the Heritage Foundation’s policy blueprint targets African Americans.
24 min
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What Next: The Olympics Meet the Culture Wars
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting have been pulled into the long, ugly history of sports sex testing.
25 min
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What Next: How Trump Got Ice Cube
Straight outta Compton…and eventually to the GOP?
25 min
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A Word: “Momala” and “Papa Bear”
The Second Gentleman speaks up for his wife, and out against Donald Trump.
24 min
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A Word: Guest Wrong: Trump at NABJ
Trump has repeatedly attacked Black journalists. So why was he invited to their convention?
30 min
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What Next: The DEI Smear Against Kamala Harris
New candidate, same old playbook.
24 min
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A Word: Kamala Harris: Veep to Victory?
How the growing K-Hive supercharged a young campaign.
41 min
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Working: A Newspaper Comic That Shows a Changin...
Candorville creator Darrin Bell talks about getting the strip into print in the early 2000’s and the ways his characters keep evolving.
45 min