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: Black Toy Joy
How a pioneering rapper made toys his new mission.
24 min
77
Dear Prudence: My Sister Is Lying to My Nephews...
They believe their biological father is dead—but he's very much alive.
40 min
78
The Waves: The Bama Rush to Trad Wife Pipeline
Bama Rush Tok has blow up, but there’s something very familiar about these girls…and what they’re promoting.
38 min
79
A Word: After Jacksonville, Is Antifa the Answer?
Activist: Fascist violence calls for full resistance
30 min
80
One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play
In 1955, a team of Black Little Leaguers battled the white establishment in the Deep South.
53 min
81
A Word: Democracy Dies in Dixie?
Even Black candidates who win often fight to serve.
20 min
82
What Next: Why The Blind Side's Narrative Fell ...
Inside the gap between reality and the “feel-good” film.
23 min
83
Slate Money: Criminals Series - Looting, Outfox...
This one goes out to anyone who has tried to help a prince get his money
43 min
84
A Word: The Donald Went Down to Georgia
Even if Trump loses, will voting rights in Georgia still be under attack?
30 min
85
The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee Stallion
Tory Lanez was sentenced for shooting Megan, but he’s not the only “Toronto Mans” to do her dirty.
44 min
86
What Next: Fani Willis Takes on Trump
How bluster became a criminal conspiracy to disenfranchise Black voters.
22 min
87
ICYMI: What NewJeans Tells Us About the Future ...
How a viral girl group is using global influences to smash Billboard charts and get stuck in our heads
36 min
88
A Word: Haiti on the Brink
Can the U.S. help Haiti? Should Biden try?
25 min
89
Hear Me Out: Affirmative Action Failed Poor Bla...
It was a band-aid on the shark bite of inequality.
32 min
90
A Word: Golden Lady Ballers
Black women are killing it in soccer and basketball. When will the media catch up?
27 min
91
What Next: It’s Hot as Hell. Why Are Pools Closed?
Americans are hot,sweaty, and eager to learn how to swim. But public pools across the country are closed.
22 min
92
Dear Prudence: My Boyfriend Hid His Hobby From ...
Should I view it as a warning sign about the future?
44 min
93
A Word: The Rise of Post-Obama Racism
21 min
94
What Next: Jason Aldean’s “Dog-Whistle Anthem”
How “Try That in a Small Town” outraged the left, tickled the right – and shot up the charts.
24 min
95
A Word: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied?
Survivors of the Tulsa Massacre waited a century for justice. Will they ever get it?
25 min
96
Amicus: Zero-Sum Justice
Joel Anderson on Justice Clarence Thomas’ journey to his worldview, and Heather McGhee on what her work in The Sum of Us can tell us about the Supreme Court.
71 min
97
A Word: Black Dolls Matter
Black Barbie: A Documentary traces the origin of a revolutionary toy.
26 min
98
ICYMI: Has Black Twitter Found A New Home?
Plus the two actors riling up relationship Twitter
48 min
99
Hear Me Out: You Need To Care About Meghan Markle
Even if you don’t care about the royal family.
40 min
100
A Word: Trouble the Waters
Beyond Flint and Jackson, many Black communities suffer from dirty water.
19 min