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 | How the Supreme Court Legalized Rac...
According to the court, college admissions offices can’t consider race. ICE, however…
26 min
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ICYMI | Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatri...
How a TikTok series became more like a ‘Black Mirror’ episode.
41 min
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ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Cl...
Two podcast hosts versus one Slate writer…
47 min
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How To! | Gossip for Good
Normal Gossip’s Rachelle Hampton spills the tea on … spilling the tea.
43 min
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How To! | Be an Ethical Hater
Slate’s Scaachi Koul on talking trash for the betterment of humankind.
37 min
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ICYMI | How Coming Out Videos Changed YouTube
We sit down with YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen to reflect on the 10-year anniversary of her most popular video to date.
44 min
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ICYMI: It’s International Bestselling Author Qu...
Why the prolific street lit author keeps going viral
38 min
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What Next | George Floyd Square, Five Years Later
Searching for progress, in Minneapolis and America.
30 min
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What Next | Legally Dead—And Pregnant
Adriana Smith is being kept on life support, at her family’s expense, until her fetus reaches 32 weeks.
25 min
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What Next | Is Immigration Still Trump’s Strong...
Voters may be getting what they voted for, but not what they want.
25 min
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ICYMI: The Harry Potter Fandom Faces Its Bigges...
49 min
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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