Slate Presents: One Year
The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were the moments that transformed politics, culture, science, religion, and more? And how does the nation’s past shape our present?
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1977: Elvis, the Pledge, and Extraterrestrials
Three stories from a single day in August 1977.
54 min
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1977: The Miracle Cure
Medical experts said the cancer drug Laetrile was dangerous quackery. It became a national sensation anyway.
56 min
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1977: Mary Shane's Rookie Season
The little-known story of the first woman hired as a legitimate major-league baseball announcer.
48 min
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1977: Mr. Marijuana and the Drug Czar
Keith Stroup and Peter Bourne were on the verge of changing America’s pot laws—and then a blowout Christmas party in 1977 changed everything.
48 min
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1977: Anita Bryant's War on Gay Rights
The pop singer who launched an anti-gay movement, and the activists who fought back.
60 min
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Introducing: One Year
A new history podcast from Slate, coming July 8th.
1 min
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Slow Burn S4 Ep. 1: White Knight
45 min
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Slate Presents: Lockdown
Living through the era of school shootings, one drill at a time.
24 min
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Bonus | The Queen: An Audiobook Preview
Listen to the first chapter of The Queen.
23 min
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Bonus | The Queen: How to Write This Book
David Grann, Eliza Griswold, and James Forman Jr. on what it takes to write a reporting-intensive book.
20 min
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Bonus | The Queen: The Kidnapping of Baby Fronczak
What connects the woman who was vilified as the “welfare queen” to a much graver crime.
11 min
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The Queen | Ep. 04: Bobbie and Diana
28 min
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The Queen | Ep. 03: Constance
25 min
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The Queen | Ep. 02: An Incredible Con
23 min
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The Queen | Ep. 01: Coronation
21 min
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Season 3 Trailer | The Queen: The Forgotten Lif...
7 min
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Charged | Ep 6: The Other Side
Once you're marked by the system, can you ever really be free of it?
27 min
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Charged | Ep 5: The Long Tail
An unexpected detour about long half-life of punishment.
39 min
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Charged | Ep 4: The Escape Hatch
Life on the knife's edge
29 min
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Charged | Ep 3: The Ghost of Tyrone Howard
The limits of mercy in Brooklyn.
25 min
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Charged | Ep 2: Criminogenic
One of the most infamous jails in the country and the battle to close it.
30 min
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Charged 1+: The Making of Charged
The producers discuss making a show that deals with race and crime.
24 min
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Charged | Ep 1: Born In Brooklyn
A brutal new court opens in Brooklyn. Two men's lives intersect inside of it.
26 min
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Season 2 Trailer | Charged: A True Punishment S...
3 min
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Standoff | Ep. 4: Afterlife
How did a brief incident become an enduring myth on the far right?
31 min