Slate Debates
A feed from the Slate podcast network featuring episodes with enlightening conversations, opposing views, and plenty of healthy disputes. You'll get a curated selection of episodes from programs like What Next, The Waves, and the Political Gabfest, with deep discussions that go beyond point-counterpoint and shed light on the issues that matter most.
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Hear Me Out: You Probably Don’t Need Therapy Fo...
The point of therapy is to equip you for success on your own.
41 min
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Hear Me Out: Purity Is Poisoning the Progressiv...
Incrementalism isn’t a dirty word.
34 min
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Hear Me Out: The House Should Elect The President
Not we the people… at least, not directly.
41 min
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Hear Me Out: Horse Race Journalism Is Good, Act...
Giddy up, voters.
41 min
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Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
It’s time to reassess what a great president looks like.
41 min
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Care & Feeding (After Dark): Couples’ Therapy
Our spouses have entered the group chat.
29 min
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Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
And we should stop pretending like it can.
34 min
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What Next: A Mass Shooter’s Mom Found Guilty
Two years after Jennifer Crumbley’s son shot up Oxford High School, she’s been convicted of manslaughter.
20 min
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Hear Me Out: Campus Assault Hearings Are A Disa...
Restorative justice might be the solution.
33 min
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Hear Me Out: Actually, Trump Supporters Are Del...
“Death cult” may sound hyperbolic, but it also might be true.
35 min
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Hear Me Out: Feminism Is Dying (But It Can Be S...
When we say all women, we need to mean it.
32 min
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Care and Feeding: Private School Guilt
Slate’s parenting podcast on choosing the school that’s right for you.
19 min
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Hear Me Out: George Santos and Gypsy-Rose Aren’...
Meme responsibly.
40 min
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Hear Me Out: Trump Voters Are Not Delusional
Writing them off is missing the point.
38 min
65
Hear Me Out: Yes, You Can Self Improve Right Now
F— your gut. Trust your enemies.
44 min
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Hear Me Out: The Holidays Are Tacky. Embrace It
Stop trying to class it up.
34 min
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Hear Me Out: Race Isn’t Real. The Census Should...
Checking a box is oversimplifying.
39 min
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Hear Me Out: The Oppressed Still Have Moral Duties
Fighting fire with fire has its limits.
30 min
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Hear Me Out: Psychiatry Alone Can’t Heal You Co...
Recovery is just not that simple.
38 min
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Hear Me Out: Be The Holiday A--hole
Keeping the peace is overrated.
39 min
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Hear Me Out: It’s Time To Sunset Social Security
It’s a transfer of wealth, and not to the people who need it.
43 min
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What Next: How the Israel-Gaza War Rages in Ame...
A conversation over a broken discourse.
29 min
73
Hear Me Out: Nerds are a Menace to Society
Maybe we shouldn’t have been rooting against the jocks.
39 min
74
How To!: Build a Marriage That Lasts
Caryl and Jay Casbon on growing together—and as individuals—in coupledom.
41 min
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Hear Me Out: On Halloween, Death Should Be Cele...
Spooky season started out as a celebration of life… and the end of it.
34 min