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: Pride Is For Everyone (Except Cops...
All the colors of the rainbow, except for the ones diametrically opposed to said rainbow.
36 min
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Hear Me Out: Biden Is Courting Voters Who Don’t...
Don’t assume the base will vote blue no matter who.
45 min
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Hear Me Out: Election Betting Should Be Legal
Devils roll the dice, voters roll their eyes?
34 min
54
Hear Me Out: Term Limits Could Ruin Congress
The time they serve isn’t the reason we all hate Congress.
36 min
55
Well, Now | “As Little Regulation as Guns”: How...
Minors are facing a mental health crisis, and data supports social media as a culprit. One city health commissioner is helping fight back in the courts.
37 min
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Hear Me Out: Colonialism Never Ended
…And other ideas Florida doesn’t want to teach you.
36 min
57
Hear Me Out: Trump Isn’t a Bug. He's a Feature.
The founders weren’t exactly anti-authoritarian.
41 min
58
Hear Me Out: Punishing A Shooter’s Parents Miss...
Justice is a bigger picture.
36 min
59
Hear Me Out: Student Protests Can Backfire (Badly)
It’s the law of unintended consequences.
41 min
60
What Next: The Jewish Case for Protest
How views of Israel have changed—and how some Jewish Americans are grappling with the dissonance.
28 min
61
What Next: Columbia Calls the Cops
How student protests have intensified and spread.
26 min
62
Hear Me Out: Third Parties Are Saving Democracy
It’s just that their job isn’t winning (yet).
32 min
63
Hear Me Out: Legalize Weed, But Not Like This
Smoke and mirrors.
34 min
64
A Word: Candace Owens: Back to Black?
What’s next for the conservative provocateur’s redemption tour on Black media.
39 min
65
Hear Me Out: Interracial Marriages Can Still Be...
And their children could pay the price.
34 min
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Hear Me Out: Don’t Blame Capitalism For The Hou...
For-profit developers could be the solution.
34 min
67
Hear Me Out: Anti-Vaxers Aren’t Just Extremists
They’re often responding to real problems with American healthcare.
33 min
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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
70
Hear Me Out: The House Should Elect The President
Not we the people… at least, not directly.
41 min
71
Hear Me Out: Horse Race Journalism Is Good, Act...
Giddy up, voters.
41 min
72
Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
It’s time to reassess what a great president looks like.
41 min
73
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Couples’ Therapy
Our spouses have entered the group chat.
29 min
74
Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
And we should stop pretending like it can.
34 min
75
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