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: Your Kids Don’t Owe You Anything
They didn’t ask to be here, after all.
35 min
127
Hi-Phi Nation: Effective Altruism and its Critics
How to Give to Charity Ethically
58 min
128
Hear Me Out: The Iraq War Was a Necessary Evil
Iraqis are freer now than they would have been without us.
28 min
129
Hi-Phi Nation: The Problem with Gig Work
Can gig workers beat the algorithm?
51 min
130
Hear Me Out: Trashy TV Is Actually Good For You
Love it or hate it, spectacle has a way of bringing us together.
29 min
131
Hi-Phi Nation: Love in the Time of Replika
People in love with their AI chatbots
50 min
132
Hear Me Out: Stop The Hiss-Teria: Outdoor Cats ...
These cats help us — and we can help them, too.
30 min
133
Hi-Phi Nation: Living in a Zoopolis
What Would It Look Like to Give Animals Full Legal Rights?
44 min
134
Hear Me Out: Don’t Celebrate the Trump Indictment
If you’re banking on a legal slam dunk and a president behind bars… we have some bad news.
32 min
135
Hear Me Out: Childbirth Should Be Free
Slate’s new podcast on the cost of delivering an American baby.
31 min
136
Hear Me Out: Secession Could Be A Good Thing
Slate’s new podcast tackles increasing, nationwide calls for secession.
33 min
137
Hear Me Out: We Need to Argue With Each Other
Slate’s new podcast makes the case for fighting without winners.
30 min
138
Hear Me Out: Coming March 21
Slate’s political and cultural discussion podcast, with veteran journalist and author Celeste Headlee.
1 min
139
Taking a Trip Down Language Lane
We reflect on the amazing guests who graced the podcast with their presence and chat about Planet Word.
28 min
140
Dialects vs. Languages
And how the difference relates to Ukraine.
25 min
141
New Siri. Who’s This?
How Apple is trying to be more inclusive with its newly developed voices for Siri.
33 min
142
“Who Dey” vs. “Who Dat”
We break down football chants and their possible connection to African American English.
32 min
143
Capital Language From Kyiv to Washington, D.C.
How the capital of Ukraine has become a linguistic hot take.
29 min
144
The Making of Wordle
The creator of the online word game tells us about the product decisions that have us playing day after day.
34 min
145
Choosing Your Voice
VocaliD founder Rupal Patel talks about the importance of identity when choosing a digital voice.
32 min
146
Cracking the Omicron Code
The latest COVID variant’s name is proving to be a mouthful.
30 min
147
Taylor Swift’s “F— the Patriarchy”
The colloquialization of Swift’s now-infamous line in the new version of All Too Well.
30 min
148
Interrupting to Show We Care
A closer look at the interrupt-y conversational style that’s gone viral on TikTok.
35 min
149
The Millennial Language Cheat Code
Speaking the language of millennials one GIF at a time
36 min
150
Squid Game in Translation
Netflix’s popular show Squid Game has some issues with its English subtitles.
41 min