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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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
152
Dialects vs. Languages
And how the difference relates to Ukraine.
25 min
153
New Siri. Who’s This?
How Apple is trying to be more inclusive with its newly developed voices for Siri.
33 min
154
“Who Dey” vs. “Who Dat”
We break down football chants and their possible connection to African American English.
32 min
155
Capital Language From Kyiv to Washington, D.C.
How the capital of Ukraine has become a linguistic hot take.
29 min
156
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
157
Choosing Your Voice
VocaliD founder Rupal Patel talks about the importance of identity when choosing a digital voice.
32 min
158
Cracking the Omicron Code
The latest COVID variant’s name is proving to be a mouthful.
30 min
159
Taylor Swift’s “F— the Patriarchy”
The colloquialization of Swift’s now-infamous line in the new version of All Too Well.
30 min
160
Interrupting to Show We Care
A closer look at the interrupt-y conversational style that’s gone viral on TikTok.
35 min
161
The Millennial Language Cheat Code
Speaking the language of millennials one GIF at a time
36 min
162
Squid Game in Translation
Netflix’s popular show Squid Game has some issues with its English subtitles.
41 min
163
The Wide World of Language Diversity
Exploring Black American Sign Language and regional grammar.
24 min
164
Double Dutch
How popular online language-learning tool Duolingo is taking people around the world via technology.
35 min
165
How the Grid Kid Became King of the Online Spel...
The New York Times’ Sam Ezersky breaks down how he adjudicates the Spelling Bee.
29 min
166
Sponsored: How Can We Improve Our Communication...
30 min
167
TikTok Language Rabbit Hole
TikTok and Reddit are great places to observe language.
26 min
168
Taking Home the Gold in Language
How language made an appearance in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
25 min
169
They Might Be Linguists
Slate’s new language podcast talks to John Linnell of They Might Be Giants about his new project in an unexpected language.
26 min
170
Russian Is My Mt. Everest
A grueling, painful, lifelong joy of studying Russian was sparked by Anna Karenina.
35 min
171
Languages of Northern Africa
From vowelless words to complex poetry, Berber to Somali.
41 min
172
You're Gonna Hafta
Deconstructing a single line of dialogue from Netflix's "The Crown."
42 min
173
The Languages of Southeast Asia
Why are so many of the languages of Southeast Asia "like Chinese"?
36 min
174
Irregardless Make You Cringe? Relax.
English is full of redundancies—so why are we bothered by only a select few?
37 min
175
Nine Nasty Words
John McWhorter teases his new book about off-color English expressions, starting with c!#k.
36 min