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The Slate Daily feed includes new episodes from more than 30 shows in the Slate Podcast Network. You'll get thought provoking analysis, storytelling, and commentary on everything from news and politics to arts, culture, technology, and entertainment. Discover new shows you never knew you were missing.

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1
What Next | A Rabbi’s Plea for Peace
More than a thousand Jewish leaders want an end to starvation in Gaza. She’s one of them.
27 min
2
ICYMI | Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction
Why is fanfiction going mainstream, and did someone leave their Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave?
42 min
3
Culture Gabfest: Summer Strut 2025 Edition
On this week’s show, it’s finally time to reveal the rollicking, warm-weather playlist of pure bops generated by you, our listeners. It’s Summer Strut 2025!
77 min
4
Outward | From Hit Parade: The Hidden History o...
From Little Richard to Chappell Roan, queer artists have always been vanguards of pop, even when they have not been out.
59 min
5
What Next | Don’t Mess With Texas’s Election Maps
The Lone Star State’s attempt to tip the House of Representatives to the GOP could have nationwide repercussions.
24 min
6
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Fabulous Wealth ...
28 min
7
How To! | Let Go of ADHD Shame
Dr. Sarah Wheeler on loving your ADHD brain—and letting go of perfection.
43 min
8
Death, Sex & Money | How the Ultra-Rich Think…a...
Writer Evan Osnos guides us into the bizarre world of the “haves and the have-yachts.”
55 min
9
Hang Up | Trump vs. the IOC
International athletes keep getting caught up in Trump’s immigration policies. Could kicking out athletes draw the ire of the Olympic Committee – and imperil L.A. 2028?
52 min
10
What Next | Was Democracy Voted Out?
Is America still a democracy? Was it ever?
22 min
11
Care & Feeding | How Busy Is Too Busy?
Slate’s parenting podcast on keeping family time sacred amid endless activities.
19 min
12
Slate Money | Money Travels: The Eternal Baggag...
14 min
13
What Next: TBD | The A.I. Data Center Push That...
The Trump administration touted Stargate as a 500 billion dollar investment in American data centers. So far, it hasn't panned out.
24 min
14
Slate Money | The Nespresso Tariffs
53 min
15
ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
The Tea app betrayed the women it was supposed to keep safe.
40 min
16
Amicus | Don’t Give Up on the Law Just Yet
A new book profiles three heroic judges who might just restore your faith in the courts.
48 min
17
What Next: TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper...
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
18
Political Gabfest | Gaza is Starving
60 min
19
What Next | How Elon Musk Colonized NASA
They used to go to the moon. Now they rely on contractors.
28 min
20
Care & Feeding | I Need Them To Stop. Right Now
How Do I Get My Kid To Stop When It Matters?
31 min
21
What Next | Why Are So Many Institutions Caving...
Jerome Powell can stay and fight, or take the road of less resistance and quit.
25 min
22
ICYMI | Astronomer Updates, Jessie Murph, and D...
What’s going on with Astronomer? Why is the internet mad at singer Jessie Murph? And what’s up with this fake TikTok cult?
40 min
23
Decoder Ring | The Bad-Mouthing of British Teeth
46 min
24
Culture Gabfest: Trump Goes on Down to South Pa...
On this week’s show: the retrofuturism of Fantastic Four: First Steps, the global phenomenon that is KPop Demon Hunters, and the politically explosive premiere of the new season of South Park.
57 min
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What Next | Trans and Shut Out in Trump’s America
Clinics for trans youth are closing, incorrect passports have been issued, and trans people are having to make emergency health care plans, even in blue states.
25 min