Slate Daily Feed

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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What Next: TBD | The People Suing ICE
21 min
2
Political Gabfest | Portland is Not Actually Bu...
60 min
3
What Next | The People Joining ICE
As much of the government faces layoffs, slashed funding, and a shutdown, ICE’s budget has been tripled, and they’re casting a wide net for new recruits.
23 min
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Care & Feeding | A Tooth Fairy Fail
31 min
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What Next | Inside the Portland “War Zone”
They blew up the Chicken Man in Portland last night…
26 min
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ICYMI | Taylor Swift Is Rewriting Her Internet ...
We break down the surprising reactions to Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl and what it says about her current relationship to the internet.
42 min
7
Decoder Ring | What the Cuck?!
How one genre of hardcore pornography pushed a new insult into the mainstream.
51 min
8
Culture Gabfest: The Rock Goes for the Oscar Ed...
On this week’s show, the panel steps into the octagon with The Smashing Machine, the Tulsa noir The Lowdown, and Hollywood’s A.I. freakout about Tilly Norwood.
54 min
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What Next | Is the Gaza Deal Real?
Donald Trump’s premature announcement demonstrated just how much leverage he has over the situation.
26 min
10
How To! | Raise a Boy
Ashanti Branch on steering clear of the traps of toxic masculinity.
37 min
11
Death, Sex & Money | A War Photographer on the ...
When Peter Van Agtmael started taking pictures, he believed he could end wars by exposing their brutality. Decades later, the biggest change has been within himself.
52 min
12
Hang Up | Everything Is Sports Betting
How prediction markets are turning everything from elections to football games into wagering opportunities.
61 min
13
What Next | When You’re A Justice They Let You ...
Conversion therapy, racial redistricting, the president’s power to fire anyone he wants—are the conservatives lining ‘em up to knock ‘em down?
27 min
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Care & Feeding | Help! I'm Touched Out By My Kids.
32 min
15
What Next: TBD | Saudi Arabia Gets into EA’s Games
What state investment in the video game company means for the industry.
20 min
16
Slate Money | Argentina First?
49 min
17
ICYMI | Saudi Arabia Is Coming For The Sims
A new EA Games deal has players worried about censorship of their beloved franchise.
37 min
18
Amicus | This Will Be Trump’s Best Term at the ...
At the start of a “new” term that never really ended, a slew of cases could supercharge Trump’s American takeover.
59 min
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What Next: TBD | Who Owns TikTok Now?
25 min
20
Political Gabfest | Fat Generals
Hegseth and Trump strut in a theatrical flex over an audience of distinguished military leaders; the government shuts down as both sides dig in; and Russia wages unsettling hybrid warfare with drones over Europe.
62 min
21
What Next | Actually the Government Shut Down M...
Time to find out if claiming you have total power over the government means that people blame you when it shuts down.
30 min
22
Care & Feeding | The Great Onesie Debate
36 min
23
What Next | The Department of War…From Within
A meeting with the top brass that didn’t even need to be an email.
26 min
24
ICYMI | RIP to MTV's Catfish: Caught, But Never...
What nine seasons of Catfish taught us about the internet, fantasy world building, and our ultimate desire for connection.
33 min
25
Culture Gabfest: One Banger After Another Edition
This week, the panel report to duty for One Battle After Another, Long Story Short, and a discussion of the troubled economics of Broadway.
59 min