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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One Year: 1955 - The Cutter Incident
In 1955, the polio vaccine was rightly heralded as a miracle. A medical mystery threatened to derail it.
32 min
2627
What Next: Can Marriage Fix America?
Why is this institution being touted as an economic cure-all?
20 min
2628
The Waves: The Afghan Women Left Behind - Gende...
What one family’s experience trying to get from Afghanistan to America says about the nation’s gender politics.
45 min
2629
Mom & Dad: My Kid Loves Approaching Strangers. ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on reigning in social butterflies.
25 min
2630
ICYMI: The Summer of Suits
How a cable TV law procedural became the internet’s favorite show
37 min
2631
What Next: Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?
A story of soft (and cuddly) power.
27 min
2632
Culture Gabfest: Gael García Bernal and Gay Luc...
54 min
2633
Big Mood, Little Mood: A Bit of Shame
with guest Felicia Reich, a nonfiction comedy writer of personal essays and cultural commentary based in Brooklyn, NY.
44 min
2634
Hear Me Out: Being Adopted Is Traumatic
And across racial lines? Even moreso.
38 min
2635
What Next: The Writer’s Strike Is Over: Who Won?
A tentative agreement has been reached between the studios and the writers’ guild. But what about the actors?
23 min
2636
How To!: Say Goodbye to Your Pet
Dog dad Zak Rosen on preparing for the inevitable.
32 min
2637
Hang Up: Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce
59 min
2638
Mom & Dad: Squeamish Feelings About a Sex-Ed Book
Slate’s parenting podcast on banned books and teaching age-appropriate content.
29 min
2639
What Next: Rupert Murdoch and the Future of Fox
The audience that the network cultivated is now leaving it behind.
25 min
2640
Working: Meet an Artist Who Writes Comics About...
Graphic novelist Dave Chisholm is also a jazz musician himself.
45 min
2641
Amicus: SCOTUS Is Not Done With Guns and Abortion
The excesses of the 2021 term bleed into a new SCOTUS term with the possibility of gun rights for abusers post-Bruen, and the impossible tension between medicine and the law post-Dobbs.
71 min
2642
What Next TBD: What Instacart’s IPO Means for Tech
After years of post-pandemic turmoil, Instacart managed to do something rare in the gig economy - turn a profit.
23 min
2643
ICYMI: Is “Algospeak” D@ngerous?
What experts call linguistic self-censorship has not only taken over TikTok, but spread onto other platforms.
37 min
2644
Slate Money: What is Your Face Worth?
Facial recognition is coming for us all, and society probably isn’t ready for it.
52 min
2645
Gabfest Reads: Zadie Smith Knows You're a Fraud
Zadie Smith’s new book The Fraud goes deep into a 19th century criminal trial whose politics speak to modern times.
27 min
2646
Dear Prudence: I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me A...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Caroline Moss.
42 min
2647
What Next TBD: Did AirBnB Need to Go?
Short-term rentals are getting blamed for a lack of affordable housing. Is that fair?
21 min
2648
A Word: School of Destruction
How one southern university’s history is a bitter lesson in race and power.
25 min
2649
Dear Prudence: I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me A...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Caroline Moss.
42 min
2650
Political Gabfest: Who’s Winning The Autoworker...
UAW autoworkers are on strike against the Big Three; the dilemma of social media trust and safety continues to loom large; and parent diplomacy adds to teachers’ workload.
58 min