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.
2626
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
2627
How To!: Say Goodbye to Your Pet
Dog dad Zak Rosen on preparing for the inevitable.
32 min
2628
Hang Up: Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce
59 min
2629
What Next: Rupert Murdoch and the Future of Fox
The audience that the network cultivated is now leaving it behind.
25 min
2630
Mom & Dad: Squeamish Feelings About a Sex-Ed Book
Slate’s parenting podcast on banned books and teaching age-appropriate content.
29 min
2631
Working: Meet an Artist Who Writes Comics About...
Graphic novelist Dave Chisholm is also a jazz musician himself.
45 min
2632
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
2633
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
2634
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
2635
Slate Money: What is Your Face Worth?
Facial recognition is coming for us all, and society probably isn’t ready for it.
52 min
2636
ICYMI: Is “Algospeak” D@ngerous?
What experts call linguistic self-censorship has not only taken over TikTok, but spread onto other platforms.
37 min
2637
Dear Prudence: I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me A...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Caroline Moss.
42 min
2638
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
2639
A Word: School of Destruction
How one southern university’s history is a bitter lesson in race and power.
25 min
2640
Dear Prudence: I Don't Want My Dad to Give Me A...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Caroline Moss.
42 min
2641
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
2642
Mom & Dad: When Does Pushing Kids to Succeed Be...
Slate’s parenting podcast on taming the hustle culture in all of us.
30 min
2643
Working: Creating Like a Child
24 min
2644
One Year: 1955 - Siberia, USA
The Communist-hunting housewives who spawned a far-right conspiracy theory about an American gulag.
51 min
2645
What Next: The Case For Harm Reduction—And Beyond
Getting community support means addressing community needs.
29 min
2646
The Waves: Incompetent Cervix - The Misogynist ...
Many names in the female reproductive system have roots in misogyny and racism.
40 min
2647
Outward: Mercury Stardust Helps Queer People Fe...
TikTok’s trans handy ma’am on the emotional dimensions of home maintenance.
62 min
2648
What Next: How Wisconsin is a “Laboratory for D...
State Republicans are trying to cling to power—no matter what the electorate says.
25 min
2649
ICYMI: Inside the MLM to Life Coach Pipeline
Spoiler alert: it’s a straight line.
38 min
2650
Culture Gabfest: A Haunting in Venice Kicks Off...
54 min