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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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3001
What Next: After They Testified: The Drag King ...
A drag performer and lip-syncer speaks their own truth to Texas lawmakers.
24 min
3002
The Waves: Finding Love Without Romance
Author Amy Key explores a life without romantic love, but with a lot of Joni Mitchell.
32 min
3003
Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas - S8 Ep. 2: ...
Racial preferences gave Clarence Thomas a leg up. They also made him feel degraded.
45 min
3004
Outward Pride Special: Is “I Do” Best for You?
A better way to protect all kinds of relationships—including queer ones.
34 min
3005
ICYMI: The Short-Lived, Very Controversial Heal...
34 min
3006
Culture Gabfest: The Spider-Verse Proliferates
51 min
3007
What Next: How Putin’s Chef Became Putin’s Butcher
The Wagner Group has been crucial to Russia’s war in Ukraine — but now, its leader says the Russian military is targeting… them.
23 min
3008
Big Mood, Little Mood: Part-time Work, Full-tim...
with guest Laura Cathcart Robbins, author of the memoir, Stash: My Life In Hiding
39 min
3009
Hear Me Out: Corporate Pride is Tacky, Pointles...
The first Pride was a protest, after all.
42 min
3010
What Next: Can the Feds Lower Your Rent?
The housing crisis is a nationwide, local problem.
25 min
3011
How To!: Help Teachers Thrive
Daphne Gomez on keeping calm and carrying on in the classroom, part one.
31 min
3012
Hang Up: The Mascot That Changed American Sports
70 min
3013
Mom & Dad: Daily Dad Wisdom
Author Ryan Holiday on finding parenting perspective.
31 min
3014
What Next: Do Work Requirements Work?
The debt ceiling deal will make getting government benefits harder for a growing, vulnerable population.
21 min
3015
What Next TBD: Tech’s Newest Trillion Dollar Co...
Nvidia’s valuation has ballooned off the back of A.I. hype, putting it in league with companies like Apple and Alphabet. Are they here to stay?
20 min
3016
Working: A Prolific Novelist Takes a Breather
46 min
3017
ICYMI: Meet NPR’s TikTok Boy
How Jack Corbett amassed a loyal–and thirsty–following.
39 min
3018
Money: The Economic Tale of the Writers Strike
How the ongoing Writers Guild strike affects the entertainment economy
51 min
3019
Amicus: How SCOTUS Enabled The Explosion of Ant...
Decisions stripping voting rights and abortion rights paved the way for a rapidly growing and wide-ranging assault on the rights of trans adults, trans kids, and their families.
62 min
3020
Dear Prudence: I Think My Wife Is Cheating On M...
My wife has formed a flirty relationship with an AI tool and I can't shake off the sense of feeling replaced and insecure.
51 min
3021
A Word: My Father, the Spy
Martin Luther King Jr., a Black police mole, and the lie that brought them together.
23 min
3022
What Next TBD: When Your Childhood Was Their Co...
The first generation to grow up with their entire childhood documented on social media is coming of age—and wondering how to get some privacy.
24 min
3023
Political Gabfest: Kevin McCarthy, Hercules of ...
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy make a debt-ceiling deal; the Russia-Ukraine war continues; and the Texas House impeaches Attorney General Ken Paxton.
53 min
3024
Mom & Dad: The Popular Girl Wants My Son. He Do...
Slate’s parenting podcast on middle school drama.
20 min
3025
The Waves: The Hustle of Being Beautiful
How can we interrogate the problems with beauty culture…while still enjoying our face masks and lip gloss?
37 min