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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3301
The Waves: Are “Cool Moms” A Menace?
Can you be a mom and not totally lose yourself along the way? Plus, a defense of Lean In.
34 min
3302
What Next: The Plot Against Pope Francis
The 86-year-old knows there are people in the Vatican working to undo everything he’s done once he’s dead—but he has succession ideas of his own.
24 min
3303
ICYMI: Has the Internet Made Parenting Easier?
Or has it just created new problems for parents to grapple with?
36 min
3304
Culture Gabfest: Natasha Lyonne's Poker Face
52 min
3305
What Next: The Hysteria Over D.C.’s New Crime Bill
Updating the district’s motley 1901 criminal code patchwork isn’t the “reform” activists have called for—or tough-on-crime types fear.
24 min
3306
Big Mood, Little Mood: Mask And You Shall Receive
with guest Bay Ryan, a postgraduate ecologist
46 min
3307
How To!: Command a Room
Radio host Meghna Chakrabarti on how to captivate an audience.
34 min
3308
What Next: From Rodney King to Tyre Nichols
After three decades of outrage and activism, why is this still happening?
26 min
3309
Hang Up: Mikaela Shiffrin Is Amazing
74 min
3310
Mom & Dad: Heartbreak on the Horizon
Slate’s parenting podcast on helping your teen navigate their first breakup.
23 min
3311
What Next: Who Doesn’t Have Classified Documents?
When everything is secret, then nothing is secret.
25 min
3312
Working: How a Doctor Became a Chef (And Kept B...
36 min
3313
What Next TBD: Did A.I. Write This Headline?
No, but Silicon Valley thinks it can.
31 min
3314
Slate Money: Chip War
Chris Miller joins Slate Money to talk about microchips.
43 min
3315
ICYMI: TikTok Isn’t For Creators Anymore
Social media companies have the content spigots in a chokehold.
34 min
3316
Amicus: Absolutely No One Is Happy With the Dob...
Jodi Kantor on the tipping scales of secrecy and privacy at the High Court.
34 min
3317
Hit Parade: Thinking About Tomorrow Edition Part 2
39 min
3318
A Word: The Fire This Time?
Does Tyre Nichols’ death prove “the reckoning” failed?
29 min
3319
What Next TBD: Will Google Get Broken Up?
The tech giant's online ad business has printed money for more than a decade. The Justice Department is coming for it.
24 min
3320
Political Gabfest: DeSantis University
The rise of Marjorie Taylor Greene; Ron DeSantis’ anti-anti-racist academics; & the bipartisan bashing of monopolist Ticketmaster.
50 min
3321
Mom & Dad: To Snitch or Not to Snitch (Shoplift...
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if it’s really necessary to report teens with sticky fingers.
23 min
3322
What Next: Election Deniers Shot at Her
A New Mexico state senator woke up to bullet holes in her daughter’s room.
18 min
3323
The Waves: How a Man Writes Women Protagonists
Should authors steer clear of man characters with genders different from their own?
36 min
3324
Working: How To Inspire Yourself
21 min
3325
ICYMI: American Girl’s Addy Is More Than a Slave
It seems like every six months another person brings this discourse back online.
35 min