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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3801
The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps
Her women speak. What a concept!
32 min
3802
Working: Recharging In-Between Projects
16 min
3803
What Next: How Serena Transcended Tennis
Her on-court accomplishments are unparalleled, but Serena Williams’s impact stretches much further.
26 min
3804
One Year - 1986: The Ultimate Field Trip
They competed for a spot on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Then they watched it explode.
55 min
3805
ICYMI: Encore: How a Harry Potter Fanfic Took O...
This 500,000-word story has even spawned a fandom of its own.
27 min
3806
Culture Gabfest: Sandman vs. Predator
57 min
3807
What Next: Abuse in the Southern Baptist Conven...
Decades of accusations and alleged cover-up have the church’s leadership under a DOJ investigation.
28 min
3808
Big Mood, Little Mood: Mad On Their Behalf
with guest Carey O'Donnell, co-host of Sexy Unique Podcast
39 min
3809
What Next: Oklahoma's Upcoming Execution Spree
Sister Helen Prejean is imploring both church and state to be “pro-life” even for the guilty.
22 min
3810
How To!: Survive a Silent Retreat
Daniel Thorson shares secrets to surviving (and thriving) during a silent meditation retreat.
37 min
3811
Hang Up: I Guarded LeBron
73 min
3812
What Next: The Migrants Texas Sent to New York ...
What can New York do for asylum seekers who have been sent as a political stunt?
18 min
3813
Mom & Dad: Please Just Pee
Slate’s parenting podcast commiserates over frustrating potty training setbacks.
25 min
3814
What Next TBD: We're Expecting the Wrong Things...
What to make of the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the CDC.
24 min
3815
Political Gabfest Reads: Life on Europa Looks T...
Mat Johnson’s Invisible Things compares our reality with life in a bubble on Jupiter’s largest moon
25 min
3816
Working: The Artist Behind Liberty Puzzles’ Whi...
44 min
3817
ICYMI: Tumblr Changed How We Watch Movies
Archivist Maya Cade on the relationship between Tumblr and film, and how Tumblr inspired her to create the Black Film Archive.
31 min
3818
Slate Money: What is Flow?
Slate Money talks Adam Neumann, VCs, and public markets.
40 min
3819
A Word: Black Wombs Matter
Why does the maternal mortality crisis kill more Black mothers?
23 min
3820
What Next TBD: What All That Money for Green Te...
The Inflation Reduction Act is fast-tracking climate technologies.
23 min
3821
Spoiler Specials: Bodies Bodies Bodies
The Gen Z murder mystery gets spoiled by Dana Stevens and Nadira Goffe.
29 min
3822
Political Gabfest: The Martyrdom of Liz Cheney
The Trump investigations; Liz Cheney’s defeat; and controversies over how to teach kids to read
51 min
3823
Mom & Dad; Don't Want to Be the Awkward Aunt
Slate’s parenting podcast on the importance of child-free adults in kids’ lives.
23 min
3824
The Waves: It’s Not TV. It’s a Sh*tshow.
The mess at HBO is a sign of worse things to come for marginalized voices in TV and movies
33 min
3825
What Next: The Red States Punishing Green Busin...
The “party of big business” is using public funds to dictate how private companies invest.
21 min