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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A Word: No Whites Allowed?
Chicago’s mayor sparks fury by giving anniversary interviews only to reporters of color.
20 min
3977
The Waves: How to Survive a Post-Roe America
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, some things will change, some things won’t, and women will be left to cope.
34 min
3978
Slow Burn S5 Ep.5: Four Dicks (and Vice Preside...
The men named Richard who helped determine whether the U.S. would go to war in Iraq.
43 min
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ICYMI: The Backyardigans Have the Hottest Song ...
Plus: High Speed Downloads on an alleged celebrity “throuple” and a failed viral romance.
24 min
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Sponsored: Transforming the Auto Industry with ...
Sponsored: Transforming the Auto Industry with Henrik Fisker
28 min
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ICYMI: How the Internet Became Shrek’s Swamp
The cartoon ogre’s long online afterlife has led to some weird, messy, and hilarious pockets of fandom.
25 min
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What Next TBD: The Hackers Who Took Down the Co...
A voyage into the weird world of the ransomware industry.
22 min
3983
A Word: A Video Vault of Black Excellence
From Barack Obama, to Whoopi Goldberg, to Quincy Jones, The HistoryMakers collects the untold stories of Black icons and leaders.
21 min
3984
Hit Parade: Blame It on the Feign, Part 1
Deceitful as they were, Milli Vanill’s blend of rap and dance-pop topped the charts and made a lasting impression.
54 min
3985
The Waves: A Conversation With One of Blake Bai...
Eve Crawford Peyton talks about her relationship with her former eighth-grade teacher, and her decision to write about her rape 17 years later.
36 min
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Slow Burn S5 Extra: More on the Road to Iraq
A few excerpts from Season 5's Slate Plus interviews.
13 min
3987
ICYMI: Should You Post That Israel-Palestine Meme?
Tracing the evolution of a viral infographic—and how to avoid the 2021 equivalent of those black squares.
26 min
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ICYMI: Chrissy Teigen Was Never the Good Guy
The Twitter queen’s spat with Courtney Stodden reveals that her friendly persona has always painted over a darker past.
25 min
3989
What Next TBD: How the World’s Great Vaccinatio...
The Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest vaccine producer. Somehow, its home country is running out of doses.
20 min
3990
A Word: White Here, White Now
White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says the jury is still out on whether self-proclaimed white “allies” will fight racism, or even take it seriously.
21 min
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Slow Burn S5 Ep.4: Fighting Words
Intellectuals on the right and left found themselves on the same side in the debate over Iraq.
43 min
3992
ICYMI: Sorry SNL, Gen Z Didn’t Invent That Slang
A recent sketch highlights how little people understand about the Black origins of internet language.
25 min
3993
Mission Interplanetary: Sharing Space
How can we bring space closer?
40 min
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Sponsored: The Race to Vaccinate a Nation with ...
29 min
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ICYMI: So You’ve Been Banned on Twitter
A quest to recover an account. Plus, a galaxy-brain take on the word cheugy.
26 min
3996
What Next TBD: Oversight Board to Facebook—Nice...
The social network hoped its “Supreme Court” would decide Trump’s fate on the platform. It didn’t take the bait.
18 min
3997
A Word: A Black Nerd Star Rises in Hollywood
With roles in Amazon Prime’s The Underground Railroad, and the rom-com We Broke Up, actor William Jackson Harper is in a good place.
21 min
3998
Slow Burn S5 Ep. 3: Mushroom Clouds
How weapons of mass destruction became the Bush administration’s rallying cry for war.
41 min
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ICYMI: The Price of Fan Fiction
Answering your questions about a regrettable TikTok meme (respectfully!) and the latest controversies around Archive of Our Own.
27 min
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Mission Interplanetary: Trash at 17,000 mph
What do we do about the hazards of space junk?
35 min