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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Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro ...
This week, the hosts discuss Zero Day, remembering Gene Hackman, and how to engage with optimism during times of crisis.
63 min
827
What Next | The True Cost of Slashing the Gover...
How drastic federal funding cuts are already being felt in America and beyond.
22 min
828
ICYMI: The Meghan in Montecito Rebrand
How Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show attempts to rebrand the Sussexes despite internet hate and questions about their business acumen.
37 min
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Outward | Slapping Leather: The Untamed History...
Christina Cauterucci talks with historian Rebecca Scofield about the history of gay rodeo
36 min
830
Slate Money | Money Talks: The American Myth of...
Adam Chandler joins to discuss his book 99% Perspiration, and examines long-standing myths around work in America.
34 min
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How To! | Interview Someone
Talk Easy’s Sam Fragoso on the art of getting people to open up.
45 min
832
Death, Sex & Money | From Uncertainty to Total ...
Listeners share how big changes at the top are impacting their everyday lives.
48 min
833
What Next | Why Trump Needs Congress
The president prepares to address the House and Senate with a government shutdown looming.
25 min
834
Hang Up | Robo Calls: The Umps of the Future Ar...
How will the introduction of robot referees fundamentally affect football and baseball?
65 min
835
Care & Feeding | Summer Break Skills (and Chills)
Slate’s parenting podcast on Elizabeth’s new camp.
33 min
836
What Next | Why Women Kill
One commonality among women incarcerated for homicide raises the question, what is self-defense—and who’s entitled to it?
30 min
837
What Next TBD | Cracking the Egg Crisis
An eggsplanation.
18 min
838
Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate With...
What we can learn about nonverbal cues from The Big Bang Theory.
27 min
839
Slate Money | Trump Math & Techno-Fascism
Trump proposes a gold card, Musk resembles a techno-fascist, and black plastic spatulas are actually fine.
46 min
840
ICYMI: And The Oscar Goes To…Club Chalamet
From come-ups to cancellations, fan accounts put in the work this awards season.
32 min
841
Amicus | When the Lawyers are Lawless
We’re now a country where you don’t know if you’re being arrested or kidnapped (and that’s the point).
44 min
842
Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Self-Centered. Am I, T...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Princess Weekes.
32 min
843
What Next TBD | The DOGE Resistance
Lawsuits, protests and Elon Musk's Achilles Heel
24 min
844
Hit Parade | Material Girl in an Imperial World...
Pet Shop Boys coined the term “imperial phase” to describe a pop star’s untouchable era. In the ’80s, Madonna lived it.
40 min
845
Political Gabfest: So Europe is Our Enemy Now?
The transatlantic alliance is over and mobster tactics reign; the House GOP budget resolution portends likely Medicaid cuts to fund tax breaks for the rich; and Trump makes aggressive moves against the press
67 min
846
Care & Feeding | I’m Estranged From My Dad. My ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on setting a hard boundary.
54 min
847
What Next | Will Gaza’s Ceasefire Last?
Is the next step a negotiation for Gaza’s future—or a return to war?
25 min
848
Decoder Ring | Jerry Lewis’ Lost Holocaust Clow...
How "The Day The Clown Cried" became notorious—and notoriously impossible to see.
52 min
849
Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
This week, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here, Trump’s disruptions at the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, and an exclusive interview with Oscars CEO Bill Kramer.
66 min
850
ICYMI: Ethan Klein’s Attack on Fauxmoi
Why a YouTuber is threatening legal action against a celebrity culture subreddit and how this may affect your favorite Reddit pages.
29 min