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: Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adoles...
This week, the hosts discuss Adolescence, Lady Gaga’s latest album MAYHEM, and Trump’s continued assault on public universities to remove DEI programs.
66 min
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ICYMI | Are Influencers Too Normalized To Be Mo...
How a Swiss train put its foot down against an influencer-bashing Instagram account and what this says about our troubling self-surveillance culture.
25 min
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What Next | What Happens To My Student Loans Now?
If your debt outlasts the Department of Education, alas, you’re not out of the woods yet.
24 min
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How To! | Write Your Memoir
42 min
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Death, Sex & Money | A Middle-Aged Couple Made ...
The former head of a university and his wife discuss their adult film hobby and a scandal that upended their lives.
46 min
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What Next | A Tea Party for the Democrats?
Bernie and AOC have crowds, but what’s their pitch?
23 min
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Hang Up | Hot Dogs and Tommy Johns
We break down what we’re most (and least) excited about this MLB season.
61 min
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Care & Feeding | My Daughter’s Dying To Be Popular
Slate’s parenting podcast on the right cohorts.
33 min
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What Next | How Colleges Can Fight Back
Taking it from the quads to courts.
25 min
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What Next TBD | Bezos 2.0
How the Amazon founder went from Trump critic to Trump donor
25 min
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Slate Money | Who’s The Boss?
50 min
112
Amicus | The Rule of Law Took A Very Dark Turn ...
From rendition flights to El Salvador, to USAID workers left stranded in dangerous places, the courts are tackling Trump’s wildest lawless acts, but meeting with denial and defiance.
73 min
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ICYMI | The Manosphere That Made Adolescence
Netflix’s new hit show tackles the dark side of the internet.
32 min
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Dear Prudence | I Love My Sister But I Don’t Li...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Traci Thomas.
42 min
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What Next TBD | Trump's War on Scientific Research
Cutting NIH grants–even temporarily–could have repercussions for years to come.
26 min
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Political Gabfest | The “Constitutional Crisis ...
The government responds defiantly to court orders in showdown over mass deportation; what the data say about why Trump won in 2024; and slow-motion capitulation in a long call between Trump and Putin.
62 min
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Care & Feeding | What Your Kid’s Skin Really Needs
Slate’s parenting podcast on popping “big pimple”.
48 min
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What Next | Trump’s Animal-Spirit Economy
Trying to make sense of Trumponomics.
25 min
119
Culture Gabfest: Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super...
This week, the hosts discuss Black Bag, Deli Boys, and the enduring legacy of Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
64 min
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What Next | A "Made for TV" Deportation Policy
Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked an arcane law which was last used to justify Japanese internment. A judge tried to stop him—but he didn’t listen.
27 min
121
Outward | Should We Get Guns?
39 min
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ICYMI | Are New York City Influencers Boring?
Or are we just following the wrong creators?
37 min
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Amicus | Sneak Preview: An Escalating Constitut...
9 min
124
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Mighty Dollar
Edward Fishman and Saleha Mohsin join to discuss how the US dollar became a global currency and what that means under Trump.
37 min
125
How To! | Discover Music You’ll Love
Derrick Gee on rekindling your love for sonic adventure.
44 min