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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Death, Sex & Money | Life After Blowing It All ...
In 2020, we talked to “Ethan” about cheating on his wife with sex workers. We called him back to see what happened after we stopped recording.
43 min
127
What Next | Is this the End of Sesame Street?
How the struggles of a once universally beloved children’s show are emblematic of a larger cultural shift.
25 min
128
Hang Up | Tiger's Last Round?
Will the legendary golfer finally retire following another devastating injury?
50 min
129
Care & Feeding | Does My Baby Have Separation A...
Slate’s parenting podcast on very secure attachment.
25 min
130
What Next | Democrats Had a Rare Opportunity. T...
Chuck Schumer’s decision to keep the government open enraged a wide swath of Democrats, from Pelosi to AOC.
24 min
131
What Next TBD | How Trump Is Trying to Kill Pre...
Inside the movement targeting free speech.
26 min
132
Slate Money | MrBeast and The Chocolate Factory
The stock market keeps plummeting, Binance might be trying to buy a Trump pardon, and MrBeast’s chocolate is doing big numbers.
49 min
133
Gabfest Reads | The Day the Challenger Fell Fro...
Adam Higginbotham’s new book delves deep into the tragedy of the Challenger explosion and the impact the disaster has had on American culture.
32 min
134
Amicus | Big Law Stands Up
After an initial shock, signs of big firms fighting back against Trump. Will it be enough?
35 min
135
ICYMI: Hacktivism, Slacktivism, and (Cybertruck...
The digital resistance is back.
24 min
136
Hit Parade | Singing Nuns and Green Tambourines...
The 1960s will always be associated with counterculture and the Summer of Love, but the decade’s pop charts were full of novelty, schlock and bubblegum.
47 min
137
Dear Prudence | I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Heather McMahan.
33 min
138
What Next TBD | Will Tesla Survive Elon Musk?
From “Eco-Friendly” to “Swastiscar”
23 min
139
Political Gabfest | What Happens When Governmen...
DOGE’s cuts are endangering American lives; Trump tests limits of free speech with attacks on universities and the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil; and the politics of the Texas measles outbreak.
63 min
140
Care & Feeding | Should I Keep My Kid’s Secrets?
Slate’s parenting podcast on “please don’t tell dad.”
31 min
141
What Next | Could DOGE Really Gut Social Security?
Elon takes on the biggest, most trusted, and most essential program yet.
25 min
142
Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest...
The inside story of how Netflix encouraged employees to talk about the hard stuff.
29 min
143
Decoder Ring | Truck Nutz (Encore)
Why would someone dangle plastic testicles from their bumper?
34 min
144
Culture Gabfest: Meghan Markle Sprinkles Potpou...
This week, the hosts discuss Mickey 17, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, and the plague of the white homes.
67 min
145
Outward | Why Love Isn’t Apolitical: Liberation...
Bryan Lowder sits down with Dean Spade to talk about his new book Love in A F*cked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
36 min
146
ICYMI: What’s Going On with Alabama Barker and ...
Why a nepo baby and an internet meme have been fighting online using Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s diss track template.
37 min
147
What Next | Will Student Protesters Be Deported?
Mahmoud Khalil’s detainment is part of Trump’s larger war on American universities.
26 min
148
What Next: Andrew Cuomo Wanted To Be President....
In 2021, he resigned from the governorship under the shadow of multiple scandals. In 2025, he’s leading the polls in New York City’s mayoral race.
23 min
149
How To! | Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Nicole Hardy, author of Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, on leaning into curiosity and pleasure.
41 min
150
Death, Sex & Money | Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’
Anna talks to writer Ada Calhoun and comedian Rosebud Baker about some of life’s big transitional moments: motherhood, divorce, and following crushes.
51 min