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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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1951
One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play
In 1955, a team of Black Little Leaguers battled the white establishment in the Deep South.
53 min
1952
Best of What Next | What Texas' Attacks on Tran...
When Governor Abbott directed the state to investigate gender-affirming care as child abuse, trans kids and their families had to decide if Texas could still be home. Many left.
25 min
1953
Culture Gabfest: Gran Turismo is Cynical and Gl...
The hosts discuss Gran Turismo, the K-drama Mask Girl, and “Rich Men North of Richmond” by Oliver Anthony.
55 min
1954
ICYMI: BookTok’s Horny Hockey Drama and the End...
How the changing financial incentives of the internet make loud and unabashed thirst more fraught.
34 min
1955
Big Mood, Little Mood: Dirty Work
with guest Vani Gupta, a speech language pathologist in Sydney, Australia.
44 min
1956
Hear Me Out: Harm Reduction Saves Lives
And no, it doesn’t normalize hard drug use.
30 min
1957
Best of What Next | He Couldn’t Teach ‘Slavery ...
More teachers are quitting as a wave of restrictive legislation targets the nation’s educators.
26 min
1958
How To!: Navigate Adult Autism
Lauren Ober on the beauty of better understanding who we are.
39 min
1959
Hang Up: Sha’Carri Richardson Roars Back
77 min
1960
Best of What Next | The Diagnosis Was Fatal. Sh...
Lauren Hall was traumatized by the lack of care. Then she got pregnant again and sued the state.
28 min
1961
Mom & Dad: My Son Refuses to Pee at School Due ...
Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do over a restrictive bathroom policy.
20 min
1962
What Next TBD: The Cost of "Sustainable" Pet Food
There's been a rise in high-end pet food, marketed as a healthy, environmentally-friendly option for our pets. The reality is much more complicated.
24 min
1963
Working: How an Author and a Translator Collabo...
45 min
1964
Slate Money: Twelve Ways to Help Fix the World
A book provides a dozen ways to help the world’s poorest people. Will they work?
46 min
1965
ICYMI: Addison Rae is the Newest Pop Princess
How the divisive TikTok star shocked us with a bop-filled EP
40 min
1966
Amicus: Citizen Justice: The Environmental Lega...
Judge Margaret M. McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on her book about a Supreme Court Justice, public advocate and conservation champion.
53 min
1967
Hit Parade: Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture Ed...
32 min
1968
Dear Prudence: My Wife Goes Braless Around Our ...
I think her behavior is inappropriate, but she doesn’t see the issue.
41 min
1969
What Next TBD: TikTok's Shady Deal with the U.S.
Inside the draft of a deal between ByteDance and the U.S. to keep TikTok in the states.
24 min
1970
A Word: Democracy Dies in Dixie?
Even Black candidates who win often fight to serve.
20 min
1971
Political Gabfest: Who Won the Trump-less Debate?
Republicans debate while Donald Trump appears in a taped interview; legal scholars question if the Constitution prohibits another Trump presidency; and nothing unites Americans like a chain restaurant. And put it on your calendar: Political Gabfest Live in Madison, Wisconsin on October 25! More information coming soon.
53 min
1972
Mom & Dad: Welcoming Everyone Into the School C...
Slate’s parenting podcast on noticing the new people.
24 min
1973
The Waves: America’s Dangerous Obsession with T...
From celebrities to the International Chess Federation to the Olympics, attacks against trans people - especially trans women - are piling up.
31 min
1974
What Next: From a Texas Bus to the New York Subway
Where the new candy sellers are coming from, and why they came.
22 min
1975
Working: Why Artists Should Attend Festivals
23 min