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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2001
The Waves: How To Get Through Menopause
NYT’s Susan Dominus on the misinformation surrounding a still-taboo subject.
45 min
2002
What Next: How Israel-Hamas Has Divided Democrats
The constituency is fairly united on this, and so is the leadership—just on opposing sides.
22 min
2003
One Year: 1990 - Pizzastroika
As the Cold War reached its climax, Pizza Hut got tangled up in geopolitics—and made a lot of dough.
53 min
2004
Culture Gabfest: Nathan Fielder Goes Even Fulle...
46 min
2005
ICYMI: Our 2023 ICYMI Friendsgiving Spectacular
From Scandoval to a folding chair heard around the world, we give thanks to our favorite internet moments this year
50 min
2006
Big Mood, Little Mood: Parental Blind Spot
with guest Ben Gullard, an artist living in Brooklyn who designs exhibits for children's science museums.
41 min
2007
Hear Me Out: Be The Holiday A--hole
Keeping the peace is overrated.
39 min
2008
How To!; Talk Politics Without Wrecking Relatio...
My parents are die-hard Trump fans. I can’t stand him. How do we make this work?
31 min
2009
What Next TBD: Inside OpenAI's Implosion
Sam Altman is out—or is he?—oh yeah, he is. Wait or..?
28 min
2010
Hang Up: Formula 1 Hits the Vegas Strip
71 min
2011
Slate Money: Movies | Dumb Money
Hold this episode until it gets up to the moon
45 min
2012
Mom & Dad: My Kid Is Copying His Black Classmat...
Slate’s parenting podcast on respecting lingual differences.
18 min
2013
What Next: Moms for Liberty Tanked at the Polls...
Parental-Rights groups tend to burn brightly but briefly.
20 min
2014
What Next TBD: Bedbugs Are Back, Baby!
How do you feel about Thanksgiving travel now?
22 min
2015
Working: A Nicolas Cage Social Satire For the B...
47 min
2016
ICYMI: The Year in Celebrity Memoirs
From Prince Harry to Britney Spears, we look back at the biggest bombshells that hit the shelves this year
44 min
2017
Political Gabfest Reads: Watership Down Gets th...
Cartoonist James Strum unpacks the classic novel and how he brought beloved characters to new life.
24 min
2018
Slate Money: How Salt Built America
Author Ed Conway discusses the seemingly mundane materials that gave rise to civilizations
59 min
2019
Amicus: Is The Federalist Society Over?
What’s next for the conservative legal movement after its “dog catches car” moment.
43 min
2020
The Bridge: Can’t Tell Me Nothin’
53 min
2021
Dear Prudence: My Family Won't Let Me Host for ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate writer Dan Kois.
44 min
2022
The Waves | The Golden Bachelor Recap: Fantasy ...
But how sweet were they really?
37 min
2023
A Word: Rebirth of a Nation
Reconstruction was supposed to usher in a multi-racial democracy. What happened?
35 min
2024
What Next TBD: How Deepfake Porn Infected a School
Once an image is on the internet, it’s out of your control—just ask the girls at Westfield High.
21 min
2025
Political Gabfest: You’ll Miss Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin leaves the U.S. Senate and might hit the No Labels presidential campaign trail; the Supreme Court gets a code of conduct; and collateral damage from the Israel-Hamas war includes Democratic politics.
55 min