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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2026
How To!: How To Learn Any Language Fast
Polyglot Luca Lampariello on creating a language-learning system that’s functional and fun.
35 min
2027
Hang Up: Coco Wins the Big One
81 min
2028
Mom & Dad: Should I Give My Kid an Allowance?
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if allowance should be tied to chores.
28 min
2029
What Next: Prison for the Proud Boys. Now What?
What do the harsh sentences for January 6th mean for right-wing extremism?
21 min
2030
What Next/This American Life: The Call
A journey into the opioid epidemic via an overdose hotline.
61 min
2031
Working: What an Executive Producer for Film an...
46 min
2032
Amicus: Alabama Double-Dares SCOTUS Over Voting...
Litigator Marc Elias on fighting for voting rights in the courts against Republicans who increasingly fetishize lawlessness and losing.
48 min
2033
Slate Money: Optimal Illusions
Coco Krumme joins Slate Money to discuss the false promise of optimization.
37 min
2034
What Next TBD: Bad Air, Worse Vibes
Between COVID and now wildfire smoke, the case for improving school ventilation makes itself. So what’s the hold-up?
17 min
2035
ICYMI: Are Green Powders a Pyramid Scheme?
How wellness brands like Bloom are making green powders go viral on TikTok
49 min
2036
What Next TBD: Tech Disrupts the School Bus
A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students.
24 min
2037
Dear Prudence: My Sister Is Lying to My Nephews...
They believe their biological father is dead—but he's very much alive.
40 min
2038
A Word: Black Toy Joy
How a pioneering rapper made toys his new mission.
24 min
2039
Political Gabfest: Is Biden The Last Politician?
Author Franklin Foer discusses the first two years in President Joe Biden’s White House; the war in Ukraine slogs on and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wades in; and higher education is in trouble.
53 min
2040
Mom & Dad: The Power Of Aunts and Uncles w/ Jak...
Slate’s parenting podcast interviews the team behind The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles.
30 min
2041
One Year: 1955 - The Crockett Craze
How Walt Disney created the first baby-boom phenomenon totally by accident.
53 min
2042
The Waves: The Bama Rush to Trad Wife Pipeline
Bama Rush Tok has blow up, but there’s something very familiar about these girls…and what they’re promoting.
38 min
2043
Working: Learning From Bad Art
23 min
2044
What Next: Can Kids Catch Up After the Pandemic?
Test scores remain low, but students missed more than just academics.
23 min
2045
Culture Gabfest: Bottoms Queers the High School...
52 min
2046
What Next: Our Aging Congress Is a Problem
How money in politics turned our federal government into a gerontocracy.
22 min
2047
ICYMI: The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee...
Tory Lanez was sentenced for shooting Megan, but he’s not the only “Toronto Mans” to do her dirty.
45 min
2048
Hang Up: Deion Sanders Did It
74 min
2049
Big Mood, Little Mood: Right Wing Mommy
with guest, writer, director Julia Mounsey
50 min
2050
Hear Me Out: Overconfidence Is Killing The Supr...
Partisanship isn’t the problem.
36 min