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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1
What Next: Columbia Calls the Cops
How student protests have intensified and spread.
26 min
2
Decoder Ring: Making Real Music for a Fake Band
The Broadway show ‘Stereophonic’ on how to construct the sound of the ’70s.
37 min
3
ICYMI: Is Roblox Coming for TikTok?
The online gaming platform recently rolled out a $35 million fund for creators.
37 min
4
Outward: Queer Trademark Law with Michael Goodyear
Bryan and Jules learn about the odd ins and outs of trademarking queer content
35 min
5
Culture Gabfest: Taylor Swift’s Messy Maximalism
This week, the hosts discuss The Tortured Poets Department, Fallout, and Becca Rothfeld’s debut essay collection.
61 min
6
Well, Now: Living and Loving With OCD (feat. Al...
And finding humor with it, too.
36 min
7
How To!: Find Your People After a Mental Health...
Dr. Aleksandra Rayska on the stigma and self-doubt that can curtail new friendships.
36 min
8
Hear Me Out: Third Parties Are Saving Democracy
It’s just that their job isn’t winning (yet).
32 min
9
Death, Sex & Money: A Tarot Reader Explains Why...
North Carolina-based witch Rebecca Auman helps Anna through a rough patch. Then she explains why it’s so hard for some of us to make sense of our own inner voices.
39 min
10
What Next: Your Right to Protest? Not the Supre...
Looks like the highest court will let the wildly conservative Fifth Circuit judges violate the Constitution a bit, as a treat.
19 min
11
Hang Up: The Huge NBA Gambling Scandal
61 min
12
Care & Feeding: When – and Why – Are Teens Usin...
Slate’s parenting podcast on sparking up some conversations.
26 min
13
What Next: What the WNBA Salary Debate Misses
Caitlin Clark’s $76,000 pay is shocking—but the story is bigger than her.
24 min
14
John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: Remembering Geor...
Easing into the day, remembering his dog George, feeling absences in your bones, and more are explored in this week’s audio essay from John Dickerson.
24 min
15
Working: How Fact-Checking Can Improve Your Fic...
Novelist Julia Hannafin and ecologist Adam Rosenblatt talk about Julia’s new novel Cascade and its commitment to scientific accuracy.
45 min
16
What Next TBD: The Internet Archive Endangered
A non-profit site just digitized Aruba’s history. They could be sued out of existence.
19 min
17
Political Gabfest Reads: Can America Survive It...
David Sanger’s book, New Cold Wars, delves into America’s volatile relationships with nuclear powers – China and Russia.
39 min
18
ICYMI: How a Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Took ...
Donghua Jinlong is enjoying an unprecedented amount of success.
44 min
19
Slate Money: Tesla’s Toxic Relationship With Musk
The Money team discusses Musk’s $56 billion pay package, the troubles at NPR, and what inflation means for interest rates.
49 min
20
Amicus: Twelve Jurors and One Angry Ex-President
What the first week of Trump’s hush money trial tells us about how the former President is handling his first criminal trial
35 min
21
What Next TBD: What’s Driving Tesla’s Layoffs?
The EV maker may be demonstrating why other car makers don’t do it this way.
19 min
22
A Word: Freaknik: Party in the Black
Remembering the freedom, fun and –sometimes– foolishness of 1990s Black spring break.
22 min
23
Dear Prudence: My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is C...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi.
31 min
24
Political Gabfest: Could You Be A Trump Juror?
Donald Trump faces his first criminal trial; the Supreme Court considers a charge related to another Trump case; and The Atlantic’s Mark Leibovich finds Gavin Newsom can’t help himself.
59 min
25
Care & Feeding: Ask A Weed Mom
Slate’s parenting podcast on lighting up.
39 min