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Death, Sex & Money | What Military Service Duri...
Storyteller Ray Christian, who joined the Army right after the Vietnam War, reflects on why he enlisted and why he didn’t leave for 20 years.
50 min
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Hang Up | The LeBron and Giannis Loyalty Test
Will the NBA’s biggest stars stay or go?
70 min
228
Care & Feeding | Becoming a Parent Is a Process
Slate’s parenting podcast on the early years.
38 min
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ICYMI | Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI
Two recent rulings spell bad news for creatives.
40 min
230
Care & Feeding | Comebacks For “I’m Bored”
Slate’s parenting podcast on there being, as ever, nothing to do.
35 min
231
Decoder Ring | The White Noise Boom
There’s more white noise available than any one person could possibly need. And yet, more keeps coming.
48 min
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ICYMI | The Most Famous Facelift on TikTok
What a woman’s viral trip to Guadalajara and Kylie Jenner’s boob job reveal say about the current state of plastic surgery discourse online.
29 min
233
Culture Gabfest: Brad Pitt’s Victory Lap Edition
This week, the panel powers up their engines for the racing blockbuster F1: The Movie, the British game show Taskmaster, and the New York Times’s 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century interactive feature.
58 min
234
How To! | Start Reading Books Again (Encore)
Maryanne Wolf on the science of the reading brain.
34 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Baywatch Made Me World Fam...
Alexandra Paul's fan encounter turned dangerous. What she learned could help other celebrities.
49 min
236
Hang Up | The Caitlin Clark Dilemma
How high expectations for the Indiana Fever star have captivated and polarized the WNBA.
61 min
237
Care & Feeding | What Counts as Screentime?
Slate’s parenting podcast on the gray area.
34 min
238
ICYMI | How Coming Out Videos Changed YouTube
We sit down with YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen to reflect on the 10-year anniversary of her most popular video to date.
44 min
239
Hit Parade | Mighty Real Edition Part 2
From Little Richard to Chappell Roan, queer artists have always been vanguards of pop, even when they have not been out.
59 min
240
Care & Feeding | DOGE Cut My Job. How Do I Tell...
Slate’s parenting podcast on coming home.
42 min
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Care & Feeding | DOGE Cut My Job. How Do I Tell...
Slate’s parenting podcast on coming home.
42 min
242
ICYMI | TikTok May Win Battles, But YouTube Wil...
Behind the scenes at VidCon—and 20 years of YouTube.
41 min
243
Culture Gabfest: Daddygang Rage Virus Edition
This week, the panel unspool all the allegorical viscera of 28 Years Later, the Alex Cooper documentary Call Her Alex, and Haim’s new album I quit.
58 min
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Outward | The Latest on Trans Rights in the Cou...
48 min
245
How To! | Balance Mind, Body—and iPhone
Molly Caro May on the somatic approach to changing our dependency on our devices.
35 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Allison Williams on Botox,...
The actress best known for Girls, Get Out, and M3GAN joins Anna live onstage with some special guests from Gen Z.
69 min
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Hang Up: This NBA Final Was About the Losers
57 min
248
Care & Feeding | My Tween Girls Are Jealous of ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on sisterly love.
50 min
249
ICYMI | Is Partiful Cancelled?
How Gen-Z’s favorite event invite app got into hot water and why there just isn’t a good online invitation option anymore.
33 min
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Gabfest Reads | Alison Bechdel Explains Selling...
27 min