Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, NBC's Making It, and the fire and incredible loss at the national museum in Brazil with Mauricio Santoro of the State University of Rio de Janeiro.
58 min
2577
Hegemonic Victimhood Edition
Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens discuss the film Eighth Grade, the maligned TV series Insatiable with June Thomas, and Kelly Marie Tran's op ed about social media harassment.
64 min
2578
Decoder Ring: The Paper Doll Club
Paper dolls were a ubiquitous part of children’s lives for decades, and then they mostly disappeared.
36 min
2579
Spoiler Specials: Crazy Rich Asians
81 min
2580
You Will Never Be Enough Edition
Julia Turner, Inkoo Kang, and Isaac Butler discuss the film Crazy Rich Asians, the TV show Younger, and what, exactly, is up with Elon Musk.
A co-production between Target and Slate Studios, this is Coffee & Crayons, a podcast about navigating the highs and lows of back to school time.
23 min
2582
No Bad Horses Edition
June Thomas, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens discuss the TV show A Very English Scandal, the HBO film The Tale, and the work of Aretha Franklin with Jody Rosen.
57 min
2583
Spoiler Specials: BlacKkKlansman
69 min
2584
Capitalism is Grift Edition
Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf, and Laura Bennett discuss Boots Riley's film Sorry to Bother You, HBO's TV drama Succession, and the summer of grifters and our fascination with scam artists.
53 min
2585
Fortnite Kegel Storm Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss Mission Impossible: Fallout, the video game Fortnite, and a NYT Magazine profile of Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP.
64 min
2586
Decoder Ring: The Basement Affair
What are the real reasons people go on reality TV?
40 min
2587
Spoiler Specials: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
41 min
2588
Hit Parade: The Feat. Don’t Fail Me Now Edition
The featured-artist credit has gone from a rare anomaly to a staple of the charts. How did guest rappers change the way supporting performers are credited across popular music?
70 min
2589
Summer Strut 2018 Edition
It's our annual summer strut episode where we crowdsource the best songs for strutting around town from an exhaustive playlist curated by our listeners.
66 min
2590
Grasping at Straws Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the film "Leave No Trace", Sacha Baron Coen's new show "Who is America?" and plastic straw bans as an agent of change and/or useless virtue signaling.
60 min
2591
Spoiler Specials: The Handmaid's Tale Season 2
56 min
2592
Hit Parade: The Deadbeat Club Edition, Part Two
How the two leading bands from Athens, Georgia transformed themselves from college-rockers in the ’80s to hitmakers by the ’90s
54 min
2593
This Is the Chewiest Thing I've Ever Had in my ...
Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the summer blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the appeal of the Netflix cooking-failure show Nailed It, and Scarlett Johansson's casting as a trans man, with Slate's Evan Urquhart.
60 min
2594
Unproblematic Trolley Edition
Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf, and Julia Turner discuss the new documentary about Mr. Rogers: Won't You Be My Neighbor?, the Netflix comedy special Nanette, and the World Cup, with Mike Pesca.
62 min
2595
Hit Parade: The Deadbeat Club Edition, Part One
The story of how two very different bands came to define the boundaries of New Wave rock from the college town of Athens, Georgia
60 min
2596
Spoiler Specials: Westworld Season 2
A spoiler-filled review of Westworld
57 min
2597
Anthony Rising Edition
Dana Stevens, Stephen Metcalf, and Julia Turner Discuss Brad Bird's The Incredibles 2, 30 For 30's podcast series about Bikram yoga, and the re-emergence of astrology with production assistant Daniel Schroeder.
59 min
2598
Decoder Ring: Clown Panic
The clown has existed in various forms for thousands of years, what changed and made us suspect and fear them?
35 min
2599
Unkindest Cut of All Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Isaac Butler, and Laura Miller discuss the horror film Hereditary, the return of The Staircase with Rebecca Lavoie, and Isaac's Shakespeare podcast Lend Me Your Ears.
58 min
2600
Lend Me Your Ears: Julius Caesar
Slate's new podcast miniseries Lend Me Your Ears explores how Shakespeare's works speak to our current political era.