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Working: How Dialect Coach Samara Bay Helps Act...
44 min
2652
ICYMI: How the Internet Became Shrek’s Swamp
The cartoon ogre’s long online afterlife has led to some weird, messy, and hilarious pockets of fandom.
25 min
2653
A Word: A Video Vault of Black Excellence
From Barack Obama, to Whoopi Goldberg, to Quincy Jones, The HistoryMakers collects the untold stories of Black icons and leaders.
21 min
2654
Hit Parade: Blame It on the Feign, Part 1
Deceitful as they were, Milli Vanill’s blend of rap and dance-pop topped the charts and made a lasting impression.
54 min
2655
Outward: ACT UP History and Queer Portraits
Sarah Schulman on her new book Let the Record Show.
68 min
2656
ICYMI: Should You Post That Israel-Palestine Meme?
Tracing the evolution of a viral infographic—and how to avoid the 2021 equivalent of those black squares.
26 min
2657
Culture Gabfest: Godot vs. the Machines
56 min
2658
Working: How "Bookstagrammer" Jordan Moblo Craf...
46 min
2659
ICYMI: Chrissy Teigen Was Never the Good Guy
The Twitter queen’s spat with Courtney Stodden reveals that her friendly persona has always painted over a darker past.
25 min
2660
Spoiler Specials: Woman in the Window
Laura Miller and Matthew Dessem spoil the new Netflix thriller Woman in the Window.
50 min
2661
A Word: White Here, White Now
White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says the jury is still out on whether self-proclaimed white “allies” will fight racism, or even take it seriously.
21 min
2662
ICYMI: Sorry SNL, Gen Z Didn’t Invent That Slang
A recent sketch highlights how little people understand about the Black origins of internet language.
25 min
2663
Culture Gabfest: Always3Gether
Slate Culture Gabfest on Girls5eva, vaccine personalities, and The Disciple.
55 min
2664
Working: How Actor Blair Underwood Gets Inside ...
43 min
2665
ICYMI: So You’ve Been Banned on Twitter
A quest to recover an account. Plus, a galaxy-brain take on the word cheugy.
26 min
2666
A Word: A Black Nerd Star Rises in Hollywood
With roles in Amazon Prime’s The Underground Railroad, and the rom-com We Broke Up, actor William Jackson Harper is in a good place.
21 min
2667
ICYMI: The Price of Fan Fiction
Answering your questions about a regrettable TikTok meme (respectfully!) and the latest controversies around Archive of Our Own.
27 min
2668
Culture Gabfest: Hard Sci-Fi
58 min
2669
Working: Alison Bechdel’s Secrets to Superhuman...
49 min
2670
ICYMI: There’s a Chadwick Boseman NFT?
Plus, by popular demand, the return of High-Speed Downloads.
22 min
2671
Hit Parade: Taylor’s Version of Country, Part 2
Chris Molanphy's analysis of Taylor Swift's masterful country-to-pop crossover, continued.
49 min
2672
Spoiler Specials: Mortal Kombat
Karen Han and Matthew Dessem spoil the new action/fantasy movie Mortal Kombat.
41 min
2673
A Word: Get Ready, Playa One
“Storymodebae” on how Black women creatives are taking online video gaming to the next level.
19 min
2674
Culture Gabfest: Monster Boss
55 min
2675
ICYMI: How Babby Is Formed
An elegy for Yahoo Answers, with the creator of one of the videos that helped make it famous.
28 min