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Decoder Ring | Mailbag: Drug Names, Cow Abducti...
Why aliens might take an interest in livestock, how pharmaceuticals get such wacky names, and more listener questions.
43 min
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Culture Gabfest: Woke Superman Saves the Box Of...
This week, the panel joins the cultural discourse surrounding the new Superman, determines if Too Much is enough, and shares their experience at Viola’s Room, the new immersive theater piece from the creators of Sleep No More.
56 min
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How To! | Get Sweet, Sweet Revenge
Our guide to becoming an antihero begins with the art of getting even.
37 min
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Hang Up | Sinner Mows Down Alcaraz on the Grass
76 min
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ICYMI | Love Island’s Toxic Relationship With S...
How Love Island USA can learn from the UK franchise’s mistakes.
38 min
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What Next | Stage Managing Sex in Hollywood
The position has experienced a boom in the years after #MeToo—but have they really changed Hollywood?
27 min
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ICYMI | Encore: Is ChatGPT Your Therapist?
Dazed’s Laura Pitcher on the daily users of ChatGPT who confided in the chatbot as their friend, life organizer, and sometimes, therapist.
36 min
258
Culture Gabfest: Sorry, Straight White Male Nov...
This week, the panel wrangle with the tricky to pin down yet compelling traumedy Sorry, Baby, the documentary Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, and the life and death of the straight white male novelist (as eulogized in a recent New York Times piece).
56 min
259
Outward | Archiving the Spirit of Ballroom with...
Michael Roberson traces the spiritual, political, and public health roots of the ballroom scene
38 min
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How To! | Stop Giving 110%
Oliver Burkeman on making hard decisions about important things.
38 min
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Hang Up | The LeBron and Giannis Loyalty Test
Will the NBA’s biggest stars stay or go?
70 min
262
Care & Feeding | Becoming a Parent Is a Process
Slate’s parenting podcast on the early years.
38 min
263
ICYMI | Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI
Two recent rulings spell bad news for creatives.
40 min
264
Care & Feeding | Comebacks For “I’m Bored”
Slate’s parenting podcast on there being, as ever, nothing to do.
35 min
265
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
266
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
267
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
268
How To! | Start Reading Books Again (Encore)
Maryanne Wolf on the science of the reading brain.
34 min
269
Hang Up | The Caitlin Clark Dilemma
How high expectations for the Indiana Fever star have captivated and polarized the WNBA.
61 min
270
Care & Feeding | What Counts as Screentime?
Slate’s parenting podcast on the gray area.
34 min
271
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
272
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
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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
275
ICYMI | TikTok May Win Battles, But YouTube Wil...
Behind the scenes at VidCon—and 20 years of YouTube.
41 min