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Hit Parade: We Are Stardust, We Are Gold-Certified
Sure, Woodstock was a legendary festival—but it also turned several performers into chart-topping stars.
73 min
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Will You Be There For Me?
58 min
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Slate Money: Succession, S2E3, “French Kissing ...
43 min
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Spoilers: Blinded by the Light
47 min
2780
Where'd You Go, Jar Jar Binks?
June Thomas, Benjamin Frisch, and Rachelle Hampton discuss Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go Bernadette, HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Slate's list of the 25 most important characters of the past 25 Years with Forrest Wickman.
59 min
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Slate Money: Succession S2E2: “Don’t Be an A**h...
36 min
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Culture Gabfest: Super-Abled
Stephen Metcalf, Aisha Harris, and Gabriel Roth discuss Jennifer Kent's new film The Nightingale, Amazon's streaming show The Boys, and the work of Toni Morrison with Sarah J. Jackson, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
56 min
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Slate Money: Succession S2E1: "Silica Mud Treat...
42 min
2784
Decoder Ring: Ice Cream Truck
Why is the ice cream truck business so bananas?
38 min
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Spoilers: Hobbs & Shaw
53 min
2786
Best in Blow
Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the new film The Farewell, Netflix's glass-blowing show Blown Away, and the life of legendary theater director Hal Prince with Isaac Butler.
57 min
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Spoilers: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
53 min
2788
Gunfight at the O.K. Career
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Netflix's The Great Hack documentary, and a piece about chronic lyme disease in The Cut.
61 min
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Hit Parade: Without The Beatles
This month, Hit Parade explores the legacy of songs by The Beatles topping the charts...without The Beatles. This is the story of how a discarded Beatles song, a superstar vanity cover, and a bizarre disco medley managed to top the charts with Beatles songwriting credits, but without the fab four.
67 min
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Uncanny Savannah
Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the new version of Disney's The Lion King with the New York Times's Aisha Harris, the social media app TikTok with Slate's Daniel Schroeder, and the TV series about Roger Ailes, The Loudest Voice.
57 min
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Spoiler Special: Midsommar
67 min
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Cruel Angel's Thesis
Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the film Peterloo, the newly-streaming classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion with Slate's Benjamin Frisch, and the legacy of Mad Magazine with Slate's Dan Kois.
62 min
2793
Decoder Ring: Pillow Talk
Over the last half century the decorative pillow has been crowding out our sitting and sleeping spaces, multiplying across our beds and couches decade by decade.
27 min
2794
Spoilers: Spiderman: Far From Home
56 min
2795
Fetch the Mallet
Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the film Midsommar, the life and work of the bossa nova progenitor João Gilberto with critic Nate Chinen, and the end of life-hacking with Slate's Laura Miller.
60 min
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Summer Strut 2019
Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens are joined by Chris Molanphy to discuss the song of the summer and our annual summer strut playlist. You can find our full playlist on Spotify, as well as a shortlist of songs selected on the show.
63 min
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Spoilers: Yesterday
60 min
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Hit Parade: The Lullaby of Broadway Edition
76 min
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Culture Gabfest: Exploding Birkins
Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf discuss The Day the Music Burned with Jody Rosen, about the massive loss of master tapes from historically important record labels due to fire, then CBS's The Good Fight with Vulture's Mark Harris, and Sally Rooney's novel Normal People.
66 min
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Spoilers: Toy Story 4
43 min