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2801
Climb Inside My Fur
Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the movie Hustlers, Ken Burns' PBS documentary about country music with Slate's Carl Wilson, and the saga of Caroline Calloway in The Cut.
59 min
2802
Slate Money: Succession, S2E6, “Yuppie RoboCop”
44 min
2803
Our Poetry Is Bad
Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the new Netflix streamer American Factory, Lana Del Ray's new album with Slate's Carl Wilson, and talk to Dana about her recent residency at a nunnery in Idaho.
61 min
2804
Slate Money: Succession, S2E5, “Good Cop, Misog...
47 min
2805
Spoilers: It Chapter Two
63 min
2806
Sponsored: Imagine That
27 min
2807
Stinker Thinker
Stephen Metcalf and June Thomas are joined by a rotating third chair including Julia Turner, Heather Schwedel, and Benjamin Frisch to discuss Showtime's On Becoming a God In Central Florida, ESPN's The Sterling Affairs, and Taylor Swift's new album, Lover.
59 min
2808
Slate Money: Succession, S2E4, "Nazis. Terrible...
46 min
2809
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
2810
Will You Be There For Me?
58 min
2811
Slate Money: Succession, S2E3, “French Kissing ...
43 min
2812
Spoilers: Blinded by the Light
47 min
2813
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
2814
Slate Money: Succession S2E2: “Don’t Be an A**h...
36 min
2815
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
2816
Slate Money: Succession S2E1: "Silica Mud Treat...
42 min
2817
Decoder Ring: Ice Cream Truck
Why is the ice cream truck business so bananas?
38 min
2818
Spoilers: Hobbs & Shaw
53 min
2819
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
2820
Spoilers: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
53 min
2821
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
2822
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
2823
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
2824
Spoiler Special: Midsommar
67 min
2825
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