Dale Aucoin on making those dreaded chores a little easier.
34 min
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Hear Me Out: Fact-Checks Make Audiences Suspicious
Debunking stuff might be eroding trust, not enhancing it.
31 min
278
Hang Up: Au Revoir, Paris
Slate’s sports podcast on the U.S. men’s basketball team’s challenging road to gold, the U.S. women’s soccer team’s return to glory, and whether the 2024 Games restored the Olympics’ luster.
50 min
279
Care & Feeding: Is My Kid Ruining Hikes On Purp...
Slate’s parenting podcast on having the energy for everything but.
31 min
280
Working: How a TV Writer Keeps the Ideas Coming
Mike Gauyo has written for popular shows like Insecure and Ginny and Georgia. Now he’s hustling to create and pitch the next exciting thing.
41 min
281
ICYMI: Should I Stop Sharing My Location? Why D...
We ask internet culture writer Steffi Cao how to navigate your best (and worst) behaviors online
36 min
282
Hit Parade: Building a Herstory Edition Part 1
46 min
283
Dear Prudence: Politics Is Ruining My Family. H...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by the hosts of Defector Media’s The Distraction podcast, David Roth and Drew Magary.
30 min
284
A Word: Project 2025: A Contract on Black America?
How the Heritage Foundation’s policy blueprint targets African Americans.
24 min
285
Care & Feeding: Why Is My Friend Body Shaming T...
Slate’s parenting podcast on eating the fries.
38 min
286
What Next: The Olympics Meet the Culture Wars
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting have been pulled into the long, ugly history of sports sex testing.
25 min
287
Working: Surviving the Book Release Process
27 min
288
ICYMI: Encore: Why YouTube Loves Video Essays
How longform, academic-leaning rants are finding success in a shortform digital landscape
30 min
289
Culture Gabfest “Summer Strut 2024”
Welcome to our annual celebration of strut-worthy music! (As nominated by our lovely fans.)
66 min
290
Well, Now: No, Netflix Isn’t Forcing You to Go ...
The ‘twin study’ joins decades of research indicating a plant-based diet is healthier long term. But that doesn’t mean you have to quit meat cold tofurkey.
43 min
291
How To!: Put a Toxic Job Behind You
Rudhir Krishtel on rethinking what makes us happy at work.
36 min
292
What Next: How Trump Got Ice Cube
Straight outta Compton…and eventually to the GOP?
25 min
293
Hear Me Out: The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression
We shouldn’t ignore the path of destruction left in host nations.
37 min
294
Death, Sex & Money: A Former Debt Collector's U...
For 15 years, it was Angela’s job to hound people for unpaid bills. But after she fell into debt, the tables turned.
31 min
295
Hang Up: The World’s Fastest Human (Barely)
Morgan Campbell, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss Noah Lyles’ stunning win in the men’s 100 meters and Sha’Carri Richardson’s silver in the women’s.
52 min
296
Care & Feeding: I’m Struggling to Love My Daughter
Slate’s parenting podcast on feeling mismatched.
37 min
297
Working: How a Stand Up Comedian’s Sense of Hum...
Comic and Daily Show writer Dina Hashem explains why it’s getting harder and harder to make herself laugh.
46 min
298
Slate Money: How the Olympics Has Changed Paris
The Money group are joined by Henry Grabar and Anna Szymanski dig into an unemployment spike; the Olympics, and a Florida experiment going wrong.
49 min
299
ICYMI: The 2024 Internet Olympics
We rank the best memes, moments, and main characters of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
50 min
300
A Word: “Momala” and “Papa Bear”
The Second Gentleman speaks up for his wife, and out against Donald Trump.