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Care & Feeding | My Kid Won’t Pee Without A Towel
Slate’s parenting podcast on not feeling wet.
39 min
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Decoder Ring | How Books About Things That Chan...
Whether it’s cod, kudzu, or nutmeg, authors love to claim their subjects shaped history. Did they really?
51 min
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Culture Gabfest: Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adoles...
This week, the hosts discuss Adolescence, Lady Gaga’s latest album MAYHEM, and Trump’s continued assault on public universities to remove DEI programs.
66 min
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Outward: Renaissance Trans Theologies and Histo...
How Renaissance theology and literature reveal a long history of transition—socially, spiritually, and surgically
35 min
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ICYMI | Are Influencers Too Normalized To Be Mo...
How a Swiss train put its foot down against an influencer-bashing Instagram account and what this says about our troubling self-surveillance culture.
25 min
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How To! | Write Your Memoir
Patrick George of InsideEVs on finding your new ride.
42 min
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Death, Sex & Money | A Middle-Aged Couple Made ...
The former head of a university and his wife discuss their adult film hobby and a scandal that upended their lives.
46 min
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Hang Up | Hot Dogs and Tommy Johns
We break down what we’re most (and least) excited about this MLB season.
61 min
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Care & Feeding | My Daughter’s Dying To Be Popular
Slate’s parenting podcast on the right cohorts.
33 min
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ICYMI | The Manosphere That Made Adolescence
Netflix’s new hit show tackles the dark side of the internet.
32 min
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Dear Prudence | I Love My Sister But I Don’t Li...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Traci Thomas.
42 min
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Care & Feeding | What Your Kid’s Skin Really Needs
Slate’s parenting podcast on popping “big pimple”.
48 min
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Culture Gabfest: Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super...
This week, the hosts discuss Black Bag, Deli Boys, and the enduring legacy of Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
64 min
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Outward | Should We Get Guns?
39 min
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ICYMI | Are New York City Influencers Boring?
Or are we just following the wrong creators?
37 min
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How To! | Discover Music You’ll Love
Derrick Gee on rekindling your love for sonic adventure.
44 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Life After Blowing It All ...
In 2020, we talked to “Ethan” about cheating on his wife with sex workers. We called him back to see what happened after we stopped recording.
43 min
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What Next | Is this the End of Sesame Street?
How the struggles of a once universally beloved children’s show are emblematic of a larger cultural shift.
25 min
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Hang Up | Tiger's Last Round?
Will the legendary golfer finally retire following another devastating injury?
50 min
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Care & Feeding | Does My Baby Have Separation A...
Slate’s parenting podcast on very secure attachment.
25 min
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ICYMI: Hacktivism, Slacktivism, and (Cybertruck...
The digital resistance is back.
24 min
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Gabfest Reads | The Day the Challenger Fell Fro...
Adam Higginbotham’s new book delves deep into the tragedy of the Challenger explosion and the impact the disaster has had on American culture.
32 min
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Hit Parade | Singing Nuns and Green Tambourines...
The 1960s will always be associated with counterculture and the Summer of Love, but the decade’s pop charts were full of novelty, schlock and bubblegum.
47 min
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Dear Prudence | I Don’t Like Being My Coworker’...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Heather McMahan.
33 min
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Care & Feeding | Should I Keep My Kid’s Secrets?
Slate’s parenting podcast on “please don’t tell dad.”
31 min