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Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest...
The inside story of how Netflix encouraged employees to talk about the hard stuff.
29 min
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Decoder Ring | Truck Nutz (Encore)
Why would someone dangle plastic testicles from their bumper?
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Culture Gabfest: Meghan Markle Sprinkles Potpou...
This week, the hosts discuss Mickey 17, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan, and the plague of the white homes.
67 min
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Outward | Why Love Isn’t Apolitical: Liberation...
Bryan Lowder sits down with Dean Spade to talk about his new book Love in A F*cked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
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ICYMI: What’s Going On with Alabama Barker and ...
Why a nepo baby and an internet meme have been fighting online using Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s diss track template.
37 min
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How To! | Lose Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
Nicole Hardy, author of Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, on leaning into curiosity and pleasure.
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Death, Sex & Money | Call It ‘A Midlife Awakening’
Anna talks to writer Ada Calhoun and comedian Rosebud Baker about some of life’s big transitional moments: motherhood, divorce, and following crushes.
51 min
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Hang Up | UNC’s March Sadness
The Tar Heels continue to flounder while Duke dominates.
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Care & Feeding | I’m Dating A Single Mom
Slate’s parenting podcast on meeting the kids.
27 min
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What Next | Til Trump Do Us Part
How husbands’ votes for Donald Trump threw whole relationships into question.
23 min
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ICYMI: Does This Makeup Make Me Look Republican?
Conservative influencers are coming out of hiding—and heading to Nashville.
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Dear Prudence | Was I The Problem In My Marriag...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Crystal Kung Minkoff.
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Care & Feeding | How Do I Build My Village?
Slate’s parenting podcast on weekly pizza nights.
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Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro ...
This week, the hosts discuss Zero Day, remembering Gene Hackman, and how to engage with optimism during times of crisis.
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Outward | Slapping Leather: The Untamed History...
Christina Cauterucci talks with historian Rebecca Scofield about the history of gay rodeo
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ICYMI: The Meghan in Montecito Rebrand
How Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show attempts to rebrand the Sussexes despite internet hate and questions about their business acumen.
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How To! | Interview Someone
Talk Easy’s Sam Fragoso on the art of getting people to open up.
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Death, Sex & Money | From Uncertainty to Total ...
Listeners share how big changes at the top are impacting their everyday lives.
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Hang Up | Robo Calls: The Umps of the Future Ar...
How will the introduction of robot referees fundamentally affect football and baseball?
65 min
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Care & Feeding | Summer Break Skills (and Chills)
Slate’s parenting podcast on Elizabeth’s new camp.
33 min
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Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate With...
What we can learn about nonverbal cues from The Big Bang Theory.
27 min
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ICYMI: And The Oscar Goes To…Club Chalamet
From come-ups to cancellations, fan accounts put in the work this awards season.
32 min
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Dear Prudence | My Mom’s Self-Centered. Am I, T...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Princess Weekes.
32 min
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Hit Parade | Material Girl in an Imperial World...
Pet Shop Boys coined the term “imperial phase” to describe a pop star’s untouchable era. In the ’80s, Madonna lived it.
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Care & Feeding | I’m Estranged From My Dad. My ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on setting a hard boundary.
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