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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
602
Working: Surviving the Book Release Process
27 min
603
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
604
Culture Gabfest “Summer Strut 2024”
Welcome to our annual celebration of strut-worthy music! (As nominated by our lovely fans.)
66 min
605
ICYMI: Encore: Why YouTube Loves Video Essays
How longform, academic-leaning rants are finding success in a shortform digital landscape
30 min
606
Hear Me Out: The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression
We shouldn’t ignore the path of destruction left in host nations.
37 min
607
What Next: How Trump Got Ice Cube
Straight outta Compton…and eventually to the GOP?
25 min
608
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
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How To!: Put a Toxic Job Behind You
Rudhir Krishtel on rethinking what makes us happy at work.
36 min
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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
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Care & Feeding: I’m Struggling to Love My Daughter
Slate’s parenting podcast on feeling mismatched.
37 min
612
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
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ICYMI: The 2024 Internet Olympics
We rank the best memes, moments, and main characters of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
50 min
614
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
615
A Word: “Momala” and “Papa Bear”
The Second Gentleman speaks up for his wife, and out against Donald Trump.
24 min
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Dear Prudence: My Friend Told Our Friend Group ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Slate’s senior writer and co-host of Wondery’s Scamfluencers, Scaachi Koul.
31 min
617
A Word: Guest Wrong: Trump at NABJ
Trump has repeatedly attacked Black journalists. So why was he invited to their convention?
30 min
618
Culture Gabfest: Deadpool & Wolverine #%&$ the ...
This week the hosts discuss Deadpool & Wolverine, the internet’s obsession with Kamala memes, and generative documentary Eno.
61 min
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Outward: Project 2025 with Orion Rummler
Bryan and reporter Orion Rummler break down what Project 2025 has in store for the LGBTQ community
23 min
620
Decoder Ring: Standing Up for Sitting Down
Sitting has, once again, stepped into the spotlight as a kind of villain.
35 min
621
ICYMI: Cody Ko Has Become the Misogyny He Mocks
What the Cody Ko allegations tell us about victim-blaming, credibility, and YouTube’s history of silent misogyny
45 min
622
Well, Now: How to Avoid Heat-Related Illness
Tips to stay cool and hydrated — and how to care for those who aren’t — from a surgeon general in one of the country’s hottest states.
42 min
623
What Next: Olympic Gymnastics is Back. But Is I...
The problem has always been bigger than Larry Nassar.
24 min
624
How To!: Be Funny (5th Anniversary Edition)
Founding host Charles Duhigg celebrates five years of life-changing advice.
40 min
625
Death, Sex & Money: Olympic Legend Greg Lougani...
The four-time gold medal winning diver explains what it was like to compete at the highest level while undergoing treatment for HIV.
38 min