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A Word: Kamala Harris: Veep to Victory?
How the growing K-Hive supercharged a young campaign.
41 min
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Care & Feeding: Is Nudity in Art OK For Kids?
Slate’s parenting podcast on being the neighborhood art gallery.
37 min
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Working: Revisiting Your Resolutions
21 min
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Outward: “Bathroom Bills” Return with Nico Lang
Bryan digs into the recent return of trans-exclusionary “Bathroom Bills” with reporter Nico Lang
33 min
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ICYMI: The Day MTV News Went Down
Former MTV News editor Patrick Hosken on watching his work disappear from the internet without warning
34 min
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Well, Now - Gut Check: How to Master Your Micro...
If the gut microbiome is a product of your life choices, what makes a healthy one?
36 min
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Culture Gabfest: Twisters Blows Away the Box Of...
This week, the hosts discuss Twisters, a new Louis C.K. documentary, and how gambling has crept into all of our lives.
56 min
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How To!: Date With a Disability
Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp on swiping right, hooking up, and settling down.
39 min
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Death, Sex & Money: What’s Missing From the Ove...
Writer James T. Morrison shares his experience with addiction and suggests big changes to the way people talk about drugs.
46 min
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Money Talks: How to Write a Trashy Airport Book
Peter Shamshiri, co-host of the If Books Could Kill podcast, goes under the hood of self-help books.
29 min
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Hear Me Out: You Don’t Need A BFF
Life isn’t forever. Why should friends be?
36 min
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What Next: Kamala Harris: Meme Queen to Madame ...
How what she’s been—prosecutor, senator, vice-president, meme—sheds light on what may be.
25 min
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Hang Up: Sex Testing and Women’s Sports
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and the CBC’s Morgan Campbell check in on the WNBA at the halfway point of a historic season.
55 min
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What Next TBD: The Conspiracy Theory Election
Misinformation from all sides is dominating this election, making it impossible to tell what’s real and what’s fake.
20 min
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Working: A Newspaper Comic That Shows a Changin...
Candorville creator Darrin Bell talks about getting the strip into print in the early 2000’s and the ways his characters keep evolving.
45 min
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Gabfest Reads: Understanding the World Through ...
Roland Allen, author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper joins John Dickerson to talk about their shared favored pastime.
35 min
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ICYMI: What Next: TBD: The Blu-Ray-naissance Is...
An episode of What Next: TBD about the renaissance of physical media and the downsides of the streaming era.
20 min
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Dear Prudence: I Am Swamped With Plans and I Ha...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by New York Times best-selling author and journalist Carvell Wallace.
37 min
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A Word: Trump’s Race Card
Can African Americans fit in a M.A.G.A.-fied Republican Party?
32 min
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Outward: Can you love the bigotry away? Queer A...
Bryan, Jules, and Mathew take on your gender queer-ies and questions about navigating the rise of anti-trans bigotry in your personal life
36 min
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ICYMI: Amanda Mull on Titanic Fandoms and Frog ...
How the Bloomberg Businessweek reporter finds joy online as a conscious consumer and retail journalist
29 min
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Culture Gabfest: Longlegs Has Legs
This week, the hosts discuss Longlegs, a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries, and an Alice Munro controversy.
60 min
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Decoder Ring: The Secret Life of Lawn Ornaments
Gnomes, flamingos, and lawn jockeys—every garden decoration has a message for us.
44 min
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Well, Now: How Nick Cannon Got Celebrities to O...
From Howie Mandel to Lamar Odom, high-profile men open up about their struggles with anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction on the new Prime show Counsel Culture.
51 min
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How To!: Be a Mindful Grandparent
Marilyn McEntyre and Shirley Showalter on loving your children’s children.
37 min