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How To!: Be Free Of Body Shame
Ronald Young Jr. on weight, societal change, and why you actually don’t need to love your body.
43 min
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Hang Up: Conference Title Game Agony and Ecstasy
66 min
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Working: How Children’s Book Ideas Begin
49 min
729
ICYMI: Why YouTube Loves Video Essays
How longform, academic-leaning rants are finding success in a shortform digital landscape
30 min
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Slate Money: The Rent is Still Too Damned High
The Money crew talks record-breaking rental prices, infant apparel brand Kyte’s baby blues, and the marketing secrets of Josh wine.
47 min
731
Hit Parade: And the Grammy Goes to… Edition Part 2
49 min
732
A Word: Fix Your CROWN
“CROWN” laws are supposed to stop discrimination over Black natural hairstyles. Why aren’t they working?
20 min
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Dear Prudence: My Husband Stopped Using Soap an...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by writer and advice columnist Cheryl Strayed.
34 min
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Care & Feeding: I Think I Smelled Weed On My 13...
Slate’s parenting podcast on highs and lows.
36 min
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Working: Breaking Stubborn Habits
22 min
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Outward: Your Queer Queries, Answered!
Danny Lavery and Madeline Ducharme join Bryan in answering some listener questions
40 min
737
ICYMI: The TikTok Joy of Mychal the Librarian
How Mychal Threets turned a mean comment into a moment of resilience for library kids everywhere
29 min
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Culture Gabfest: True Detective’s Coldest Case ...
52 min
739
Well, Now: Breaking Up With Diet Culture
Diet culture is all around us. We’ve got some practical ways to dismantle it.
29 min
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Hear Me Out: Feminism Is Dying (But It Can Be S...
When we say all women, we need to mean it.
32 min
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How To!: Stop Snoring and Breathe Easier (Encore)
My cats won’t sleep in the same room as me.
27 min
742
Hang Up: Sports Illustrated Is Dead Again
65 min
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Working: The Sounds That Make a Movie
46 min
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What Next TBD: Have Algorithms Ruined Our Culture?
"Filterworld" makes the case that algorithms, not people, decide what we like.
32 min
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ICYMI: Stanley, Josh and Tunnel Girl
Why giant cups, oddly-named wine and rogue tunnels are making the rounds online
33 min
746
Political Gabfest Reads: How to Thrive in a Wor...
Brad Stulberg’s new book Master of Change aims to teach you how to weather life-altering events.
37 min
747
A Word: Send In the Clowns?
Black Republicans, white supremacy, and the politics of grift.
44 min
748
Dear Prudence: I Spend Hours a Day Having Inten...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by a marine biologist and Pulitzer winner, Liz Neely and Ed Yong.
36 min
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ICYMI: Harry Potter Fanfiction and Battling Tik...
How Milly Tamarez and Alise Morales spend their time online
29 min
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Well, Now: What “Wellness” Is and Isn’t
We all want to be “well”—but what does that mean exactly?
27 min