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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Death, Sex & Money: The Mayor of the Most Contr...
A frank conversation with San Francisco mayor London Breed about drug policy and formative life experiences in the City by the Bay.
49 min
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Hear Me Out: AI’s Threat to Democracy Flopped
For now, the robots have left us unscathed.
31 min
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How To!: Be a Mindful Grandparent
Marilyn McEntyre and Shirley Showalter on loving your children’s children.
37 min
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Hang Up: Chaos at the Copa
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Working: An Author’s Mission to Make Her Reader...
Writer Sally Franson talks about her hilarious new novel Big in Sweden, which was inspired by her real-life experience as a reality TV contestant.
48 min
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ICYMI: The “Hawk Tuah Girl” Is the New Scott Di...
Plus, High Speed Downloads on everyone’s favorite TikTok love triangle and the United Airlines cheater.
32 min
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Hit Parade: Song(s) of the Summer Edition Part 1
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A Word: Blerd Up
How BlerdCon is uniting cosplayers, superfans, and geeks of color.
31 min
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Dear Prudence: My BFF Bullied Her Husband Into ...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by storyteller and host Ronald Young Jr.
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Working: How to Ease Back into Work After Losin...
18 min
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Culture Gabfest: Has The Bear Jumped the Shark?
This week, the hosts discuss The Bear season 3, Fancy Dance, and the app-ification of, well, everything.
59 min
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Well, Now: The Full Truth About Ozempic
Whether we like it or not, GLP-1 drugs have changed healthcare forever. So how can doctors prescribe it safely?
46 min
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Outward: What's A Gender Doula?
Jules talks to Eli Lawliet about their practice as a Gender Doula, offering practical and emotional support to people as they transition
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ICYMI: Baggu’s Horse Bag Controversy
Plus, why an A.I.-generated Toys R Us commercial gained more critics than customers.
36 min
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Death, Sex & Money: Sex Parties and Shakespeare...
The writer and podcast host discusses his new memoir and explains why sex “might hold the secrets to almost everything.”
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How To!: Take a Sabbatical
DJ DiDonna on taking a break from work and making it count.
36 min