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Hang Up | The NBA’s Growing Gambling Affair
How legal prop betting may have set the table for the latest scandal affecting pro basketball.
55 min
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Care & Feeding | My Kid is Saying 6-7…Can I Say...
41 min
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ICYMI | TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem
An incident at the 2025 convention has added new urgency to streamer safety.
47 min
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Care & Feeding | “It’s Not Easy!” Parenting Aft...
43 min
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ICYMI | The Streamer and the Shock Collar
Conservative clout-chasers accuse Hasan Piker of animal abuse on livestream.
38 min
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Decoder Ring | The Red String Board Conspiracy
46 min
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Culture Gabfest Slate Plus Preview: Jad Abumrad...
When you have Jad Abumrad in the studio, you don’t let him leave without squeezing as much quality audio from him as possible.
6 min
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Culture Gabfest: Guillermo del Toro Can Take Fr...
On this week’s show, the panel delves into the gothic world of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, the fate of dictionaries, and Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, a new podcast about the musical icon and activist.
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How To! | Survive Getting Fired
Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill on bouncing back after losing your job.
39 min
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Death, Sex & Money | How a Former Polygamist “S...
Christine Brown Woolley, co-star of the TLC reality show Sister Wives, talks about the faith she grew up in—and raised her children in—and why she decided to break from it.
57 min
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Hang Up | Nate Silver and the NFL's Year of Parity
The FiveThirtyEight and Silver Bulletin founder joins to discuss the unpredictability of professional football.
82 min
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Care & Feeding | Is Gaming Taking Over Boys’ Li...
35 min
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What Next: TBD | Why Bands Are Leaving Spotify
Xiu Xiu explains their decision to leave the streaming platform following Daniel Ek's investments in defense tech.
17 min
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ICYMI | Candice Lim Logs Off
Saying goodbye to Candice—and two of the internet’s biggest mysteries.
44 min
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Gabfest Reads | The Radical Fund That Rewired A...
28 min
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Hit Parade | If You Love Sting, Set Him Free Ed...
From the schoolroom to sophisti-pop, Sting’s genre-bending career is packed with hits.
63 min
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What Next: TBD | Inside the MAGA Content Mill
How to make a city full of inflatable frog suits look like it needs the National Guard.
23 min
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Care & Feeding | Make My Kid Eat, Please!
46 min
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ICYMI | Stop Trying To Make A.I. Trendy
From vandalized subway ads to ChatGPT billboards, A.I. startups are flooding traditional marketing spaces and getting backlash for it.
38 min
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Culture Gabfest: Channing Tatum on the Lam Edition
On this week’s show, conversations about Channing Tatum as Roofman, Tim Robinson spinning out in The Chair Company, and historical reenactors doing their thing.
59 min
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Hang Up | How the Ceasefire Keeps Israel in Eur...
Trump’s peace deal pressed pause on a move to expel the country from UEFA.
64 min
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How To! | Harness Your Anger
Soraya Chemaly on the power of women’s rage.
43 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Nick Offerman's Principled...
The actor and author talks about playing an anti-gov extremist in his latest film Sovereign, the magic of teaching woodworking, and his less-than-perfect approach to making the world better.
48 min
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ICYMI | Podcaster Theo Von Is A Manosphere Mystery
And the comedian might be outgrowing it.
44 min
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Care & Feeding | A Tooth Fairy Fail
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