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What Next: The Hollywood Strikes Are Over. No O...
Film and TV crewmembers were burning through their savings during the last Hot Strike Summer. Their own union contracts are running out this July.
19 min
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Culture Gabfest: What Even Is Garfield?
This week, the hosts discuss Garfield, an essay on suspense, and June Thomas’ new book, A Place of Our Own
64 min
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Well, Now: The Isolation of a Life-Threatening ...
How author Suleika Jaouad grapples with identity after a leukemia diagnosis, remission, and re-emergence.
40 min
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Outward: Disrupting Food & Restaurant Culture w...
Jules talks to writer Chala June about using queer as a verb in the food industry
32 min
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Decoder Ring: Captain Planet to the Rescue
In 1990, the environmental superhero Captain Planet swooped onto TV screens.
39 min
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Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs - Ep. 3: Harvey ...
How the unofficial mayor of Castro Street became the public face of the anti-Briggs campaign.
52 min
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ICYMI: TikTok’s Current Main Character is a Fam...
Fannita Legett’s videos taking white influencers to task poured fuel on a fire that’s now raged beyond her control.
50 min
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Hear Me Out: Election Betting Should Be Legal
Devils roll the dice, voters roll their eyes?
34 min
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How To!: Be Lonely
Author Kristen Radtke on embracing solitude while deepening connections with others.
39 min
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Death, Sex & Money: I Was Afraid of Losing Myse...
What if we thought of caretaking as big, meaty, rewarding work? Or even… cool?
44 min
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Hang Up: The WNBA’s Caitlin Clark Drama
70 min
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Care & Feeding: How Moms Became Our Social Safe...
Slate’s parenting podcast on “Holding It Together.”
31 min
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Working: A Broadway Hit That Defies Genre
Choreographer Justin Peck talks about his new show Illinoise, which is based on a beloved Sufjan Stevens album.
47 min
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John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: The Meaning Behi...
The season finale of Navel Gazing explores John Dickerson’s search for meaning in a box of notebooks
36 min
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ICYMI: Anna Sale on Internet Sabbaticals, iPod ...
How the host of Death, Sex & Money spends her time online
37 min
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Hit Parade: Be My Baby-Baby-Baby Edition Part 2
What is a girl group? In the ’60s, harmonizing ladies saved rock & roll. In the ’90s, sisters with voices gave pop some TLC.
60 min
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Dear Prudence: I’m 39 and in Love With a 67-yea...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by Deputy Editor of HuffPost Personal, Emily McCombs.
34 min
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A Word: Not So Smooth Criminal
Could Trump’s New York conviction be the first of many?
27 min
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What Next TBD: He’s Suing Big Tech Over Uvalde
The lawsuit includes the gunmaker, Meta, and Activision, the company behind Call of Duty.
23 min
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What Next: An “Apprentice” Producer’s Mea Culpa
An account from one person who helped create the image that propelled Trump to the presidency.
27 min
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Working: When Life Gets in the Way
18 min
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Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs - Ep. 2: Defend ...
John Briggs’ crusade against gay teachers tapped into a deep well of conservative anxiety.
48 min
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Outward: The Trans History of the 1936 Olympics...
Bryan learns about trans and intersex athletes in the 1930s with writer Michael Waters
31 min
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Well, Now: How Doulas Make Childbirth Safer For...
For centuries, doulas have guided us through major life transitions, from childbirth to death and everything in between (even first menstruation!).
43 min
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ICYMI: Encore: TikTok Shop Is a Dystopian Mall ...
How TikTok’s e-commerce feature is ruining the app and small businesses
38 min