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ICYMI: TikTok Shop is a Dystopian Mall Kiosk
How TikTok’s e-commerce feature is ruining the app and small businesses
37 min
1002
Future Tense Fiction: Welcome to the A.I. Haunt...
On this month’s episode of Future Tense Fiction, Janelle Shane discusses her short story “The Skeleton Crew.”
61 min
1003
A Word: After Jacksonville, Is Antifa the Answer?
Activist: Fascist violence calls for full resistance
30 min
1004
Dear Prudence: Relationship Podcasts Are Ruinin...
She sees every unmarried woman as competition. Is there anything that can be done?
36 min
1005
One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play
In 1955, a team of Black Little Leaguers battled the white establishment in the Deep South.
53 min
1006
The Waves: The Forced Kiss Seen Round the World
A women’s World Cup soccer champ was forcibly kissed by her boss’s boss. But the problems in women’s soccer go beyond one kiss.
34 min
1007
ICYMI: BookTok’s Horny Hockey Drama and the End...
How the changing financial incentives of the internet make loud and unabashed thirst more fraught.
34 min
1008
Culture Gabfest: Gran Turismo is Cynical and Gl...
The hosts discuss Gran Turismo, the K-drama Mask Girl, and “Rich Men North of Richmond” by Oliver Anthony.
55 min
1009
Hang Up: Sha’Carri Richardson Roars Back
77 min
1010
Working: How an Author and a Translator Collabo...
45 min
1011
ICYMI: Addison Rae is the Newest Pop Princess
How the divisive TikTok star shocked us with a bop-filled EP
40 min
1012
Hit Parade: Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture Ed...
32 min
1013
A Word: Democracy Dies in Dixie?
Even Black candidates who win often fight to serve.
20 min
1014
Dear Prudence: My Wife Goes Braless Around Our ...
I think her behavior is inappropriate, but she doesn’t see the issue.
41 min
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The Waves: America’s Dangerous Obsession with T...
From celebrities to the International Chess Federation to the Olympics, attacks against trans people - especially trans women - are piling up.
31 min
1016
Working Overtime: Why Artists Should Attend Fes...
23 min
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ICYMI: How to Make Millions Playing Dungeons & ...
Critical Role is an unvarnished success. But what does it mean for the rest of the D&D community?
36 min
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Culture Gabfest: Passages Is Not For the Prudes
54 min
1019
Hear Me Out: Sit Down and Shut Up at Concerts a...
And if you don’t, there should be consequences.
37 min
1020
What Next: Why The Blind Side's Narrative Fell ...
Inside the gap between reality and the “feel-good” film.
23 min
1021
Hang Up: The Blind Side’s Blind Spots
71 min
1022
Working: A Novelist on Genre Blending and Sucki...
There are quests for immortality among the super rich whether that’s flying into space to be robolords or just living forever.
52 min
1023
ICYMI: The Child Content Creator Crash is Coming
What Lil Tay’s death rumors signal about the child influencer economy.
36 min
1024
Slate Money: Rao’s Pasta Sauce is the Zoom of Food
49 min
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Political Gabfest Reads: How a David Copperfiel...
Barbara Kingsolver’s latest draws inspiration from Charles Dickens to tell the truth of her people.
28 min