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1051
ICYMI: How Kate Middleton’s Disappearance Redef...
We break down one of 2024’s biggest internet stories and ask: what’s the recipe for a rare monocultural event?
49 min
1052
Outward: Queering the Map with Lucas LaRochelle
24 min
1053
How To!: Flirt With Confidence
Jeff Guenther on telling your crush how you really feel.
36 min
1054
Death, Sex & Money: Filling the Health Care Gap...
Nurse practitioners Teresa and Paula deliver life-saving care–and botox and fillers–to communities that keep getting left behind.
39 min
1055
Hang Up: So Long Sixers
62 min
1056
Working: Writer Anne Lamott’s Difficult Persona...
The Bird By Bird author discusses her new book about love, her proclivity for deeply honest memoir writing, and some of her go-to advice about writing and publishing.
49 min
1057
John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: Remembering Earl...
Getting used to a new city, work advice, passing on wisdom, and more are explored in this week’s audio essay from John Dickerson.
41 min
1058
ICYMI: How Challengers Took Over the Internet
It’s Zendaya’s world and we’re all just living in it
36 min
1059
Dear Prudence: My Brother Is a Budding Alex Jon...
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by writer, producer, and host Heben Nigatu.
30 min
1060
A Word: Flint's Decade of Disappointment
The legacy of the Flint water crisis: disability, disinvestment, and despair.
26 min
1061
Care & Feeding: Kid-Friendly Kitchen Adventures...
Slate’s parenting podcast on global flavors, sans jetlag.
38 min
1062
Working: Staying Accountable To Yourself
25 min
1063
Well, Now: How a Former Surgeon General Took on...
Even surgeon generals get sticker shock. Here are Jerome Adams’s suggestions for how to fight back.
40 min
1064
Outward: Mary & George Brings the Historical Drama
Bryan and Jules review the new series from Starz with guest host June Thomas
38 min
1065
Culture Gabfest: Zendaya Plays Doubles
This week, the hosts discuss Challengers, Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, and the state of magazines.
58 min
1066
ICYMI: The End of Foxtrot and Outdoor Voices
How the abrupt closure of two popular venture-backed brands will affect yuppie lunch culture and cult brand-ism
41 min
1067
Death, Sex & Money: You’re at a Crossroads. We’...
Advice for what to do when the path forward suddenly isn’t so clear.
70 min
1068
Hear Me Out: Student Protests Can Backfire (Badly)
It’s the law of unintended consequences.
41 min
1069
How To!: Carvell Wallace on Another Word for Love
Courtney Martin talks with Carvell Wallace about writing, interviewing—and his new memoir.
32 min
1070
Hang Up: Anthony Edwards Is Here
69 min
1071
Working: Interviews That Get to the Point
Death, Sex & Money host Anna Sale shares her strategies for conducting interviews about things that really matter.
45 min
1072
John Dickerson’s Navel Gazing: The Power of Fou...
Noticing longer, gray lockboxes, a soul-crushing teacher, Georgia O’Keeffe and more are explored in this week’s audio essay from John Dickerson.
30 min
1073
ICYMI: The “TikTok Voice” of Our Generation
Natalya Toryanski went viral for parodying a seemingly ubiquitous style of talking.
41 min
1074
Hit Parade: We Want It That Way Edition Part 2
59 min
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A Word: True Life, True Crime
How journalist Tonya Mosley got to know her sister Anita decades after she died.
25 min