1151
What Next: The Drag King Who Loves Performing f...
A drag performer and lip-syncer speaks their own truth to Texas lawmakers.
24 min
1152
The Waves: Finding Love Without Romance
Author Amy Key explores a life without romantic love, but with a lot of Joni Mitchell.
32 min
1153
Culture Gabfest: The Spider-Verse Proliferates
51 min
1154
Hear Me Out: Corporate Pride is Tacky, Pointles...
The first Pride was a protest, after all.
42 min
1155
Hang Up: The Mascot That Changed American Sports
70 min
1156
Working: A Prolific Novelist Takes a Breather
46 min
1157
ICYMI: Meet NPR’s TikTok Boy
How Jack Corbett amassed a loyal–and thirsty–following.
39 min
1158
Slate Money: The Economic Tale of the Writers S...
How the ongoing Writers Guild strike affects the entertainment economy
51 min
1159
What Next TBD: When Your Childhood Was Their Co...
The first generation to grow up with their entire childhood documented on social media is coming of age—and wondering how to get some privacy.
24 min
1160
Dear Prudence: I Think My Wife Is Cheating On M...
My wife has formed a flirty relationship with an AI tool and I can't shake off the sense of feeling replaced and insecure.
51 min
1161
A Word: My Father, the Spy
Martin Luther King Jr., a Black police mole, and the lie that brought them together.
23 min
1162
The Waves: The Hustle of Being Beautiful
How can we interrogate the problems with beauty culture…while still enjoying our face masks and lip gloss?
37 min
1163
Working: What Publication Day Feels Like
32 min
1164
ICYMI: The Only People Who Made Money From Tumblr
How an Obama-era publishing trend led to it’s own book genre.
31 min
1165
Culture Gabfest: Did the Succession Finale Succ...
54 min
1166
Hang Up: The Best Comeback That Never Was
82 min
1167
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep10: Fairly Explosi...
61 min
1168
What Next: TBD | The Trouble With TikTok Songs
Sped-up versions of songs are siphoning off already-paltry streaming revenues
18 min
1169
Working: The Breakout Star of HBO’s Barry
47 min
1170
Future Tense Fiction: When Robots Go to War
In the May episode of Future Tense Fiction, Justina Ireland discusses her short story “Collateral Damage.”
58 min
1171
Hit Parade: Champagne Supernova Edition Part 2
54 min
1172
Dear Prudence: I Saved My Neighbor’s Life And N...
I don’t like being around her, and I’m starting to wonder if I made a mistake in helping her.
36 min
1173
A Word: Racial Reckoning on Campus
How the “Hard Histories” project exploded an abolitionist myth.
32 min
1174
The Waves: I Don’t Care If You Like Me
Are female characters on shows like Killing Eve, Fleabag and 90s Rosanne anti-heroes, or just fully formed women?
33 min
1175
Culture Gabfest: Sanctuary Is No Fifty Shades o...
51 min