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1201
Decoder Ring: Who Owns the Tooth Fairy?
The Tooth Fairy’s freak flag is still flying.
34 min
1202
Hear Me Out: Your Kids Don’t Owe You Anything
They didn’t ask to be here, after all.
35 min
1203
Hi-Phi Nation: Effective Altruism and its Critics
How to Give to Charity Ethically
58 min
1204
Hang Up: Bronny to USC
69 min
1205
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep7: Two Indias (And...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined this week by a star-studded lineup to discuss episode seven of HBO’s Succession.
64 min
1206
Working: The Queen of the Amazons on Transformi...
48 min
1207
Political Gabfest Reads: The Classic Hollywood ...
Curtis Sittenfeld’s new book Romantic Comedy explores the middle-aged romance between a pop star and a comedy writer.
24 min
1208
ICYMI: Inside the Nexus of Wellness Culture
36 min
1209
What Next TBD: What the Writers' Strike Is Real...
The WGA is fighting to get ahead of A.I.—and finally catch up with the streaming era.
27 min
1210
Dear Prudence: Should I Travel Across the World...
35 min
1211
A Word: Becoming “The Black Mozart”
Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr., star of “Chevalier,” on bringing forgotten virtuoso Joseph Bologne to film.
18 min
1212
What Next: Charles In Charge
A coronation is a good time to ask of the monarchy “Do we have to?”
21 min
1213
The Waves: How to Protect Your Kids From Diet C...
Virginia Sole-Smith’s new book makes the radical case for letting your kids be kids when it comes to food. With Mom and Dad Are Fighting’s Jamilah Lemieux.
35 min
1214
Working: Sharing Your Work
21 min
1215
Decoder Ring: Why You Can’t Find a Damn Parkin...
Parking is a mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. We can get ourselves out of it.
33 min
1216
ICYMI: Should Influencers Unionize?
36 min
1217
Culture Gabfest: Judy Blume Blooms Again
51 min
1218
Hear Me Out: The Iraq War Was a Necessary Evil
Iraqis are freer now than they would have been without us.
28 min
1219
Hi-Phi Nation: The Problem with Gig Work
Can gig workers beat the algorithm?
51 min
1220
Hang Up: Steph Curry Lights the Beam
76 min
1221
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep6: Living+
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Ed Lee of the New York Times for a spoilery recap of episode six of the final season of HBO’s Succession.
53 min
1222
Working: An Opera Singer’s Meticulous Pre-Show ...
46 min
1223
ICYMI: Should We All Be Pirating More?
37 min
1224
Future Tense Fiction: Live. Love. Die. Repeat?
In the April episode of Future Tense Fiction, David Iserson discusses his short story “This, but Again.”
51 min
1225
Slate Money: “Traffic”: Ben Smith and the Death...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith to discuss his new book.
45 min