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Care & Feeding: Is It Creepy To Photograph Othe...
Slate’s parenting podcast on Halloween.
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Well, Now: Weed’s Growing (and Alarming) Side E...
More people report using cannabis regularly than drink alcohol. What are the costs of America’s most popular drug?
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Culture Gabfest: Can Stolen Artifacts Return Ti...
This week, the hosts discuss Dahomey, Rachel Bloom’s new special, and Mark Zuckerberg’s new clothes.
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ICYMI: The Breakup Reddit Can’t Stop Talking About
Why the internet predicted and celebrated the messy breakup of country singer Zach Bryan and Barstool Sports personality Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.
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Outward: Building Movements with Gender Liberat...
Jules Gill-Peterson sits down with the lead organizers of the Gender Liberation March to talk movement building, the fight for bodily autonomy needs us all, and organizing in an election year
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How To!: Face Your Fear of Dying (Encore)
I’m a comedy writer who can’t stop imagining my own death.
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Death, Sex & Money: The Making and Unmaking of ...
Author Kendra Adachi explains why she no-longer adheres to the self-help industry’s impossible standards.
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Death, Sex & Money: The Making and Unmaking of ...
Author Kendra Adachi explains why she no-longer adheres to the self-help industry’s impossible standards.
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Hang Up: Athletes Punt on 2024
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Care & Feeding: Revisiting Modern Puberty, Expl...
Slate’s parenting podcast on remembering the awkward years.
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What Next TBD: Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
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ICYMI: How to Thrive as a Party of One
NPR’s Meghan Keane wrote a book about choosing yourself in a world that pressures us to partner. What happened next was the greatest twist of all.
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Hit Parade: With or Without U2 Edition Part 2
How Bono and the boys pivoted from the earnest ’80s to the ironic ’90s. They’ve always been both cool and cringe.
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Dear Prudence: My Husband Wants More Sympathy T...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Care and Feeding Co-host Lucy Lopez
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What Next TBD: Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
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A Word: Invisible Men
Fear of a Black male voter.
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Care & Feeding: My Son Can’t Read The Room
Slate’s parenting podcast on knowing your audience.
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Well, Now: Puberty is Starting Earlier and Last...
Tips from a puberty expert on navigating this necessary part of life, supporting youth going through it, and keeping your cool throughout the process.
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Decoder Ring | The Wrongest Bird in Movie History
The “Pygmy Nuthatch” in Charlie’s Angels has bedeviled birders for the last 25 years.
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Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News - Ep. 6: What H...
Some of the people who built Fox News now wonder how much they’re to blame for what it’s become.
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Culture Gabfest: Anora Pole Dances to The Oscars
This week, the hosts discuss Anora, the Matlock reboot, and a new site for music criticism.
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ICYMI | Victoria’s Secret Is Your Grandma’s Fas...
From divisive internet reactions to lackluster runway looks, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show should’ve been left in the past.
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Outward: The Amicus Brief for U.S. v. Skrmetti ...
Outward’s own Jules takes us behind her contributions to an amicus brief for an upcoming Supreme Court case that will have a massive impact on trans healthcare rights
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Death, Sex & Money: Haley Joel Osment Is Not Yo...
The Oscar-nominated Sixth Sense actor explains how he avoided some of the common pitfalls of early fame.
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How To!: Cope With Forever Parenting
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