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One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play
In 1955, a team of Black Little Leaguers battled the white establishment in the Deep South.
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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
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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
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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
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Hang Up: Sha’Carri Richardson Roars Back
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Working: How an Author and a Translator Collabo...
45 min
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ICYMI: Addison Rae is the Newest Pop Princess
How the divisive TikTok star shocked us with a bop-filled EP
40 min
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Hit Parade: Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture Ed...
32 min
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A Word: Democracy Dies in Dixie?
Even Black candidates who win often fight to serve.
20 min
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Dear Prudence: My Wife Goes Braless Around Our ...
I think her behavior is inappropriate, but she doesn’t see the issue.
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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.
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Working Overtime: Why Artists Should Attend Fes...
23 min
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Culture Gabfest: Passages Is Not For the Prudes
54 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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Hear Me Out: Sit Down and Shut Up at Concerts a...
And if you don’t, there should be consequences.
37 min
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What Next: Why The Blind Side's Narrative Fell ...
Inside the gap between reality and the “feel-good” film.
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Hang Up: The Blind Side’s Blind Spots
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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
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Slate Money: Rao’s Pasta Sauce is the Zoom of Food
49 min
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ICYMI: The Child Content Creator Crash is Coming
What Lil Tay’s death rumors signal about the child influencer economy.
36 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
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A Word: The Donald Went Down to Georgia
Even if Trump loses, will voting rights in Georgia still be under attack?
30 min
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Dear Prudence: I Told My Husband I May Have Pos...
Am I expecting too much to want his help?
47 min
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The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee Stallion
Tory Lanez was sentenced for shooting Megan, but he’s not the only “Toronto Mans” to do her dirty.
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Culture Gabfest: Ninja Turtle...Masterpiece?
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