1476
Culture Gabfest: The Spider-Verse Proliferates
51 min
1477
Hear Me Out: Corporate Pride is Tacky, Pointles...
The first Pride was a protest, after all.
42 min
1478
Hang Up: The Mascot That Changed American Sports
70 min
1479
Working: A Prolific Novelist Takes a Breather
46 min
1480
Slate Money: The Economic Tale of the Writers S...
How the ongoing Writers Guild strike affects the entertainment economy
51 min
1481
ICYMI: Meet NPR’s TikTok Boy
How Jack Corbett amassed a loyal–and thirsty–following.
39 min
1482
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
1483
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
1484
A Word: My Father, the Spy
Martin Luther King Jr., a Black police mole, and the lie that brought them together.
23 min
1485
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
1486
Working: What Publication Day Feels Like
32 min
1487
ICYMI: The Only People Who Made Money From Tumblr
How an Obama-era publishing trend led to it’s own book genre.
31 min
1488
Culture Gabfest: Did the Succession Finale Succ...
54 min
1489
Hang Up: The Best Comeback That Never Was
82 min
1490
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep10: Fairly Explosi...
61 min
1491
Working: The Breakout Star of HBO’s Barry
47 min
1492
What Next: TBD | The Trouble With TikTok Songs
Sped-up versions of songs are siphoning off already-paltry streaming revenues
18 min
1493
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
1494
Hit Parade: Champagne Supernova Edition Part 2
54 min
1495
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
1496
A Word: Racial Reckoning on Campus
How the “Hard Histories” project exploded an abolitionist myth.
32 min
1497
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
1498
Culture Gabfest: Sanctuary Is No Fifty Shades o...
51 min
1499
ICYMI: Is Ice Spice an Industry Plant?
38 min
1500
Outward: Queer Utopian Fiction and Dystopian Re...
Netflix’s queer dating show features pets, processing, and very little sexual chemistry.
69 min