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Future Tense Fiction: Can a Pandemic Story Have...
Annalee Newitz discusses their short story “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis.”
76 min
1527
Hit Parade: Raise Your Glass Edition Part 2
34 min
1528
Dear Prudence: My Wife’s Friend Is Not Her Frie...
How can I get my wife to understand that her friend is not a friend at all?
36 min
1529
A Word: When a Race War Threat Was Real
Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder broke Black America’s spirit. It never fully healed.
28 min
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The Waves; We Need to Talk About Postpartum Psy...
It’s one of the “worst psychiatric emergencies.” But the United State’s system for treatment isn’t working.
34 min
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Working: When To Let Go of the Creative Dream
18 min
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ICYMI: Encore: Someone’s Selling Human Bones on...
A look into the legalities of the human skeleton market.
30 min
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Culture Gabfest: Daisy Jones and the Fictional ...
52 min
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Hear Me Out: We Need to Argue With Each Other
Slate’s new podcast makes the case for fighting without winners.
30 min
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Working: A ‘70s Crime Classic Gets a Musical Redux
47 min
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ICYMI: Pedro Pascal Is the Internet’s Daddy
Fans cannot get enough of his charm, or the way he says, “Baby girl.”
39 min
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Future Tense Fiction: Coming March 25
A monthly science fiction fix from Slate, Arizona State and New America.
2 min
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Gabfest Reads: How Do You Solve a Problem Like ...
The pending economic catastrophe is about more than the pandemic, author Chris Miller explains in his new book, Chip War.
33 min
1539
A Word: No More “Black Picket Fence”
Black, unmarried, childfree adults are a growing middle-class force
23 min
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Dear Prudence: My Mom Doesn’t Think My Fiance I...
My mom said she doesn’t think my fiance is thin, attractive, or intelligent enough for me, and now their relationship is fractured.
34 min
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The Waves: Two Feminists Talk Weight Loss
Weight loss isn’t bad. It’s just personal, whether you do it or not.
37 min
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Hear Me Out: Coming March 21
Slate’s political and cultural discussion podcast, with veteran journalist and author Celeste Headlee.
1 min
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ICYMI: Dear Prudence: Sister Wants Me to Be Her...
My sister is in desperate need of a surrogate, but I can’t help her.
35 min
1544
Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Are Back, Baby!
52 min
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Hang Up: Is the NFL Colluding Against Lamar Jac...
68 min
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What Next TBD: Would You Let A.I. Date For You?
Would your personal profile benefit from an impersonal touch?
26 min
1547
Working: A Sommelier Without the Smugness
45 min
1548
ICYMI: Vanderpump Rules’ War of the Roses
The reality TV story that refuses to leave our timelines.
39 min
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Hit Parade: Raise Your Glass Edition Part 1
48 min
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Dear Prudence: Should I Have A Baby? Help!
I want a baby, but severe mental health issues run in our family, and I’m worried.
32 min