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Dear Prudence: I Hate My Fiancé’s Mustache—but ...
I want it gone! Am I being unreasonable?
40 min
1577
A Word: Trouble the Waters
Beyond Flint and Jackson, many Black communities suffer from dirty water.
19 min
1578
Political Gabfest: Rural Arkansas Explored in a...
Monica Potts’ new memoir The Forgotten Girls asks what happens to the women you leave behind.
25 min
1579
The Waves: Is the Wedding Dress Dead?
From Michigan to Brooklyn, an exploration of what makes a wedding dress special.
31 min
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ICYMI: What Next: TBD: The Trouble With TikTok...
An episode of Slate’s What Next: TBD on sped-up versions of songs are siphoning off already-paltry streaming revenues.
19 min
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Culture Gabfest: Indiana Jones and the Lady Fro...
52 min
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Hang Up: The Sports Culture Power Rankings
66 min
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Working: A Moving Comeback Album From a Country...
42 min
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ICYMI: The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Compla...
How Bath & Body Works fans fostered a safe haven on Reddit
41 min
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Slate Money: How The Affirmative Action Ruling ...
The recent Supreme Court decision could change how American companies hire
40 min
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Hit Parade: Yes We Can Can Edition Part 2
37 min
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Dear Prudence: A Co-Worker I Dated is Spreading...
Do I tell his boss about his inappropriate behavior?
37 min
1588
A Word: The Rise of Miss Ross
Actress Angelica Ross fought racism, colorism, and transphobia on her way to stardom.
32 min
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The Waves: Can Fairy Tales Be Feminist?
How fairy tales can speak to today’s audiences and the gendered nature of telling stories.
28 min
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Working: Shaking a Creative Slump
26 min
1591
ICYMI: Finding Queer Love Online
We hear from listeners who found love in Minecraft rose gardens and Craigslist missed connections.
33 min
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Culture Gabfest: The Bear's Second Course
54 min
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Hang Up: The Quest for .400
71 min
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Working: A Tap Dancing Obsession
46 min
1595
Future Tense Fiction: Who Gets to Escape the Cl...
In the June episode of Future Tense Fiction, Matt Bell discusses his short story “Empathy Hour.”
72 min
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ICYMI: Why the Internet Couldn’t Get Enough of ...
The Titanic-bound missing vessel that gripped the world and ended in tragedy
35 min
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Dear Prudence: How Do You Know When It’s Time t...
We’ve been friends for more than a decade and I’m hurt to discover our friendship is way more one-sided than what I thought.
44 min
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A Word: Black and Proud
25 min
1599
The Waves: A Year Without Roe
Since the 2022 Dobbs decision ending the right to an abortion, a lot has happened. And it’s worse than we predicted.
52 min
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Culture Gabfest: Black Mirror Shows Netflix Its...
Dana is joined by Slate’s Candice Lim, Sam Adams, and Cheyna Roth to discuss Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, the sixth season of Black Mirror, and the ethics of true crime, inspired by The Atlantic piece, “The Gross Spectacle of Murder Fandom.”
56 min