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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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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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Dear Prudence: A Co-Worker I Dated is Spreading...
Do I tell his boss about his inappropriate behavior?
37 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
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Culture Gabfest: The Bear's Second Course
54 min
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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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Hang Up: The Quest for .400
71 min
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Working: A Tap Dancing Obsession
46 min
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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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A Word: Black and Proud
25 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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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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Outward: What Was Corporate Pride?
We always knew that rainbow-washing was bogus. So why do we miss it?
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
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ICYMI: The Super Bowl of Private Chef TikTok
As the rich flee New York City for the summer, so do their content-making chefs.
36 min
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Hang Up: The Pelicans’ Zion Williamson Problem
79 min
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The Waves: TRAILER: ...And Just Like That Recap...
Every week The Waves will be talking about the latest episode of the Sex and the City sequel.
2 min
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Hear Me Out: Descendants Of Slaves Don’t Need R...
Being stuck in the past might not help us make progress.
43 min
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Working: A Painter Reveals the Beauty of Bicycles
40 min