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Dear Prudence: I Think Black Tourists Are in Da...
Plus, trying to save friends from bad relationships, and a spouse who puts the dog before the kids.
35 min
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A Word: Build Black Better
Black Women Build harnesses community spirit to restore Baltimore.
20 min
1753
The Waves: What the Hart Family Murders Reveal ...
When Devonte Hart and his siblings were killed by their foster moms, why were those women viewed as victims?
31 min
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ICYMI: Live from Copenhagen
We’re international!
43 min
1755
What Next: March Madness Comes to Capitol Hill
College sports still has a money problem.
26 min
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Culture Gabfest: John Wick Whacks the Box Office
52 min
1757
Hear Me Out: A National Divorce Would Be A Good...
Slate’s new podcast tackles increasing, nationwide calls for secession.
33 min
1758
Hang Up: Caitlin Clark Is Changing the Game
75 min
1759
Slate Money: Succession S4 Ep1: High-Calorie In...
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by author and journalist Jim Stewart to recap episode one, season four of HBO’s Succession.
54 min
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Working: How Raffi Makes Kids Music That’s Actu...
48 min
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ICYMI: Gwyneth Paltrow and the Ozempic Craze
How our bodies are perceived in society is a problem none of us can fix on our own.
38 min
1762
Future Tense Fiction: Can a Pandemic Story Have...
Annalee Newitz discusses their short story “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis.”
76 min
1763
Hit Parade: Raise Your Glass Edition Part 2
34 min
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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
1765
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
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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
1767
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
1770
Hear Me Out: We Need to Argue With Each Other
Slate’s new podcast makes the case for fighting without winners.
30 min
1771
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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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
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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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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