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1801
ICYMI: Jojo Siwa Did What on TikTok?
And why is everybody posting Adam Levine’s sexts?
33 min
1802
Culture Gabfest: Hamm Sandwich
56 min
1803
Hang Up: The Brett Favre Welfare Scandal
74 min
1804
Working: Making Lincoln Center More Welcoming
48 min
1805
ICYMI: Serial Didn’t Free Adnan Syed
Not reckoning with their own oversights is a failure of journalism.
37 min
1806
A Word: The Kids are Alright
The documentary Defining US spotlights hard work and hope in diverse schools.
29 min
1807
The Waves: Free Britney. From Her Fans.
Britney Spears has been released from her conservatorship, but not the public spotlight.
34 min
1808
Working: Getting Rid of the Art You Create
22 min
1809
ICYMI: It’s OK to Criticize the Dead
Respectability politics gets in the way of remembering a person’s entire, complex legacy.
29 min
1810
Culture Gabfest: Jolly Green Lawyer
54 min
1811
Outward: Is A League of Their Own Gratuitously ...
Plus, the making of Stay on Board, the Netflix documentary about trans skateboarder Leo Baker.
75 min
1812
Hang Up: Should the NBA Ban Robert Sarver?
81 min
1813
Gabfest Reads: Searching for a Happy Ending
Ada Calhoun’s memoir, Also a Poet, started as a biography about Frank O’Hara. It became a reflection on Calhoun’s relationship with her father.
29 min
1814
Working: An Editor for HBO's The Rehearsal Expl...
44 min
1815
ICYMI: Where AI Art Can Go Wrong
Rachelle asks a tech reporter what’s up with A.I. art and other burning questions.
28 min
1816
Hit Parade: At Last, My Legacy Has Come Along E...
What is a “legacy hit”? A chart flop back in the day that’s now a classic—from “Tiny Dancer” to “What I Like About You”
55 min
1817
A Word: Teaching While Black
Black educators are fleeing classrooms at a higher rate. Why?
26 min
1818
Spoiler Specials: Orphan: First Kill
The psychological thriller Orphan: First Kill gets spoiled by Slate’s Sam Adams and Jeffrey Bloomer.
25 min
1819
The Waves: How to Live With Your Partner’s PTSD
The condition directly affects more women than men—and caregivers for people with PTSD do not get enough support themselves.
29 min
1820
One Year - 1986: Herschel vs. the Blubber Busters
How a cute story about a hungry sea lion became a fight over targeted animal killing.
46 min
1821
ICYMI: Harry Styles Knows Exactly What He’s Doing
To understand his online savvy, we need to look back at his One Direction days.
32 min
1822
Culture Gabfest: Bad Sisters, Bad Sons
56 min
1823
Hang Up: Our New Tennis Overlord
78 min
1824
Working: Reporter Casey Parks on the Book She N...
45 min
1825
ICYMI: Everyone Wants to Be a Food Influencer…o...
TikTok has totally changed how we cook online.
25 min