1926
Culture Gabfest: Heteronormative Nonsense
54 min
1927
Decoder Ring: McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime...
The unlikely origins of the trench-coat wearing bloodhound who tackled personal safety, guns and drugs.
32 min
1928
Hang Up: Who’s to Blame for Tua’s Head Injury?
86 min
1929
Working: Author Annie Duke Explains How to Get ...
51 min
1930
ICYMI: BuzzFeed Set the Try Guys Up to Fail
The recent news about Ned Fulmer’s infidelity reveals how BuzzFeed trapped them in specific and limiting online identities.
37 min
1931
Hit Parade: At Last, My Legacy Has Come Along E...
59 min
1932
Spoiler Specials: Don’t Worry Darling
Domestic drama: Don’t Worry Darling gets spoiled by Slate’s Dana Stevens and Marissa Martinelli.
37 min
1933
A Word: The Case for Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory isn’t taught in public schools. Should it be?
23 min
1934
The Waves: Do Co-Ed Sports Hurt Girls?
Maybe it’s time to rethink the great separation in sports.
30 min
1935
ICYMI: Jojo Siwa Did What on TikTok?
And why is everybody posting Adam Levine’s sexts?
33 min
1936
Culture Gabfest: Hamm Sandwich
56 min
1937
Hang Up: The Brett Favre Welfare Scandal
74 min
1938
Working: Making Lincoln Center More Welcoming
48 min
1939
ICYMI: Serial Didn’t Free Adnan Syed
Not reckoning with their own oversights is a failure of journalism.
37 min
1940
A Word: The Kids are Alright
The documentary Defining US spotlights hard work and hope in diverse schools.
29 min
1941
The Waves: Free Britney. From Her Fans.
Britney Spears has been released from her conservatorship, but not the public spotlight.
34 min
1942
Working: Getting Rid of the Art You Create
22 min
1943
ICYMI: It’s OK to Criticize the Dead
Respectability politics gets in the way of remembering a person’s entire, complex legacy.
29 min
1944
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
1945
Culture Gabfest: Jolly Green Lawyer
54 min
1946
Hang Up: Should the NBA Ban Robert Sarver?
81 min
1947
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
1948
Working: An Editor for HBO's The Rehearsal Expl...
44 min
1949
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
1950
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