1976
The Waves: What Reality TV Says About Us
Are we watching for the right reasons?
26 min
1977
Working: Choosing Between Multiple Creative Pro...
23 min
1978
Culture Gabfest: Whose Woods Are These?
57 min
1979
ICYMI: Tumblr’s “This Is White Privilege” Stays...
The creator of “This Is White Privilege” knows it educated a lot of people, but says he’d never do it again.
22 min
1980
Outward: Prisons in Queer History and Pop Culture
How America’s penal system shaped LGBTQ culture.
83 min
1981
Decoder Ring: The Storytelling Craze
How storytelling became a product.
35 min
1982
Hang Up: Tom Brady’s $375 Million Deal
73 min
1983
Working: Voice Actor Erika Ishii on Video Game ...
50 min
1984
ICYMI: The TikTokkers Taking Down the Troubled ...
We spoke with two survivors about what it’s been like finding their community on TikTok, and how the app is helping spread the word.
26 min
1985
Spoiler Specials: Doctor Strange in the Multive...
Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil Marvel’s new movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
49 min
1986
The Waves: How the Fall of Bitch Media is a Sig...
The feminist outlet going under could not have come at a worse time.
24 min
1987
ICYMI: The “Am I the A**Hole” Economy Is Thriving
We talk to one TikTokker who’s made it her brand.
25 min
1988
Culture Gabfest: Aristocrats at Sea
50 min
1989
Decoder Ring: “We Got Ourselves a Convoy”
How a fake country star gave voice to frustrated truckers across America.
29 min
1990
Hang Up: How Rich Strike Struck It Rich
81 min
1991
Working: A Theater Director and a Dramaturg on ...
52 min
1992
ICYMI: Your Period Tracker Is Not Your Friend
Big Tech has so much more of our data than we realize.
29 min
1993
A Word: Joy and Pain - Navigating Grief
As America marks a million COVID deaths, grief is universal, but still misunderstood.
30 min
1994
Working: When to Give Up
18 min
1995
The Waves: What Amber Heard’s Make-up Palette S...
The Amber Heard vs. Johnny Depp trial shines a bright light on how the court system fails victims of gender violence.
49 min
1996
ICYMI: The Online Theory That Wes Anderson Is F...
And explanations for a few other recent online trends.
25 min
1997
Culture Gabfest: Hamlet on Steroids
56 min
1998
Decoder Ring: The Sideways Effect
How one little movie changed Americans’ wine drinking habits.
33 min
1999
Slate Money Goes to the Movies: The Bonfire of ...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner joins to talk about the 1990 dark journalism comedy, The Bonfire of the Vanities.
47 min
2000
Hang Up: Is Giannis Unstoppable?
71 min