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2051
The Waves: What Does Bill Cosby’s Release Mean ...
Cosby’s release from prison was shocking. How much does it matter?
31 min
2052
Culture Gabfest: Deepfake
58 min
2053
ICYMI: Is BYU Virginity Club Real? An ICYMI Inv...
Is it sincere? Is it satire? We tracked down the viral Instagram account’s mysterious creator.
33 min
2054
Outward: Milestones Mourned and Celebrated
Plus an interview with baritone Lucia Lucas
67 min
2055
Slate Money: Movies: Parasite
51 min
2056
Decoder Ring: The Tootsie Shot
You know the Tootsie Shot. Why is it so sticky?
34 min
2057
Working: Photographing New York’s Disappearing ...
45 min
2058
ICYMI: The NCAA Influencers Are Coming
College athletes are finally able to make money off their celebrity. How will they use it?
27 min
2059
Hit Parade: Tramps Like Us, Part 1
Bruce Springsteen went from “new Dylan” to pop pinup when he learned to keep the catchy songs for himself.
70 min
2060
The Waves: Did Gossip Girl Lose Its Bite?
The reboot focuses too much on representation and not enough on what made the show great.
31 min
2061
Culture Gabfest: The Patriarchy Can F Itself
60 min
2062
ICYMI: Wendy Williams Said What Now?
The return of High Speed Downloads, plus a surprising number of internet outrages about cats.
23 min
2063
Slate Money: Movies: The Fountainhead
47 min
2064
Decoder Ring: Who Killed The Segway?
This is the story of the invention and development of a potentially revolutionary device, how the hype got out of control, and how that speculation helped birth the modern internet.
41 min
2065
Working: “Genre-Fluid” Musician Yola on Mining ...
52 min
2066
ICYMI: The Pro-Trump Social Network Has an Anim...
Is GETTR done?
24 min
2067
Spoiler Specials: Black Widow
Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil the new Marvel movie Black Widow.
41 min
2068
ICYMI: How Zola Went From Twitter Thread to Maj...
Jeremy O. Harris talks about adapting 148 tweets into a screenplay that feels like the internet.
28 min
2069
Culture Gabfest: I Think Jack Antonoff Should L...
60 min
2070
Slate Money: Movies: The Hudsucker Proxy
40 min
2071
Decoder Ring: The Sign Painter
What happens, to an artist—to anyone—when they’re good enough, but that’s not enough?
54 min
2072
Working: Undocumented Journalist Jose Antonio V...
39 min
2073
ICYMI: Dance Challenge TikTok Is on Strike
Black choreographers on TikTok are refusing to create dances for Megan Thee Stallion’s new song because white influencers can’t stop stealing their work.
27 min
2074
Hit Parade: Say My Name, Say My Name, Part 2
Chris Molanphy's deep dive on when rappers started singing, continued.
66 min
2075
ICYMI: There’s No Easy Way to Log Off
As Bo Burnham points out in his new special, the internet is inescapable.
27 min