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2076
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
2077
Hang Up: Who’s to Blame for Tua’s Head Injury?
86 min
2078
Working: Author Annie Duke Explains How to Get ...
51 min
2079
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
2080
Hit Parade: At Last, My Legacy Has Come Along E...
59 min
2081
Spoiler Specials: Don’t Worry Darling
Domestic drama: Don’t Worry Darling gets spoiled by Slate’s Dana Stevens and Marissa Martinelli.
37 min
2082
A Word: The Case for Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory isn’t taught in public schools. Should it be?
23 min
2083
The Waves: Do Co-Ed Sports Hurt Girls?
Maybe it’s time to rethink the great separation in sports.
30 min
2084
ICYMI: Jojo Siwa Did What on TikTok?
And why is everybody posting Adam Levine’s sexts?
33 min
2085
Culture Gabfest: Hamm Sandwich
56 min
2086
Hang Up: The Brett Favre Welfare Scandal
74 min
2087
Working: Making Lincoln Center More Welcoming
48 min
2088
ICYMI: Serial Didn’t Free Adnan Syed
Not reckoning with their own oversights is a failure of journalism.
37 min
2089
A Word: The Kids are Alright
The documentary Defining US spotlights hard work and hope in diverse schools.
29 min
2090
The Waves: Free Britney. From Her Fans.
Britney Spears has been released from her conservatorship, but not the public spotlight.
34 min
2091
Working: Getting Rid of the Art You Create
22 min
2092
ICYMI: It’s OK to Criticize the Dead
Respectability politics gets in the way of remembering a person’s entire, complex legacy.
29 min
2093
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
2094
Culture Gabfest: Jolly Green Lawyer
54 min
2095
Hang Up: Should the NBA Ban Robert Sarver?
81 min
2096
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
2097
Working: An Editor for HBO's The Rehearsal Expl...
44 min
2098
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
2099
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
2100
Spoiler Specials: Orphan: First Kill
The psychological thriller Orphan: First Kill gets spoiled by Slate’s Sam Adams and Jeffrey Bloomer.
25 min