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2101
Working: Author Malinda Lo on the Limits of the...
44 min
2102
ICYMI: The Real Story of “West Elm Caleb”
The TikTok stories of women ghosted by the same tall male furniture designer has spiraled into something terrible.
28 min
2103
Spoiler Specials: The Lost Daughter
48 min
2104
The Waves: Was the Women’s March Successful?
Five years after the first march, we look back on what’s changed, and what it was all for.
43 min
2105
Outward: Counting Queers, Queering Sequels
72 min
2106
ICYMI: How AIM Changed the Internet 4ever
AOL Instant Messenger was the beginning of the end when it came to logging off.
25 min
2107
Culture Gabfest: Crushing Responsibility
59 min
2108
Working: How the Alien Languages in “Foundation...
50 min
2109
ICYMI: Why the Internet Is Abuzz About Yellowja...
The Showtime series about teens stranded in the woods has everybody running to Reddit.
25 min
2110
Hit Parade: Rock ’n Soul, Part 1
Hall and Oates took a decade to find their sound, created their own ’80s genre and made their dreams come true.
56 min
2111
Working: “Get Off the Freaking Internet”
27 min
2112
The Waves: What's Different About Women's Brains?
Breaking down misconceptions about intelligence
32 min
2113
ICYMI: Since When Is Everyone an Empath?
And why is everybody mailing books to each other again?
25 min
2114
Culture Gabfest: We're All Going to F---ing Die
55 min
2115
Working: Fashion Designer Jasmine Chong on Aest...
“Something that’s bad to you may be beautiful to someone else.”
52 min
2116
ICYMI: Why Everyone’s Talking About Elmo
The little red monster is all over our feeds.
25 min
2117
Spoiler Specials: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Allegra Frank and Sam Adams spoil the latest installment in the superhero franchise.
61 min
2118
The Waves: Middle-Aged Women Are Getting Their ...
With And Just Like That and Yellowjackets, middle-aged women are having a moment on TV.
35 min
2119
ICYMI: Vax Daddy Is Feeling 2022
Taylor Swift and New York Assembly Candidate Huge Ma think 2022 is going to be their year.
21 min
2120
Culture Gabfest: Station 2022
Slate’s Culture Gabfest on Station Eleven, Joan Didion’s legacy, and Movie Club 2021.
54 min
2121
Working: Our Creative New Year's Resolutions fo...
40 min
2122
ICYMI: Encore: You’re Using “Woke” Wrong
Our episode from Juneteenth where we explore the evolution of an increasingly meaningless word.
27 min
2123
Hit Parade: Chestnut Roasters, Part 2
The second part of our festive retrospective on the artists whose holiday hits outperform the rest of their catalog combined.
45 min
2124
The Waves: “It Was and Is Horrible”
Christina Cauterucci, Marcia Chatelain, and Nicole Perkins reconvene to unpack the last two years.
47 min
2125
ICYMI: Goodbye to All That 2021 Internet
A roundtable discussion about all the things that should never come back online after this year.
25 min