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Working: A Theater Director and a Dramaturg on ...
52 min
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ICYMI: Your Period Tracker Is Not Your Friend
Big Tech has so much more of our data than we realize.
29 min
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A Word: Joy and Pain - Navigating Grief
As America marks a million COVID deaths, grief is universal, but still misunderstood.
30 min
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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
2130
Working: When to Give Up
18 min
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ICYMI: The Online Theory That Wes Anderson Is F...
And explanations for a few other recent online trends.
25 min
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Culture Gabfest: Hamlet on Steroids
56 min
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Decoder Ring: The Sideways Effect
How one little movie changed Americans’ wine drinking habits.
33 min
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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
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Hang Up: Is Giannis Unstoppable?
71 min
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Working: Writer Hannah Kirshner on Japanese Art...
46 min
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ICYMI: Why the Internet Thinks Lea Michele Can’...
And the other reasons why she won’t stop trending.
28 min
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Hit Parade: I Got Five on It Part 2
Hit Parade celebrates its fifth anniversary with a Top 20 countdown of your favorite episodes.
53 min
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Spoiler Specials: The Unbearable Weight of Mass...
The new Nicolas Cage action comedy gets spoiled by Dana Stevens and Keith Phipps.
35 min
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The Waves: Edible Arrangements Is Getting Into ...
And, a gender-based theory on why fruit chunks on sticks are popular to begin with
38 min
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ICYMI: Horny Gen-X Women Brawl Over TikTok Star
William White is a 22-year-old Canadian influencer—who knows how to get women to grab their credit cards.
24 min
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Culture Gabfest: Nick Cage Smooches Good
57 min
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Decoder Ring: The Madness Behind ‘The Method’
Isaac Butler on how method acting became so widely misunderstood.
42 min
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Slate Money Goes to the Movies: Office Space
Cardiff Garcia joins to talk about the 1999 office revenge film, Office Space.
45 min
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Hang Up: Is Winning Time a Winner?
76 min
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Working: Artist Christina Chang on Her Creative...
44 min
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ICYMI: The Girlboss-ification of Casual Sex
Adults think the younger generation is sex averse, but that isn’t the whole story.
28 min
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Working: Teaching as a Creative Practice
22 min
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The Waves: Ecofeminism Isn’t Just For Hippies
The bond between feminism and the environment should be stronger than ever.
34 min
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ICYMI: Disney Got Fans Arrested Over a Club for...
Club Penguin Rewritten was a popular fan remake of Disney property, but then the police got involved.
26 min