The second part of our festive retrospective on the artists whose holiday hits outperform the rest of their catalog combined.
45 min
2277
The Waves: “It Was and Is Horrible”
Christina Cauterucci, Marcia Chatelain, and Nicole Perkins reconvene to unpack the last two years.
47 min
2278
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
2279
Culture Gabfest: Annual Call-In Show: 2021
72 min
2280
Working: A Special Creative Advice Episode
50 min
2281
ICYMI: Is Martha Stewart an Instagram Scammer?
She sure posts a lot about her favorite products—maybe too much.
26 min
2282
Spoiler Specials: The Matrix Resurrections
Dana Stevens and Emily VanDerWerff spoil the fourth installment in the Matrix series.
48 min
2283
A Word: Black Christmas Movie Bonanza
Streaming services are bringing new audiences to Black holiday classics.
18 min
2284
The Waves: A Very Waves Reunion
June Thomas, Noreen Malone, and Hanna Rosin are back!
47 min
2285
Decoder Ring: Custer's Revenge
Custer's Revenge is widely considered one of the worst video games ever made.
41 min
2286
Outward: Jingle All the Gay
79 min
2287
ICYMI: The Fall of Neopets
With its recent attempt at NFTs, the world of Neopia sure isn’t what it used to be.
26 min
2288
Culture Gabfest: I Love Brucy
58 min
2289
Working: How a Museum Curator Decides Which Obj...
For the New-York Historical Society’s Robert Caro exhibition, they include a typewriter and lots of pieces of paper.
52 min
2290
ICYMI: Nancy Reagan, Blow Job Queen?
And why does this woman keep covering the office cat in butter?
25 min
2291
Hit Parade: Chestnut Roasters, Part 1
A festive retrospective on the artists whose holiday hits outperform the rest of their catalog combined.
61 min
2292
A Word: Black and Missing: Finding Our Own
An HBO documentary highlights the racial disparities in how missing persons cases are handled, and how the Black and Missing Foundation is making a difference.
22 min
2293
ICYMI: One Year: The Spot
An episode from Slate’s One Year: 1995 about the internet’s first soap opera.
59 min
2294
Culture Gabfest: Sex and Violence in the City
58 min
2295
Decoder Ring: The Fame That Got Away
Today on Decoder Ring: Three stories about fame, and one about monkeys.
37 min
2296
Slate Money Succession: Mr. Darcy How Could You?!
A spoiler-filled discussion of Succession, Season 3, Episode 9.
47 min
2297
Working: How Sound Editor Ai-Ling Lee Creates I...
43 min
2298
ICYMI: The Toothpaste Mystery Taking Over TikTok
And why are there so many possum memes on Instagram?
24 min
2299
Spoiler Specials: Power of the Dog
Dana Stevens and Jeffrey Bloomer spoil the Western drama.
39 min
2300
A Word: Abbott Elementary’s Top Teacher
Comedian Quinta Brunson gives lessons in laughs on ABC’s Abbott Elementary.