Working: “Genre-Fluid” Musician Yola on Mining ...
52 min
2302
ICYMI: The Pro-Trump Social Network Has an Anim...
Is GETTR done?
24 min
2303
Spoiler Specials: Black Widow
Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil the new Marvel movie Black Widow.
41 min
2304
Culture Gabfest: I Think Jack Antonoff Should L...
60 min
2305
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
2306
Slate Money: Movies: The Hudsucker Proxy
40 min
2307
Decoder Ring: The Sign Painter
What happens, to an artist—to anyone—when they’re good enough, but that’s not enough?
54 min
2308
Working: Undocumented Journalist Jose Antonio V...
39 min
2309
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
2310
Hit Parade: Say My Name, Say My Name, Part 2
Chris Molanphy's deep dive on when rappers started singing, continued.
66 min
2311
ICYMI: There’s No Easy Way to Log Off
As Bo Burnham points out in his new special, the internet is inescapable.
27 min
2312
Culture Gabfest: Tweeting Through It
50 min
2313
Slate Money: Movies: Magic Mike
45 min
2314
Decoder Ring: That Seattle Muzak Sound
Muzak, the purveyors of elevator music, had become a complete joke by the 1990’s when it found many of the players in the Seattle grunge scene working in its offices.
41 min
2315
Working: How an Intimacy Coordinator Choreograp...
46 min
2316
ICYMI: Was #FreeBritney Right All Along?
What Britney Spears’ dramatic statement changes in the battle over her conservatorship.
28 min
2317
Spoiler Special: Luca
In Pixar’s Luca, we meet the world’s sweetest sea monster.
40 min
2318
A Word: The Racial Reckoning Soundtrack
The summer of protest ignited an explosive reaction in Black music.
21 min
2319
Political: The “F School, F Softball, F Cheer, ...
The post-pandemic workforce, Tucker Carlson, and student wins at the Supreme Court.
49 min
2320
Culture Gabfest: Man Out of Time, Fish Out of W...
56 min
2321
ICYMI: The Saga of Nina Simone’s Twitter Accoun...
It all started with Chloe Bailey’s sexy Juneteenth rendition of “Feeling Good.”
29 min
2322
Slate Money Movies: Thank You for Smoking
52 min
2323
Decoder Ring: The Invention of Hydration
How did bottled water transform itself from a small, European luxury item to the single largest beverage category in America?
33 min
2324
Working: A Spanish-Language Broadcaster on What...
45 min
2325
ICYMI: You’re Using “Woke” Wrong
The evolution of an increasingly meaningless word.