Today, four stories about tattoos whose meanings have shifted with the passage of years, decades, or centuries.
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Working: Author J. Robert Lennon on the Importa...
47 min
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ICYMI: In the Heights Sparks Gender Euphoria on...
How the movie musical led to a meme used by trans and nonbinary TikTokkers.
25 min
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Spoiler Specials: Space Jam: A New Legacy
Allegra Frank and Karen Han spoil the new Space Jam sequel.
46 min
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The Waves: What Does Bill Cosby’s Release Mean ...
Cosby’s release from prison was shocking. How much does it matter?
31 min
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ICYMI: Is BYU Virginity Club Real? An ICYMI Inv...
Is it sincere? Is it satire? We tracked down the viral Instagram account’s mysterious creator.
33 min
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Culture Gabfest: Deepfake
58 min
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Outward: Milestones Mourned and Celebrated
Plus an interview with baritone Lucia Lucas
67 min
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Slate Money: Movies: Parasite
51 min
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Decoder Ring: The Tootsie Shot
You know the Tootsie Shot. Why is it so sticky?
34 min
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Working: Photographing New York’s Disappearing ...
45 min
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ICYMI: The NCAA Influencers Are Coming
College athletes are finally able to make money off their celebrity. How will they use it?
27 min
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Hit Parade: Tramps Like Us, Part 1
Bruce Springsteen went from “new Dylan” to pop pinup when he learned to keep the catchy songs for himself.
70 min
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The Waves: Did Gossip Girl Lose Its Bite?
The reboot focuses too much on representation and not enough on what made the show great.
31 min
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ICYMI: Wendy Williams Said What Now?
The return of High Speed Downloads, plus a surprising number of internet outrages about cats.
23 min
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Culture Gabfest: The Patriarchy Can F Itself
60 min
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Slate Money: Movies: The Fountainhead
47 min
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Decoder Ring: Who Killed The Segway?
This is the story of the invention and development of a potentially revolutionary device, how the hype got out of control, and how that speculation helped birth the modern internet.
41 min
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Working: “Genre-Fluid” Musician Yola on Mining ...
52 min
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ICYMI: The Pro-Trump Social Network Has an Anim...
Is GETTR done?
24 min
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Spoiler Specials: Black Widow
Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil the new Marvel movie Black Widow.
41 min
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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
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Culture Gabfest: I Think Jack Antonoff Should L...