Slow Burn

Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present. Through archival tape and first-person interviews, the series uncovers the surprising events and little-known characters lurking within the biggest stories of our time.


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Season 10: The Rise of Fox News

How a cable news channel became a cultural and political force—and how a whole bunch of people rose up to try and stop it.


Season 9: Gays Against Briggs

A nationwide moral panic, a California legislator who rode the anti-gay wave, and the LGBTQ+ people who stepped up and came out to try and stop him.


Season 8: Becoming Justice Thomas

Where Clarence Thomas came from, how he rose to power, and how he’s brought the rest of us along with him, whether we like it or not. Winner of the Podcast of the Year at the 2024 Ambies Awards.


Season 7: Roe v. Wade

The women who fought for legal abortion, the activists who pushed back, and the justices who thought they could solve the issue for good. Winner of Apple Podcasts Show of the Year in 2022.


Season 6: The L.A. Riots

How decades of police brutality, a broken justice system, and a video tape set off six days of unrest in Los Angeles.


Season 5: The Road to the Iraq War

Eighteen months after 9/11, the United States invaded a country that had nothing to do with the attacks. Who’s to blame? And was there any way to stop it?


Season 4: David Duke

America’s most famous white supremacist came within a runoff of controlling Louisiana. How did David Duke rise to power? And what did it take to stop him?


Season 3: Biggie and Tupac

How is it that two of the most famous performers in the world were murdered within a year of each other—and their killings were never solved?


Season 2: The Clinton Impeachment

A reexamination of the scandals that nearly destroyed the 42nd president and forever changed the life of a former White House intern.


Season 1: Watergate

What did it feel like to live through the scandal that brought down President Nixon?

History
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David Duke | 5. The Road to Hell
The 1991 Louisiana governor’s race turned into a battle over what the state was, and what it should be.
13 min
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David Duke | 4. A Silent Army
What message did David Duke’s voters send to everyone else in Louisiana?
46 min
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Cold Call
What I learned from a child journalist’s interview with David Duke--and why I’m not interviewing him myself.
21 min
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David Duke | 3. The Nazi and the Republicans
The woman who tried to stop David Duke, and the GOP officials who accommodated him.
49 min
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David Duke | 2. Robe and Ritual
How David Duke used the Ku Klux Klan to sell his message, and himself.
46 min
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David Duke | 1. White Knight
The year that David Duke, America’s most famous white supremacist, went mainstream.
45 min
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Season 4 Trailer: David Duke
Coming June 10th
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Live: Party & Bullshit
50 min
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Announcement: Slow Burn's Watergate Season on TV
Slow Burn's first season is now a TV docu-series, premiering Feb. 16 on Epix.
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Introducing: Broken Record
51 min
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Biggie and Tupac | Epilogue: Got a Story to Tell
Listen to the some of the extended interviews and stories we couldn't fit into this season.
45 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 8. Dead Wrong
7 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 7. To Live and Die in LA
5 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 6. Til Somebody Kills You
25 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 5+. "East vs. West"
On the Vibe cover story that further stoked conflict between Death Row and Bad Boy.
66 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 5. Wrath of a Menace
27 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 4. Against Those Thugs
A 66-year-old woman on a moral crusade upends the music industry.
26 min
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Biggie and Tupac | What's Beef?
An escalating personal rivalry turns into a bicoastal war.
33 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 2. Cops on My Tail
How police claimed rap lyrics were turning black listeners into cop killers.
29 min
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Biggie and Tupac | 1. Against the World
29 min
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Season 3 Trailer: Biggie and Tupac
Coming Oct. 30
2 min
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Introducing The Queen
22 min
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Slow Burn Live: The Kingdom and the Power
Hillary, Bill and Monica
50 min
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Slow Burn Live: Keyholes
What caused the impeachment of Bill Clinton?
51 min
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The Clinton Impeachment | 8. Move On
In 1998, Congress weighed whether Juanita Broaddrick’s rape accusation against Bill Clinton was grounds for impeachment.
7 min