Slow Burn

Clarence Thomas is one of the most powerful figures in America today. Nearly every issue of national consequence has his fingerprints all over it, from voting rights to gun rights and from abortion access to affirmative action. But nothing about his journey from rural Georgia to the Supreme Court was inevitable.In the eighth season of Slate’s Slow Burn, host Joel Anderson traces Justice Thomas’ surprising path from youthful radical to conservative icon. You’ll hear about why he came to despise the race-based admission policies that personally benefitted him, how he credited his political rise to the Black self-sufficiency preached by Malcolm X, and what the American people didn’t hear during his explosive confirmation hearings.

History
Documentary
Politics
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Season 4 Trailer: David Duke
Coming June 10th
2 min
102
S3 Live: Party & Bullshit
50 min
103
Announcement: Slow Burn's Watergate Season on TV
Slow Burn's first season is now a TV docu-series, premiering Feb. 16 on Epix.
0 min
104
Introducing: Broken Record
51 min
105
S3 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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S3 Ep. 8: Dead Wrong
7 min
107
S3 Ep. 7: To Live and Die in LA
5 min
108
S3 Ep. 6: Til Somebody Kills You
25 min
109
S3 Ep. 5 Plus: "East vs. West"
On the Vibe cover story that further stoked conflict between Death Row and Bad Boy.
66 min
110
S3 Ep. 5: Wrath of a Menace
27 min
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S3 Ep. 4: Against Those Thugs
A 66-year-old woman on a moral crusade upends the music industry.
26 min
112
S3 Ep. 3: What's Beef?
An escalating personal rivalry turns into a bicoastal war.
33 min
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S3 Ep. 2: Cops on My Tail
How police claimed rap lyrics were turning black listeners into cop killers.
29 min
114
S3 Ep. 1: Against the World
29 min
115
Season 3 Trailer: Biggie and Tupac
Coming Oct. 30
2 min
116
Introducing The Queen
22 min
117
Slow Burn Live: The Kingdom and the Power
Hillary, Bill and Monica
50 min
118
Slow Burn Live: Keyholes
What caused the impeachment of Bill Clinton?
51 min
119
S2 Ep. 8: Move On
In 1998, Congress weighed whether Juanita Broaddrick’s rape accusation against Bill Clinton was grounds for impeachment.
6 min
120
Secret Tracks
Ken Starr, Linda Tripp, and others who had a ringside seat at the Clinton circus.
28 min
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S2 Ep. 7: Bedfellows
Clinton’s enemies said his affair made him unfit to govern. What did his friends think?
6 min
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S2 Ep. 6: God Mode
The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal sent the religious right into paroxysms of outrage. The rest of the country wasn’t convinced.
46 min
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S2 Ep. 5: Tell-All
Linda Tripp exposed Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky. What was she thinking?
45 min
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S2 Ep. 4: Alone, Together
What really happened between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky?
38 min
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S2 Ep. 3: Cred
Many accusations were launched against Bill Clinton. Only some of them stuck.
39 min