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Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Introducing Planet Money: Can Money Buy Happiness?
People often say that money can't buy you happiness. Sometimes, if you ask them to tell you more about it, they'll mention a famous 2010 study by Nobel Prize…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Annual Call-In Show 2024
On this week’s show, it’s one of the Gabfest’s most cherished traditions: the yearly call-in show. Dana, Julia, and Stephen answer listen-submitted questions…
Slate Culture FeedICYMI - What Next TBD: Facebook for the Dead
On this New Year's Day, ICYMI brings you an encore of one of our favorite episodes of What Next: TBD: Tony Tran didn’t find his grandfather. But traveling to…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Love Actually: Real Romance Stories From Mahershala Ali, Jane Fonda, and More
For our last episode of 2024, we’re sharing a handful of stories about what love actually looks like, with all its flaws and complexities. The late poet Nikki…
Slate Culture FeedHang Up and Listen - Who Gets Christmas: The NFL or NBA?
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs close out 2024 Hang Up and Listen-style. They dig into the War for Christmas being waged between the NFL…
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ICYMI - Goodbye to All That 2024 Internet
From grammatical grievances to dating app screenshots, the internet has been rife with trends to get mad about. On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by…
Slate Culture FeedHit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Bridge: Slate Music Club 2024
The Slate Music Club is back, in a special edition of Hit Parade – “The Bridge”! Our year-end panel of critics—NPR Music’s Ann Powers, Hearing Things’ Julianne…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - I’d Like to Teach the World to Buy Edition Part 2
That damned jingle! In that infernal commercial trying to sell you cars, sneakers, soda, gum! Can’t get it out of your head? Well, what if we made it longer…
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ICYMI - Encore: Who TF Did Reesa Teesa Marry?
Rachelle and Candice dive deep into the scammer story currently scratching the internet’s itch: Reesa Teesa’s 52-part “Who TF Did I Marry?” TikTok series. On…
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Death, Sex & Money - Should You Divulge a Disability in Your Dating Profile?
Todd is looking for love, but he’s unsure about disclosing something in dating profiles: his multiple sclerosis. On Slate’s How To podcast, Todd got some…
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Hang Up and Listen - Rickey Henderson Was Ahead of His Time
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs talk about the death of a legend: Rickey Henderson. Then, they dig into the end of the NCAA women’s…
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ICYMI - Our Top Internet Moments of 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to count down their top internet moments of the year. Did Eric Adams make the list? What about Jack…
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Culture Gabfest - Ted Danson, Gumshoe Grandpa
On this week’s show, the hosts indulge in the cozy pleasures of A Man on the Inside, a six-part Netflix series from showrunner and feel-good sitcom vet Michael…
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ICYMI - The 2024 ICYMI Fancam Awards
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to host the inaugural ICYMI Fancam Awards, where they recognize their favorite fan edits and fancam…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Mailbag: Fruit Snacks, Waterbeds, and Lobster Tanks
It’s our annual mailbag episode! We get a lot of wonderful reader emails suggesting topics for the show — and at the end of the year we try to answer some of…
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Death, Sex & Money - Chaz Ebert on Loss, Intuition and Her 'Cougar' Group Chat
Ten years ago, Chaz Ebert talked to us about grief and loss as she was mourning the 2013 death of her husband, movie critic Roger Ebert. Her deep sense of…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Patriot Way Comes to Chapel Hill
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs talk about Bill Belichick and how one of the winningest NFL coaches of all time transitions to college…
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ICYMI - 3 Internet Stories We Missed In 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Slate writers Luke Winkie and Nitish Pahwa to cover the biggest internet stories ICYMI missed this year: from the investigation that…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - I’d Like to Teach the World to Buy Edition Part 1
That damned jingle! In that infernal commercial trying to sell you cars, sneakers, soda, gum! Can’t get it out of your head? Well, what if we made it longer…
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Culture Gabfest - The Strange Lionization of Luigi Mangione
On this week’s show, the hosts chew over Nightbitch, Marielle Heller’s (Queen’s Gambit, Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, MacGruber)…
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ICYMI - Our Favorite TikTok Songs and Sounds of 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Waste or Taste host Jill Mapes to recap TikTok's year of music and give an unranked list of their favorite songs and sounds. They’re…
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Death, Sex & Money - Betting on America: Two Gamblers, One Presidential Election
On election night, while many voters across the country were focused on who would win the presidency, a growing number of Americans were watching the returns…
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Hang Up and Listen - Juan Soto: The New Mr. Met
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Juan Soto’s earth-shatteringly large contract with the New York Mets. They also talk about Lewis…
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ICYMI - The Internet’s Favorite Moments in Women’s Sports
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Impersonal Foul writer Madeline Hill and Power Plays journalist Lindsay Gibbs to cover the biggest moments of…
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Culture Gabfest - Steve McQueen’s Blitz: Dud or Hit?
On this week’s show, Slate experts June Thomas (author of A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture) and Dan Kois (author of Hampton…
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Decoder Ring - Mystery of the Mullet (Encore)
The mullet, the love-to-hate-it hairstyle, is as associated with the 1980’s as Ronald Reagan, junk bonds, and breakdancing. But in at least one major way, we…
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ICYMI - Should I Block My Boyfriend’s Aunt on Instagram?
Candice Lim is joined by internet culture writer Steffi Cao (It’s Steffi) to answer some very special, holiday-specific internet questions from her readers…
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Death, Sex & Money - From Social Work to Improv to the Best Show on HBO
When actor and performer Jeff Hiller first tried improv comedy, he was instantly amazing at it. Jeff is an excellent listener. He’s also accommodating…
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Hang Up and Listen - Tennis Reckons with Doping
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Iga Swiatek’s and Janik Sinner's doping allegations and the huge implications for international…
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ICYMI - Max Read on Gawker, “Sculder” Fanfiction, and Slack Rules
Candice Lim is joined by Read Max writer Max Read, whose Substack hit a new high this year when he coined the term “Zynternet” and its connection to “Hawk Tuah…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Say a Little Prayer Edition Part 2
You know her honorific: Queen of Soul. And heavy is the head that wears the crown. In her lifetime, Aretha Franklin didn’t just want to be revered. She wanted…
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Culture Gabfest - Wicked and Gladiator II in the Box Office Arena
On this week’s show, the hosts consider ‘Glicked’ (or is it ‘Wadiator’? ‘Gladicked?’), the Wicked and Gladiator II double feature that promised to be this…
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ICYMI - Our 2024 ICYMI Friendsgiving Spectacular
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Vox’s Alex Abad-Santos and The Atlantic’s Allegra Frank to celebrate ICYMI’s fourth annual Friendsgiving episode…
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Death, Sex & Money - Why I Chose Estrangement
When is it time to go no contact? In this episode, we talk to four listeners who have recently become estranged from loved ones. This episode was originally…
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Hang Up and Listen - One Last Vamos: Rafa’s Retirement
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh chat about Rafael Nadal’s legacy as one of the all-time tennis greats. They also discuss the NWSL…
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ICYMI - Should I Buy A Purse Kindle?
Candice Lim is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Ann-Marie Alcántara to discuss #KindleTok’s rise among millennials and Gen-Z. 17 years ago, Amazon…
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Culture Gabfest - Lots to Say About Say Nothing
On this week’s show, Isaac Butler (Supreme Friend of the Show and author of The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act) sits in for Dana. First, the…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Reconsidering One of the “Worst” TV Shows of All Time
In 1980, a variety show debuted on NBC called Pink Lady and Jeff. Its stars were a pair of Japanese pop idols known for catchy, choreographed dance numbers…
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ICYMI - Princess Treatment, the 4B Movement, and "Women in Male Fields"
Candice Lim is joined by Vox senior correspondent Rebecca Jennings to discuss what their timelines have looked like since the U.S. presidential election was…
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Death, Sex & Money - How a Betrayed Spouse Became an Infidelity Expert
Therapist Lauren LaRusso has spent the past few years learning everything she can about infidelity–why people have affairs, how to cope with an unfaithful…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Tyson-Paul Punchline
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss the 4-hour Jake Paul and Mike Tyson boxing circus. They also talk about changes in regional…
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ICYMI - Is ChatGPT Your Therapist?
Candice Lim is joined by Dazed senior writer Laura Pitcher to discuss her piece, “Meet the people using ChatGPT as their therapist.” Since ChatGPT’s public…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Say a Little Prayer Edition Part 1
You know her honorific: Queen of Soul. And heavy is the head that wears the crown. In her lifetime, Aretha Franklin didn’t just want to be revered. She wanted…
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Culture Gabfest - You Are the Media Now
On this week’s episode, the hosts tackle A Real Pain, writer-director Jesse Eisenberg’s tale of two cousins (played by himself and Kieran Culkin) who travel…
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ICYMI - Who’s Turning on Moo Deng?
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to play a game of High Speed Downloads, where they each get 60 seconds to break down an internet…
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Death, Sex & Money - Will He Still Love Me When I'm Off Ozempic?
In 2021, we released an episode called The Weight of Love, where listeners shared stories about weight, body size, and how those factors affect their romantic…
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Hang Up and Listen - Trump’s Win and Its Ripple Effect on College Sports
Hosts Alex Kirshner, and Ben Lindbergh are joined by Matt Brown of Extra Points for a discussion of how unified Republican control of the government could…
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ICYMI - The Fashion Expert Twitter Loves to Hate
Candice Lim is joined by Slate’s business and tech writer Nitish Pahwa, to discuss the internet history of Derek Guy, better known as @DieWorkwear on Twitter…
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Culture Gabfest - How Quincy Jones Reinvented American Music
On this week’s show, Extremely Musical Friend of the Pod (EMFOP) Chris Molanphy joins to memorialize pop’s Renaissance Man, Quincy Jones, who passed away on…
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ICYMI - Bodega Cats and Cussing Out Your Boss
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to share their favorite TikToks, tweets, and internet icons of late. They’ll…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - A Feel-Good Story About the End of the World
The fear that the Earth could be destroyed by a killer asteroid is an anxiety that pops up all the time in fiction and is grounded in fact. But funnily…
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Death, Sex & Money - A Celebration (and Critique) of American Freedom
From an early age, Alynda Segarra saw the people they loved grind it out in an American system that offered them little reward. Their father, a musician and…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Dodgers Bring Glory Back to L.A.
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh talk about the dominant Dodgers, why NCAA coaches are hiring lobbyists, election gambling, and the return…
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ICYMI - The Internet’s Favorite Fictional Presidents
Candice Lim is joined by Pop Culture Debate Club host Ronald Young Jr. to reveal their favorite fictional presidents of film, television, and the internet…
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ICYMI - The Breakup Reddit Can’t Stop Talking About
Candice Lim and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe dissect the drama surrounding country singer Zach Bryan and his breakup with Barstool Sports personality…
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Culture Gabfest - Can Stolen Artifacts Return Time?
On this week’s show, Slate senior editor Rebecca Onion sits in for Julia Turner. First, the hosts examine Dahomey, an audacious new documentary by acclaimed…
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Death, Sex & Money - The Making and Unmaking of a Productivity Perfectionist
This week, author and podcaster Kendra Adachi explains how she took perfectionism and strict time-management way too far and was forced to radically change her…
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Hang Up and Listen - Athletes Punt on 2024
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh examine the notable silence from major sports stars on this year’s presidential election. They also…
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ICYMI - How to Thrive as a Party of One
Candice Lim is joined by Meghan Keane, the founder of NPR’s Life Kit and the author of Party of One: Be Your Own Best Life Partner. We’re approaching “cuffing…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - With or Without U2 Edition Part 2
U2 have millions of admirers—and haters: from the fans who regard them as rock’s conscience, to the cynics who blanch at lead singer Bono’s self-importance…