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Slate Culture FeedICYMI - TikTok’s Current Main Character is a Familiar Face
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Slate staff writer and friend of the show, Nadira Goffe. The two revisit last year’s episode breaking down the Tarte…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - I Was Afraid of Losing Myself to Motherhood. I Found Myself Instead.
Elissa Strauss always knew she wanted to be a mother, but she also knew she didn’t want motherhood to take over her personality. After all, she had spent years…
Slate Culture FeedHang Up and Listen - The WNBA’s Caitlin Clark Drama
Joel Anderson and Josh Levin are joined by Howard Megdal of the Next to discuss the tumultuous beginning to Caitlin Clark’s rookie season. Historian and author…
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ICYMI - Anna Sale on Internet Sabbaticals, iPod Culture and WebCrawler
Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim are joined by Anna Sale, the host of Death, Sex & Money, to dive into her internet diary. After her podcast jumped to Slate…
Slate Culture FeedHit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Be My Baby-Baby-Baby Edition Part 2
Girl groups have long been underestimated—even by the producers and managers who created them. For women listeners, girl groups narrated profound emotions and…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Furiosa’s Glower
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by jumping into Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a prequel to George Miller’s 2015 Fury Road, in which Anya Taylor-Joy stars as…
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ICYMI - Encore: TikTok Shop Is a Dystopian Mall Kiosk
Today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from September 2022 about TikTok Shop. In the episode, Rachelle and Candice are joined by sustainable…
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Hang Up and Listen - Luka and Kyrie Are Running the NBA
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the stardom of the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving as well as Draymond Green’s stint on…
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Death, Sex & Money - Why You’re Not Having Sex
The dating app Bumble recently declared in advertisements that “a vow of celibacy is not the answer.” The ad campaign, which was met with a swift backlash…
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ICYMI - The Ethics of the Therapist-Influencer
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by internet culture writer and reporter Kate Lindsay whose recent Bustle article “My Therapist is a TikTok Star” explores…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Bonus: After the Interview, Our Guest Had Some Questions
In our episode with Jim Harris, we talked about how a spinal cord injury left him partially paralyzed, and then how 8 months into his recovery he regained some…
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Culture Gabfest - Can Babes Make Childbirth Funny?
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by reviewing Babes, Pamela Adlon’s (Better Things, Louie) directorial feature debut starring Ilana Glazer and Michelle…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Why Are We Still Using Fat Suits?
A fat suit is a custom-made costume with one goal: to make an actor appear fat without them actually having to be fat. It’s typically a unitard filled with…
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ICYMI - The Aftermath of a Layoff
Candice Lim is joined by Yowei Shaw (former co-host of NPR’s Invisibilia) to discuss her new podcast Proxy, which takes listeners through the psychological…
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Death, Sex & Money - The Night Magic Mushrooms and Jam Bands Helped Me Walk Again
Before going on a kite-skiing trip to the Chilean mountains, Jim Harris and his longtime girlfriend broke up. She wanted to settle down, and he wanted to keep…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Wolves Chomped the Champs
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the Pacers’ and Timberwolves’ Game 7 wins in the NBA’s conference semifinals. Slate’s Alex Kirshner also…
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ICYMI - Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Makes Reality TV Great Again
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Aisha Harris, co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Wannabe: Reckonings With the Pop Culture That Shaped…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Be My Baby-Baby-Baby Edition Part 1
Girl groups have long been underestimated—even by the producers and managers who created them. For women listeners, girl groups narrated profound emotions and…
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Culture Gabfest - Damn Dirty Apes
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by dissecting The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth chapter in the Apes franchise. Set “many generations” in…
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ICYMI - Street Fights and Moissanite Rings: Reddit’s Favorite “Selling Sunset” Moments
Rachelle and Candice dive into their mutual obsession: the Selling Sunset subreddit. Across seven seasons, the Netflix reality show has taken viewers into a…
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Death, Sex & Money - My Eating Disorder Turned Into an Obsession With Money
Vivian’s eating disorder started in college. She meticulously tracked calories and the number on the scale. Once she graduated she became less rigid with food…
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Hang Up and Listen - The WNBA Takes Flight
Joel Anderson and Josh Levin are joined by the Washington Post’s Ben Golilver to talk about the NBA’s conference semifinals. Jackie Powell of the Next also…
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ICYMI - Never Post: Everyone is a Journalish
The second and final installment of our two part collab with Never Post! Mike talks with mis- and disinformation researcher Joan Donovan about the line between…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - 'Tom' Felt So Alone Not Being Able To Drive. We Made An Introduction.
We first heard from a listener we’re calling Tom in an episode about life transitions. He told us he had recently gotten his driving license revoked because of…
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Culture Gabfest - Ryan Gosling Falls for Emily Blunt
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by diving head-first into The Fall Guy, director David Leitch’s love letter to stunts and stunt people. It’s a rom-com…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat
The jalapeño is the workhorse of hot peppers. They’re sold fresh, canned, pickled, in hot sauces, salsas, smoked into chipotles, and they outsell all other hot…
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ICYMI - How Kate Middleton’s Disappearance Redefined Monoculture
This week, ICYMI and the Never Post podcast are collaborating on two episodes surrounding 2024’s biggest internet monocultural moment: Kate Middleton’s…
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Death, Sex & Money - Filling the Health Care Gap (and Filling Lips!) in Appalachia
Nurse practitioners Teresa Owens Tyson and Paula Hill-Collins have saved countless lives in rural Appalachia. They operate a mobile clinic called The Health…
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Hang Up and Listen - So Long Sixers
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and NPR’s Gene Demby look back at the epic first-round series between the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers. They also check in…
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ICYMI - How Challengers Took Over the Internet
On today’s show, Rachelle and Candice join the rest of the internet in yapping about Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers which features Zendaya as tennis prodigy…
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Culture Gabfest - Zendaya Plays Doubles
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by discussing Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sexy tennis flick in which Zendaya stars as Tashi Duncan, the muse and lover…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - From ‘The Last Archive’: Building an Automatic Songwriting Machine
We’re bringing you an episode of The Last Archive from our friends at Pushkin Industries. In this episode: an exploration of early artificial intelligence, the…
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ICYMI - The End of Foxtrot and Outdoor Voices
Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim walk through the drama surrounding Foxtrot, an upscale cafe and mini market that abruptly closed all of its locations on April…
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Death, Sex & Money - You’re at a Crossroads. We’re Here to Help.
To make this episode we asked you, our listeners, if you had any questions about a big life transition you were preparing for where you needed some advice. We…
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Hang Up and Listen - Anthony Edwards Is Here
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and Slate’s Alex Kirshner discuss the quarterback frenzy at the top of the NFL draft and Anthony Edwards’ star-making performances…
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ICYMI - The “TikTok Voice” of Our Generation
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice answer a listener's question about “Dr.” Natalya Toryanski, an influencer with almost a quarter of million of…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - We Want It That Way Edition Part 2
When you hear “boy band,” what do you picture? Five guys with precision dance moves? Songs crafted by the Top 40 pop machine? Svengalis pulling the puppet…
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Culture Gabfest - Taylor Swift’s Messy Maximalism
On this week’s episode, the panel is first joined by Slate’s music critic, Carl Wilson, to puzzle over The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift’s…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Making Real Music for a Fake Band
Pop culture is full of fictional bands singing songs purpose-made to capture a moment, a sound. This music doesn’t organically emerge from a scene or genre…
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ICYMI - Is Roblox Coming for TikTok?
On today’s episode, Steffi Cao explains Roblox to Rachelle. Cao, a culture writer with bylines at The Atlantic, Fast Company, Forbes, BuzzFeed and more…
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Death, Sex & Money - A Tarot Reader Explains Why Intuition is So Tricky
Earlier this year, when the future of Death, Sex & Money was up in the air, Anna Sale consulted Rebecca Auman, a tarot reader and self-described witch based in…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Huge NBA Gambling Scandal
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin are joined by writer Tom Haberstroh to discuss Jontay Porter’s lifetime ban from the NBA for gambling. The…
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ICYMI - How a Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Took Over TikTok
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice answer listener questions about the rapid rise of Donghua Jinlong, a Chinese company that manufactures glycine. Over…
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Culture Gabfest - Civil War: What Is It Good For?
On this week’s show, Slate culture writer (and Very, Very Good Friend of the Show, a.k.a. VVGFOP) Nadira Goffe sits in for Dana Stevens. The three begin with…
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ICYMI - Ann Maddox on Scandoval, Reddit and Grief
Candice Lim is joined by We Signed An NDA co-host Ann Maddox, who you may know as Tom Sandoval’s former personal assistant. In March 2023, Maddox was teaching…
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Death, Sex & Money - A Sociopath's Guide to Death, Sex, and Money
Patric Gagne says being a sociopath is like having an emotional learning disability. In this episode, she talks about the good and the bad of having limited…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Meaning of O.J. Simpson
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin, discuss the death of O.J. Simpson and everything his life and his murder trial dredged up. They’re also joined by…
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ICYMI - What “Quiet on Set” Leaves Out
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to discuss their takeaways from Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, a documentary series that…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - We Want It That Way Edition Part 1
When you hear “boy band,” what do you picture? Five guys with precision dance moves? Songs crafted by the Top 40 pop machine? Svengalis pulling the puppet…
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Culture Gabfest - Dev Patel Goes John Wick
On this week’s show, the panel is first joined by Slate business and culture writer Nitish Pahwa to discuss Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s dazzling but muddled…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Can the “Bookazine” Save Magazines?
Magazines have fallen on hard times – especially the weekly news, fashion, and celebrity mags that once dominated newsstands. The revenue from magazine racks…
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ICYMI - What Next: TBD: Google’s Scam Obituary Problem
Why scam obituaries are edging out earnest ones, with the help of artificial intelligence and an adept Google game. Guest: Mia Sato, reporter for The Verge…
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Death, Sex & Money - From Indie Rockers to Full-Time Caregivers
When musician Johnny Solomon hit rock bottom, he turned to his mom for help. Then, as his mother’s health declined, he and his wife (and bandmate) Molly moved…
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Hang Up and Listen - A Transcendent Women's Tourney
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by the Athletic’s Chantel Jennings to talk about South Carolina’s victory over Iowa. They also ponder Caitlin Clark’s…
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ICYMI - The Rise of Vine Star Casey Frey
Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton dive into the internet history of Casey Frey, a dancer, comedian and internet icon who recently appeared on a Twitter-trending…
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Culture Gabfest - Beyoncé’s Country Kaleidoscope
On this week’s show, the panel is first joined by Slate culture writer (and the Gabfest’s Senior Beyoncé Correspondent) Nadira Goffe to dissect Beyoncé’s…
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ICYMI - Rebecca Jennings on NYT Connections and Selling Out
On today’s Internet Diary, Rachelle is joined by Rebecca Jennings, Vox’s senior correspondent covering social platforms and the creator economy. The two…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Kim Mulkey Profile Is Here
Joel Anderson and Stefan Fatsis are joined by USA Today’s Lindsay Schnell to talk about the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament and by Buzzer’s Eamonn…
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ICYMI - To Ban or Not to Ban TikTok
Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim ask their most pressing questions about the bipartisan bill that would require TikTok’s parent company to sell the app or face…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Gotcha Covered Edition Part 2
Cover songs once had a simple playbook: Artists would faithfully rerecord a song—note for note and word for word. They might modernize the instrumentation. If…