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Slate Culture FeedICYMI - Everything Is Barstool
***GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW HERE!!!!*** An uncomfortable amount of the internet has been influenced by Barstool Sports. Many prominent online figures…
Slate Culture FeedHit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Chart Side of the Moon Edition
Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most played, purchased and praised albums of all time. Yet its enduring legacy might be its supernatural…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Weapons of Map Destruction
Most of us use GPS—the Global Positioning System—on a daily basis: to find our location when we’re driving, running, shopping, dating, and so much more. But…
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ICYMI - Prediction Markets Are Coming for Everything We Love
Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket have expanded from letting people bet on just sports to everything from political events to reality TV, and even the…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - The Pet Detective
Jim Tierney, pet tracker, has worked on more than 250 lost pet cases around New York City. Jim says once a dog is lost, their behavior changes. “They become…
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ICYMI - Social Media Is Better With Kids
GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW HERE!!!! As even more countries adopt social media bans for under-sixteen-year-olds, not only does one recent survey confirm…
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ICYMI - Surveillance Glasses For Girls!
Kylie Jenner and Mark Zuckerberg are trying to rebrand Meta Glasses as some kind of girlboss fashion accessory, even though women are the ones most likely to…
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Death, Sex & Money - How Much Should You Spend on a Wedding?
This week, listeners share what it’s like to plan a dream wedding when money and family relationships lead to conflict and compromise. We hear from couples…
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ICYMI - AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
As sex becomes more online, not only does it become more solitary, but also more surveilled. For instance: Back in December, OpenAI announced that they’d allow…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - So Long, and Thanks for All the Granola Edition
A eulogistic weepfest? A “valediction forbidding mourning”? A conscious unthroupling? All of the above? Believe it or not, the time has come for Steve, Dana…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - We Are Monumentally Bad at Statues
It seems like the only time you hear about new statues these days is when something goes horribly wrong. Unfortunate bronze renditions of Lucille Ball…
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ICYMI - Influencers Are Hitting Retirement
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, creator of The Trend Report, to talk about how so many of our favorite influencers…
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Death, Sex & Money - Emmy-Winner Jeff Hiller Returns! Talking Bodies and Money in a Changing Hollywood
A lot has happened in Jeff Hiller’s life since he was last on the show in 2024. Last year he won an Emmy for his role on the HBO show Somebody Somewhere and…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Don’t Fear the Repeat Edition
We’re all familiar with the concept of a one-hit wonder, but what about artists who hit it big a second time—and never again? This week on Hit Parade, Chris…
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ICYMI - Your Favorite World Cup Moment Might Be Fake
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Will Oremus, tech writer at The Atlantic and author of “The Feel-Good Story of the World Cup Is Too Good to…
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Culture Gabfest - Toy Story 5 Crushes It at the Box Office Edition
The Gabfest’s end is nigh but we’ve still got a few bits of culture to gab upon. This week, Steve and Dana are joined by longtime Gabfest star pinch hitter Dan…
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ICYMI - My Decade-Long Payment App Feud
On today’s episode, in collaboration with No Such Thing, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Manny Fidel, Noah Friedman, and Devan Joseph to talk about payment…
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Death, Sex & Money - Was Dad Being a Creep? And Other Childhood Memories to Decipher
Growing up, whenever Anna Konkle's parents fought–which was frequently–she usually sided with her dad. As she got older, she started to see those memories…
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ICYMI - Your Group Chats Are Now Blackmail
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Bridget Read, a features writer at New York Magazine whose recent piece “What If It All Came Out?” reports…
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Culture Gabfest - One Last Strut Edition
Steve, Dana, and Julia gather once more—for almost the last time—to unpack the week’s culture. This week, conversation has to include the cultural, cinematic…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - The Tootsie Shot (Encore)
You know the Tootsie Shot. It’s that image that pops up all the time in movies set in a dense city: a really busy midtown street, everyone going somewhere—and…
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ICYMI - Everything Is Phone
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Slate staff writer Nitish Pawha to discuss his piece “Your TV Is Not Safe.” Apps like Instagram, Substack…
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Death, Sex & Money - Spouses Peter Dinklage and Erica Schmidt on Bad Interviews, Fame, and Parenting
Actor Peter Dinklage and playwright Erica Schmidt have been married for two decades, and even though they’ve collaborated on projects, it’s rare for them to do…
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ICYMI - A YouTuber Made Your New Favorite Horror Film
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay speaks with Rachel Barker, host of Girl on Film on YouTube. The internet has been rich with horror content for decades…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - More Than a Feeling Edition
If you were watching cable TV around midday at the turn of the millennium, there’s a good chance you saw a commercial for a compilation CD called Monster…
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Culture Gabfest - One Last Taylor Swift Throwdown Edition
As you may have heard in last week’s episode, the Culture Gabfest is hanging up its microphones after 18 years of cultural commentary. But before our final…
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ICYMI - You Keep Falling For Secret Ads
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Rachel Karten, a social media consultant and the writer of Link In Bio. Storytimes and other…
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Death, Sex & Money - Something Rotten at Stanford
Theo Baker was seventeen when he enrolled at Stanford and stumbled into one of the biggest stories on campus: academic misconduct allegations against the…
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ICYMI - Beware The Boy Mom
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer Stephanie McNeal to discuss the internet phenomenon of “boy moms.” As an internet culture expert, and…
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Culture Gabfest - Stuck in the Backrooms Edition
This week Steve, Dana, and Julia convene once again—this time with some big news. Also, they make a classic Gabfest episode. First up, it's the alienating…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia
In Australia, no wedding or school dance is complete without the Nutbush, Australia’s unofficial national dance. The Nutbush – a simple line dance to the song…
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ICYMI - Keep TikTok Out Of Our Favorite YA Books
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Angelina Mazza whose recent piece in The New York Times details how publishers are “modernizing” previously…
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Death, Sex & Money - A Sex Party Love Story
Romy Holland is a Berkeley mom whose meet-cute happened at a raucous sex party. That night she had sex with dozens of men, one of which would become her…
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ICYMI - AI Detectors Won’t Save Us
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Ed Zitron, host of the podcast Better Offline and a certified hater of AI. After yet another AI writing…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Near-Miss Hits: ’70s Edition
In 1979, Sister Sledge changed the sound of wedding receptions forever with “We Are Family.” Believe it or not, the Chic-penned banger never made it to No. 1…
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Culture Gabfest - I Love Boosters Heightens the Contradictions Edition
This week, the OG three Steve, Dana, and Julia dig into the visually stuffed, Marxist smorgasbord that is Boots Riley’s latest film I Love Boosters. Starring…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Preview: Decoder Rings Back | Duck, Duck, Jeep
Earlier this year we debuted Decoder Rings Back, our new feature exclusively for Decoder Ring Plus subscribers. In each installment, Willa gets a listener on…
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ICYMI - The Secret Marketing Tactic Killing The Internet
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by New York Magazine features writer Lane Brown whose latest piece breaks down the “clipping economy,” which…
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Death, Sex & Money - The Parent-Child Anxiety Trap
Anna talks to Alexis, a parent whose 8 year old son has an anxiety disorder, about what it was like attending a therapy program designed for parents of anxious…
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ICYMI - There's No Point To Influencers Anymore
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer Daysia Tolentino to discuss whether influencers serve us at all in 2026. James Charles faced backlash…
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Culture Gabfest - You’re My Obsession Edition
This week, we’ve got an all-guest-host panel with Gabfest faves Isaac Butler, Sam Adams, and June Thomas guiding the discourse… straight to hell. In this case…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - No Pulp: The Killing of the Florida Orange
Like the palm tree, the Everglades, Disney World, and the “Florida Man,” the orange is a classic symbol of the Sunshine State. But maybe not for much longer…
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ICYMI - Phone Etiquette Is In The Toilet
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer and comedian Matt Buechele to talk about how the etiquette around phones is shifting, with previously…
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Death, Sex & Money - A Brat Pack Star Remembers How to Have Friends
The actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy used to be a member of one of pop culture’s most famous friend groups: The Brat Pack. He starred in movies like…
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ICYMI - Right-Wing Creators Are In Their Flop Era
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer of Garbage Day and host of Panic World, Ryan Broderick. Ryan has been tracking the metrics of…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Dancing With Himself Edition
The opening riff of “White Wedding” is instantly recognizable—a skittering, syncopated guitar line quickly swallowed by pummeling drums. But the song itself is…
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Culture Gabfest - Lord of the Sheep Edition
On this week’s show, our panel of Dana, Steve, and Sam Adams are on the case. The case: is the movie Sheep Detectives a real movie and is it any good? The…
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ICYMI - To Leak or Not To Leak? That's The Fandom Question
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by journalist and creator Princess Weekes to discuss the ethics of consuming leaks. Ten years ago, a fan with…
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Death, Sex & Money - Death, SNAKES & Money
Tim Friede grew up in a strict, religious household with an obsession for science and a knack for breaking rules. He became fixated on a particular problem…
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ICYMI - “Blue Dot Fever” Is A Symptom Of Bigger Problems
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Pitchfork news director Alex Suskind to talk about why musicians keep coming down with “blue dot fever.”…
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Culture Gabfest - Somehow, Miranda Priestly Returned Edition
This week, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens are joined by Slate’s own Rebecca Onion to discuss The Devil Wears Prada 2, BEEF season 2, and the NYT’s best living…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Mailbag: Spooky Strings, Phone Menu Options, and Eye Rolls
We are lucky to get fantastic questions from our listeners here at Decoder Ring, and in this episode, we’re going to open up our mailbag to answer three of…
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ICYMI - Are You “Numbing Out”?
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer at The Cut whose recent piece explores why so many people have…
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Death, Sex & Money - Kara Swisher on the Rich Guys Trying to Live Forever
Kara Swisher has built an impressive career reporting on–and forcefully critiquing–the world of tech, especially the ultra-wealthy power players increasingly…
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ICYMI - The Personal Essay Is Back. The Internet Isn't Ready.
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by author Leigh Stein, who landed her first book deal in the 2010s personal essay boom. With new memoirs from…
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Culture Gabfest - Michael Jackson Moonwalks the Box Office Edition
This week, Dana, Steve, and Nadira Goffe assess if we as a culture can ever really escape Neverland— namely, the gigantic and fraught legacy of Michael…
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ICYMI - We’re Taking This “Mormon” Trend Too Far
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by ex-Mormon content creator Alyssa Grenfell to discuss the new Secret Lives of Mormon Wives spinoff, Netflix’s…
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Death, Sex & Money - The Thrills and Heartbreaks of Being a Funk Rock Pioneer
When musician Chris Dowd was 19, shortly after graduating from high school, his band Fishbone got signed to Columbia Records. The group was made up of Black…
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ICYMI - Are 62 Million Men In An Online "Rape Academy?"
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by culture writer Kat Tenbarge to discuss CNN’s recent investigation into a global online “rape academy.” The…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Introducing History Daily: "The Launch of MTV"
Hit Parade is on a brief break, but if you need a daily dose of fascinating stories, check out History Daily. Host Lindsay Graham (the history guy! not the…