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Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Books We Love: Inside The Bubble With Akwaeke Emezi
Writer and artist Akwaeke Emezi talks with me about their childhood in Nigeria, their brief stint in veterinary school, and how, these days, they've deemed…
Slate Culture FeedHang Up and Listen - Luka Doncic Is A Superstar
Joel Anderson and Stefan Fatsis discuss Luka Doncic’s spectacular performance for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA playoffs. They are joined by David Ubben of…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - "They Rely On Me": An Update From A USPS Mail Carrier
As the USPS finds itself at the center of a political divide, we check in with a mail carrier who wrote to us earlier this year about being an essential worker…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Mad as Hell
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss a recent video of twins’ listening to Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” that went viral. Then, the…
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Hang Up and Listen - Major League Baseball Needs to Reckon With the Negro Leagues
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the 100th anniversary of baseball’s Negro Leagues. They’re also joined by the New York Times’ Rory Smith…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Mystery of the Mullet
The mullet, the love-to-hate-it hairstyle is as associated with the 1980's as Ronald Reagan, junk bonds, and break dancing. But in at least one major way, we…
Slate Culture FeedHit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Wednesday Night Live: Music Trivia
Hey, Hit Parade listeners—we’ve got an unusual schedule for August. Today’s show is a recording of last week’s installment of Slate’s Wednesday Night Live…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - This Senator Saved My Love Life
A story about what Alan Simpson, an expert on the federal deficit, taught me about love—and how it changed everything. Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and…
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Hang Up and Listen - College Football Players Want to Play
In this Plus preview, Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley talk about the battle over the 2020 college football season. To help support…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - What Keeps Wendell Pierce Up At Night
While spending the pandemic with his 95-year-old father in New Orleans, the actor is thinking hard about family and parenthood. Are you a new listener?…
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Culture Gabfest - Folklorn
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia are joined by Slate’s music critic Carl Wilson to take on Taylor Swift’s Folklore. Then, the panelists discusses…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Pac-12 Football Players Are United
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the NBA’s strong restart and Major League Baseball’s disastrous season. They’re also joined by UCLA’s…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Rent Is Due Tomorrow
Today is July 31st—which means that for many people, rent is due tomorrow. But we know from watching recent data that a lot of people won't be able to pay by…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - What a Fool Believes Edition
Like many media organizations at the moment, Slate is getting hit pretty hard by what's going on with the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We want…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Books We Love: A Big Conversation About "Big Friendship"
Authors, podcasters and longtime friends Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow on friendship therapists, awkward spa weekends and why the word "bestie" just doesn't…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Miami Marlins Have a Coronavirus Outbreak
In this Plus Preview, Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the spread of COVID in Major League Baseball. What should the Miami Marlins and…
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Hang Up and Listen - What Next Goes Inside the NBA Bubble
Hang Up listeners, we thought you'd enjoy this episode of Slate's daily news show What Next. The NBA has announced an ambitious plan to restart the season more…
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Death, Sex & Money - How Bobby Berk Became A Boss
"I failed a lot, you know, I made a lot of wrong decisions. I just, I never let my failures end it." Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram…
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Culture Gabfest - Summer Strut 2020
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia are joined by Hit Parade host Chris Molanphy to take on contenders for song of the summer, an unusual…
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Hang Up and Listen - Athletes and Anti-Semitism
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Power Plays’ Lindsay Gibbs discuss the Washington NFL team’s sexist workplace culture. They also examine the WNBA’s rocky…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Bridge: Lilith’s Winding Road
In this mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Jessica Hopper, acclaimed critic for publications like Rolling Stone, The New York Times…
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Death, Sex & Money - A Widow’s Guide To Grieving
"My therapist told me that it was okay to be mad at him for dying, whether or not it's rational. Because nothing about this is logical or makes sense." Looking…
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Hang Up and Listen - College Football Is in the Bargaining Phase
In this Slate Plus preview, Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss college football conferences scaling back their seasons. To help support Hang…
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Decoder Ring - The Karen
The Karen, a white woman who surveys, inconveniences, and terrorizes, service workers and people of color is a relatively new term in the culture, but her…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Books We Love: Michael Arceneaux’s “I Don’t Want To Die Poor”
The writer joined me live on Zoom to talk student loan debt, luxury CBD drinks, and why he's not going to "pimp out [his] trauma." Tune in this Tuesday, July…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - What Money Can't Solve
A confession is tortured out of a suspect. He goes to prison. Back in 2016, he got a check for what he endured. But forgiveness is not part of the bargain…
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Culture Gabfest - Hamilton in the Trump Era
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia are joined by New Yorker staff writer Doreen St. Félix to talk about I May Destroy You. Then, Steve and Dana are…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Washington NFL Team Is Getting a New Name
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the sudden move to rebrand the Washington NFL team. They also discuss all the athletes opting out of…
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Death, Sex & Money - Skin Hunger: Part 2
In this collaboration with the podcast Love + Radio, we hear from listeners whose relationships ended right before the pandemic—or because of it. Thanks to the…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Building a Herstory Edition
Like many media organizations at the moment, Slate is getting hit pretty hard by what's going on with the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We want…
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Hang Up and Listen - Cam Newton Is Going to New England
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and special guest Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch discuss Cam Newton’s move to the New England Patriots. To help support Hang Up…
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Death, Sex & Money - Skin Hunger: Part 1
Along with the podcast Love + Radio, we've been asking you about how you're coping with a lack of physical touch in your lives due to the pandemic. This is…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - When Six Feet Isn't An Option
Two stories on incarceration and coronavirus: an update from Lawrence Bartley, whose time sheltering in place has him reflecting on his time in prison, and a…
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Culture Gabfest - Toppling Teddy Roosevelt
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia are joined by Jamelle Bouie to talk about the toppling of statues across the country. Then, the panel talks…
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Hang Up and Listen - Will Washington’s NFL Team Finally Change Its Racist Nickname?
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin are joined by Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer to discuss Major League Baseball’s labor fight. They also talk about…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - An Essential Worker, Going Back In
A conversation with Sharron, a certified nursing assistant in Virginia, who we first met in our essential workers episode this spring. Follow our show on…
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Hang Up and Listen - Is the NBA’s Orlando Bubble Bursting?
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the NBA players who are pushing back against the idea of restarting the season. To help support Hang Up…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Bridge: Many Ways to be OutKasted
In this mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by Dr. Regina Bradley, Assistant Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies at…
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Decoder Ring - The Metrosexual
In 2003, the word "metrosexual", meaning a well-groomed heterosexual man, exploded all over the English lexicon. It invaded the news, TV, and even American…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - I Love You, But There's This Money Thing...
From budgeting blue books to a $60,000 engagement ring: your stories about love and money. Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney…
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Culture Gabfest - Black Lives Matter
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia are joined by Lauren Michele Jackson to discuss her recent piece in Vulture, “What Is an Anti-Racist Reading…
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Hang Up and Listen - Roger Goodell Says Black Lives Matter
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the NFL’s about-face on players and social activism. They also assess the different roads taken by the…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - "This Has Been A Long Time Coming."
We asked you what you needed to say in this moment of reckoning with police brutality, structural racism, and grief. Here's what you told us. We want to keep…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Financial Therapy: How Much Should I Help My Family?
"It's difficult to sometimes separate myself from being the one that always has to have it together." This episode is part of a special Financial Therapy…
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Hang Up and Listen - George Floyd Is a Sports Story
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about how the sports world is reacting, and how all of us are reacting, to the killing of George Floyd in…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - What Do You Need To Say Right Now?
What do you need to say right now? As we take in the anguish that's surfacing today—about the fact that COVID19 is disproportionately impacting communities of…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture Edition
A special Hit Parade announcement: Like many media organizations at the moment, Slate is getting hit pretty hard by what's going on with the economy in the…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Financial Therapy: Why Did I Take That Risk?
Two years ago, Mathew* quit an executive job and struck out on his own to found an independent consulting firm. After months of bringing in "90% less than what…
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Culture Gabfest - Never Will I Ever Beef with Chrissy Teigen
This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss Mindy Kaling’s new television show Never Have I Ever. Next, they talk…
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Hang Up and Listen - The NBA Is (Probably) Going to Disney World
In this Plus episode preview, Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the latest plans to bring back professional and college sports. In the full…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Financial Therapy: What Is Our Savings For?
Before the pandemic, Dale ran an event space in Knoxville, Tennessee. After cancelling every booking this month—which was set to be their busiest ever—she…
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Hang Up and Listen - What Was The Last Dance?
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the final episodes of ESPN’s documentary The Last Dance. Announcer Ian Eagle also joins to talk about the…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Financial Therapy: Meet Amanda Clayman
Many of our financial situations have changed drastically in the past two months. We're calling on a financial therapist to help us sort through all of the…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Bridge: Piano Man, Everyman
A special Hit Parade announcement: Like many media organizations at the moment, Slate is getting hit pretty hard by what's going on with the economy in the…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Madeleine Albright On Ambition and Obsoleteness
The former secretary of state reflects on how now, in her 80s, she's re-experiencing a feeling she had in her 20s—after graduating from college and putting her…
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Culture Gabfest - Normal People?
This week on the Culture Gabfest, Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the Hulu adaption of Sally Rooney’s Normal People. Next, they talk…
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Decoder Ring - Gotta Get Down on Friday
Rebecca Black's music video for Friday was Youtube's most watched video of 2011, thrusting the thirteen-year-old Rebecca into a very harsh spotlight. Dubbed…
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Hang Up and Listen - Michael Jordan is a Jerk
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the latest episodes of ESPN’s Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance. To help support Hang Up and Listen…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - What Is A "Good Death" During A Pandemic?
A listener named Lindsay, who works as a nurse in an ICU, is struggling with the way her patients are dying from COVID-19. Have thoughts to share with Lindsay?…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - Samantha Irby Is Prepared To Gracefully Bow Out
The bestselling writer reflects on her sense of pride, and why she's got no problem going back to an hourly job "the minute it feels like this is over." Help…