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Slate Culture FeedICYMI - Astronomer Updates, Jessie Murph, and Dubious Cults
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim run through some updates following the Coldplay concert cheating scandal, and why Astronomer’s latest PR stunt is hitting them…
Slate Culture FeedDeath, Sex & Money - The Real-Life Willy Wonka Who Built Tony Hawk a Secret Desert Train
N.D. Austin is not an event planner. He designs experiences, which he says are supposed to leave you feeling transformed. He’s designed hundreds over the…
Slate Culture FeedHang Up and Listen - Chaos Inside the NFLPA
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs speak with ESPN senior NFL reporter Kalyn Kahler on the secrets, scandals, and leadership implosion…
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ICYMI - Calico Critters Are Beefing Thanks To TikTok
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay investigate the disappearance of SylvanianDrama. The creator behind the account gained millions of followers for role-playing…
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Death, Sex & Money - Seth Rogen Has Empathy and Disdain for Bad Hollywood Execs (Talk Easy)
Actor-writer-director Seth Rogen discusses Hollywood's perpetual existential crisis, where art and commerce constantly battle for dominance. On the heels of…
Slate Culture FeedHit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Here's The Beef Edition Part 2
When Kendrick Lamar took the Super Bowl halftime stage in 2025 and had the stadium chanting along to “Not Like Us,” it was clear: Diss tracks had gone…
Slate Culture FeedCulture Gabfest - Colbert is Cancelled Edition
Disinfect your groceries and mind the 5G, on this week’s show Steve, Dana, and guest host Sam Adams dive into the dread-inducing world of Ari Aster’s…
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ICYMI - The Astronomer CEO Coldplay Cheating Scandal
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim break down everything that’s happened since a software CEO was caught in a suspicious position with his co-worker at a Coldplay…
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Death, Sex & Money - The Elvis Impersonator That Married 75 People a Day
Brendan Paul co-owns the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, which claims to be the site of the world's first Elvis-themed wedding. Dressed in sparkly…
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Hang Up and Listen - Golf’s Boring GOAT?
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss the brilliant (but boringly calm) Scottie Scheffler, who racked up yet another victory at the…
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ICYMI - The Internet History of Jojo Siwa
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by New York Times reporter and former ICYMI host Madison Malone Kircher to break down the internet history of Jojo…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Here’s the Beef Edition Part 1
When Kendrick Lamar took the Super Bowl halftime stage in 2025 and had the stadium chanting along to “Not Like Us,” it was clear: Diss tracks had gone…
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Culture Gabfest - Woke Superman Saves the Box Office Edition
On this week’s show, Dana and Steve are joined by guest host Isaac Butler to talk truth, justice, and the American way via James Gunn’s Superman. They discuss…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Mailbag: Drug Names, Cow Abductions, and the “Ass-Intensifier”
In this episode we’re opening our mailbag to answer three fascinating questions from our listeners. How did “ass,” a word for donkeys and butts, become what…
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ICYMI - “Gen-Z Stare” and the Log-In Epidemic
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim parse through the annoying practice of logging in and downloading apps. From hiking in the woods to brushing our teeth, it seems…
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Death, Sex & Money - The Honeymoon That Ended in Immigration Detention
Silvia Camila Muñoz and Bradley Bartell had been married for less than a year when ICE stopped them at the airport on the way back from their honeymoon in…
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Hang Up and Listen - Sinner Mows Down Alcaraz on the Grass
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs are joined by Giri Nathan, co-founder of Defector and author of the new book Changeover, for a discussion…
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ICYMI - Love Island’s Toxic Relationship With Social Media
After a contestant was kicked off Love Island USA for resurfaced racist social media posts, the internet backlash was swift. But some think the show mishandled…
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Culture Gabfest - Sorry, Straight White Male Novelist Edition
On this week’s show, Julia and Dana are joined by June Thomas for a decidedly feminist discussion. They start with Sorry, Baby, the debut feature from writer…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - Introducing The Sporkful | Is Your Recipe Lying To You?
If you look at any list of best-selling cookbooks, certain words come up over and over again: quick, easy, fast, effortless. But is it actually possible to…
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ICYMI - Encore: 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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Death, Sex & Money - What Military Service During “Peacetime” is Really Like
Ray Christian joined the U.S. Army in 1978, as a way to get his life started. He became a paratrooper, an infantryman, and a drill sergeant. He also endured…
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Hang Up and Listen - The LeBron and Giannis Loyalty Test
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs break down an unexpectedly quiet start to NBA free agency while big trade rumors keep swirling. They dig…
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ICYMI - Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate senior tech editor Tony Ho Tran to parse through what Meta’s victory in a recent AI lawsuit means for its…
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Culture Gabfest - Brad Pitt’s Victory Lap Edition
On this week’s show, Steve, Julia, and guest host Sam Adams are off to races with F1:The Movie, the new Brad Pitt racing vehicle featuring lots of racing…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - The White Noise Boom
White noise has a very precise technical definition, but people use the term loosely, to describe all sorts of washes of sound—synthetic hums, or natural…
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ICYMI - The Most Famous Facelift on TikTok
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay discuss an American woman in her 50s who is going viral for her plastic surgery journey. Michelle Wood is a mom who traveled to…
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Death, Sex & Money - Baywatch Made Me World Famous. My Stalker Stole My Privacy.
Alexandra Paul always loved connecting with fans. She had many, from her breakout role in the 1983 horror film Christine to her years playing a lifeguard on…
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Hang Up and Listen - The Caitlin Clark Dilemma
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Caitlin Clark’s injuries, controversies, and dramas that continue to spotlight the Fever and…
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ICYMI - How Coming Out Videos Changed YouTube
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim are joined by Ingrid Nilsen, an OG beauty lifestyle YouTuber who you may know as “MissGlamorazzi,” to reflect on the 10-year…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Mighty Real Edition Part 2
Little Richard was rock ‘n’ roll’s flamboyant architect. Lesley Gore sang that no one owned her. Sylvester was a gender-fluid icon who helped define disco…
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Culture Gabfest - Daddygang Rage Virus Edition
On this week’s show, Julia, Dana, and Steve return to the Rage Virus-infected world first created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland two decades ago. They talk…
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ICYMI - TikTok May Win Battles, But YouTube Will Win the War
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Yahoo senior entertainment reporter Kelsey Weekman, who is fresh off the plane from this year’s VidCon. Unlike past…
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Death, Sex & Money - Allison Williams on Botox, Privilege, and Gen Z’s Love of Marnie From ‘Girls’
On June 11th, actress Allison Williams joined Anna live onstage at the Tribeca Festival in New York City for a conversation that was equal parts introspective…
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Hang Up and Listen - This NBA Final Was About the Losers
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs talk about the NBA Finals and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s victory over the Indiana Pacers – the comeback…
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ICYMI - Is Partiful Cancelled?
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay start off with two sounds of the summer from a divisive Love Island USA contestant and a popstar “standing on business.” Then…
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Culture Gabfest - Can Materialists Revive the Rom-com Edition
On this week’s show, Steve and Dana are joined by guest host Dan Kois to weigh the suitability of Materialists as a rom-com for our transactional age. In…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - The Boston Cinematic Universe
This episode is a first for Decoder Ring: a live show, recorded at the WBUR Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. Given the setting, we decided to take on a…
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ICYMI - The Content Creators Crashing the Diddy Trial
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate staff writer Nadira Goffe, whose coverage of the United States v. Sean Combs (also known as the Diddy trial)…
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Death, Sex & Money - How Much Can Your Love Life Change in One Summer?
In 2018, we followed eight listeners as they dated over the course of the summer. We heard about having sex for the first time, being ghosted, downloading and…
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Hang Up and Listen - Carnage at Oakmont
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs talk about the rainy and unforgiving weekend at the U.S. Open, where J.J. Spaun was the only player to…
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ICYMI - It’s International Bestselling Author Quan Millz
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Wired senior writer and producer of Black Twitter: A People’s History, Jason Parham, to attempt to explain the…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Mighty Real Edition Part 1
Little Richard was rock ‘n’ roll’s flamboyant architect. Lesley Gore sang that no one owned her. Sylvester was a gender-fluid icon who helped define disco…
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Culture Gabfest - Pee Wee’s Big Documentary Edition
On this week’s show, the secret word is: Pee-wee. Dana, Steve, and Julia discuss the new documentary Pee-wee as Himself. The fascinating two-part film…
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ICYMI - When CEOs Post About Workers Who “Coast”
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim dive into the online workplace drama surrounding a millennial founder’s hot take about 9-to-5 workers. Lindsey Carter is the CEO…
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Death, Sex & Money - Money Advice For This Weird Moment
At a time when inflation, tariffs, and stock market fluctuations are creating confusion and financial strain, we’ve assembled an unlikely panel of experts to…
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Hang Up and Listen - A New King of Clay?
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Carlos Alcaraz’s dazzling comeback win over Jannik Sinner in the men’s French Open finals. Then…
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ICYMI - TikTok’s “Relationship Experts” Must Be Stopped
After dating influencer TheWizardLiz revealed she had been cheated on, her viral tips for how to “keep” a man rang hollow. Candice Lim fills in Kate Lindsay on…
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Culture Gabfest - The Creator of Succession Takes on the Broligarchy Edition
On this week’s show, longtime hosts Julia, Stephen, and Dana are all together in-person to talk about Mountainhead, the new HBO Max movie from Jesse Armstrong…
Slate Culture FeedDecoder Ring - The Laff Box (Encore)
Decoder Ring is marking its 100th episode this year. To celebrate, we’re revisiting our very first episode from 2018, which asks: What happened to the laugh…
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ICYMI - Sad Beige Lawsuits and an Influencer’s “Royal Wedding”
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim break down the wedding weekend heard round TikTok starring one of r/NYCInfluencerSnark’s main characters. Jazmyn Smith (better…
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Death, Sex & Money - How a Matchmaking Job Inspired a Film About Dating's Secret Economy
Long before Celine Song was nominated for an Academy Award for her directorial debut, Past Lives, she was a struggling playwright in New York City with a side…
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Hang Up and Listen - Finals Week
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh and Lindsay Gibbs break down the NBA Finals and the savvy draft and trade decisions that led to this year’s showdown between…
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ICYMI - Will MomTok Actually Change Mormonism?
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Sara Petersen, author of Momfluenced, to chat about season two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Mormon women…
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - All Apologies Edition Part 2
The story of Nevermind, Nirvana’s genre-defining breakthrough, is a familiar one. Less well known is the saga of Billboard’s Modern Rock chart—and how…
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Culture Gabfest - Tom Cruise Nearly Died So You Would Like this Movie Edition
On this week’s show an all-star team of super agents join Julia to gab including guest host Amy Nicholson, film critic for the Los Angeles Times. Their first…
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ICYMI - TikTok’s Favorite Frat and Sorority Chefs
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are going back to college and telling the tale of two Greek life chefs on TikTok. Kevin Ashton gained almost 5 million followers…
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Hang Up and Listen - The WNBA’s Fever Dream
One week into a new WNBA season, hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh chat with co-host Lindsay Gibbs about Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and what’s ahead in the…
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Death, Sex & Money - Betraying a Friendship to Get a Viral Story
When blogger AJ Daulerio broke the Brett Favre sexting scandal in 2010, it became one of the biggest stories of his career. But it came at a cost: he had…
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ICYMI - Did These Influencers Build a “Plantation Fitness”?
Vibe Check’s Zach Stafford joins hosts Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay to talk about influencers Jalen Noble and Monet Mcmichael’s new Texas farmhouse. Built in…