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2025: The Music of the Year
2025 might not have been a great year —but the music sure was stellar.
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2025: The Music of the Year
2025 might not have been a great year —but the music sure was stellar.
Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the…
2 months, 1 week ago
Political Gabfest | Greatest Hits
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz revisit several favorite segments from Gabfests past to celebrate their 20th anniversary: t…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Next | 2025: The Advice of the Year
With rising authoritarianism, terrifying speech crackdowns, and violence in the streets, this year we found ourselves turning to our friends over at …
2 months, 1 week ago
What Next | 2025: The Movie(s) of the Year
If you were to sum up 2025 in a film, which would you pick? The question that nearly wrecked the brain of Slate’s chief movie critic.
Guest: Dana Ste…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Next | 2025: The Game of the Year
Canada and the United States usually have a pretty good-natured sports rivalry—but from hockey to baseball, that was not the case in 2025.
Guest: A…
2 months, 1 week ago
2025: The Meme of the Year
With so much online content, it can be hard for a meme to stay in the collective consciousness for more than a few days. But one meme this year manag…
2 months, 1 week ago
Slate Money | 2025 Hot Takes
This week: We’re celebrating a year full of hot takes! Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, debate and rate the hottest takes they’ve hear…
2 months, 1 week ago
ICYMI | Our Year of Brain Rot and Tech Dystopia
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by internet culture writer Kat Tenbarge to break down the most important internet moments of 2025. Bu…
2 months, 1 week ago
Amicus | What We Got Wrong About SCOTUS in 2025
Over the past calendar year, the Supreme Court’s center has shifted to the right and then more to the right, and the justices’ decisions have time an…
2 months, 1 week ago