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Slow Burn - Decoder Ring | How to Make Dollars Make Sense
Money is everywhere. Money influences just about everything. We think about money all the time. But how much do we really know about it? In this epis…
2 months, 1 week ago
Culture Gabfest - Mother Troubles Edition
Steve, Dana, and Julia convene once more for a rousing Gabfest. First up, it’s Mother Mary. David Lowery’s strange psychodrama centers on a pop star,…
2 months, 1 week ago
ICYMI - The Internet Has Kept Katy Perry’s Receipts
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Slate senior writer Scaachi Koul to discuss the downfall of Katy Perry. Back in 2025, Scaachi wrot…
2 months, 1 week ago
Decoder Ring - How to Make Dollars Make Sense
Money is everywhere. Money influences just about everything. We think about money all the time. But how much do we really know about it? In this epis…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Next - Taking ICE to Court
During the Trump administration’s winter immigration surge, high-level officials assured ICE agents that they could act with impunity. But two differ…
2 months, 1 week ago
Death, Sex & Money - Rick Steves Says Travel is the Antidote to Fear
Episode 569
In 2008, travel writer Rick Steves thought the U.S. might be on the verge of war with Iran. So he took a TV crew there to document the people and pla…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Next - Why International Law Can’t Stop Trump
From bombing fishing boats in the Caribbean, to kidnapping Nicolás Maduro, to the Iran War, the Trump administration seems to operate like it has jus…
2 months, 1 week ago
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Third-Grade Fashion Faux Pax
On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen answer a question from the Slate Parenting Facebook group about a kid who won’t stop we…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Iran's Memes Are Winning
This very online administration (derogatory) is facing push back from Iran in their own home territory: the world of insipid memes, A.I. videos, and …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | The Unlikely Rise of Judy Blume
Emily Bazelon talks with journalist Mark Oppenheimer about his new book
Judy Blume: A Life. Oppenheimer, who spent years with Blume’s papers at
Yale an…
2 months, 2 weeks ago