Podcast Episodes

Hang Up | Prediction Season

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh look into their crystal balls and tell us what to look out for in the sports world of the futur…

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What Next: TBD | 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Hit Parade | The Bridge: Slate’s Music Club 2025

The Slate Music Club returns, in this special year-end edition of Hit Parade’s The Bridge! Host Chris Molanphy joins New York Times pop music critic …

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Is the A.I. Bubble Bursting? | 2025 in Review

All this week, What Next and What Next: TBD are re-airing some of our favorite conversations from throughout the year and checking back with the peop…

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Hit Parade | Hooked to the Silver Screen Edition Part 2

If you need confirmation of Hollywood’s vast influence on mass culture, look no further than the pop charts. From the 1937 classic Snow White and the…

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2025 Conundrums!

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, t…

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Care & Feeding | From What Next: What Kids Aren’t Learning About US History

The hosts are on vacation this week! But we’ve got an episode from What Next for you that we think you’ll love.

Conservatives have long complained th…

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