Podcast Episodes

ICYMI | Saudi Arabia Is Coming For The Sims

On today’s episode, hosts Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate senior editor Tony Ho Tran to talk about why it matters that EA Games has …

6 months ago

Amicus | This Will Be Trump’s Best Term at the Supreme Court Yet

Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern are joined by Vox’s Ian Millhiser to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court term, which officially starts …

6 months ago

What Next: TBD | Who Owns TikTok Now?

TikTok exploded to popularity not by giving users what they asked for—but by figuring out what users really were interested in, and serving that. 

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6 months ago

Political Gabfest | Fat Generals

This week, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the disturbing spectacle of military fealty staged by Hegseth and Trum…

6 months ago

What Next | Actually the Government Shut Down Months Ago

Donald Trump’s theory of a government shutdown was that it would give him more power to fire federal employees, and cut benefits and healthcare. Of c…

6 months, 1 week ago

Care & Feeding | The Great Onesie Debate

On this episode: On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen get real about onesies. A Slate mom wants to know if she can buy her s…

6 months, 1 week ago

What Next | The Department of War…From Within

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned the military’s top brass from all over the world for a meeting to announce…they need to shave and get in shap…

6 months, 1 week ago

ICYMI | RIP to MTV's Catfish: Caught, But Never Forgotten

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay pour one out for MTV’s Catfish, which was recently cancelled by MTV after 9 seasons and 12 years. Back in 2010, Nev Schu…

6 months, 1 week ago

Culture Gabfest: One Banger After Another Edition

On this week’s dispatch, Dana is joined by comrades in arms Sam Adams and Isaac Butler to take on Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrilling and incendiary new…

6 months, 1 week ago

What Next | Trump’s Revenge Tour Is Here

The president’s case against James Comey doesn’t look very strong to outside legal observers. But even the most spurious accusation against the forme…

6 months, 1 week ago