Podcast Episodes

What Next: Is the Apprentice Movie Fired?

The Apprentice, starring Captain America’s Sebastian Stan and Succession’s Jeremy Strong, was financed in part by the widely-loathed former-Washingto…

2 years, 4 months ago

Death, Sex & Money: Kara Swisher and Orna Guralnik on How to Get People Talking

Anna talks to Dr. Orna Guralnik, the psychoanalyst from Showtime’s Couples Therapy, and then to Kara Swisher, the pugnacious tech journalist and podc…

2 years, 4 months ago

Hang Up: Remembering Willie Mays

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin share their thoughts on baseball legend Willie Mays, who died last week at age 93. Morgan Campbell of th…

2 years, 4 months ago

Vacation With a Big Group (Seriously!)

On this episode: Zak, Lucy and Elizabeth talk about the bold thesis statement of this piece from Romper Magazine… arguing that actually, traveling wi…

2 years, 4 months ago

Working: A New Kind of “Live Documentary” Honors the Temporary

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Sam Green, a documentary filmmaker who has pioneered a new kind of performance called “live documentary,” which…

2 years, 4 months ago

ICYMI: John Green, Tall Love and the Star Wars Hotel

On today’s episode, ICYMI is bringing back a time-honored tradition: High Speed Downloads. For Candice’s first and Rachelle’s last HSD, they’ll have …

2 years, 4 months ago

Dear Prudence: Revisiting Advice from Dr. Orna Guralnik

Today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from September 2023 with Dr. Orna Guralnik (host of Showtime’s Couples Therapy).

In this episode,…

2 years, 4 months ago

A Word: Black to the Future in Music

June is Black Music Month, and this year marks the 30th anniversary of some of the most influential albums in contemporary African American music, in…

2 years, 4 months ago

Preventing the Summer Backslide

On this episode: Lucy, Zak, and Elizabeth help a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group come up with ways to prevent a summer backslide – and k…

2 years, 4 months ago

Culture Gabfest: Does Inside Out 2 Get Anxiety Right?

On this week’s episode, the hosts excavate the psyche and begin by exploring Inside Out 2, a sophisticated children’s movie that tackles the question…

2 years, 4 months ago