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To Ban or Not to Ban TikTok
Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim ask their most pressing questions about the bipartisan bill that would require TikTok’s parent company to sell the a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Gotcha Covered Edition Part 2
Cover songs once had a simple playbook: Artists would faithfully rerecord a song—note for note and word for word. They might modernize the instrument…
2 years, 1 month ago
Jon Stewart Returns
On this week's show, Slate’s Dan Kois (author of Vintage Contemporaries, How to Be a Family, The World Only Spins Forward, and Facing Future) sits in…
2 years, 2 months ago
Andrew Wyeth's Secret Nudes (Encore)
In 1986, Andrew Wyeth was the most famous painter in America. He was a household name, on the cover of magazines and tapped to paint presidents. And …
2 years, 2 months ago
Is Nara Smith Actually a Tradwife?
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by writer and reporter Gaby Del Valle to discuss the rapid, contested rise of model-turned-influencer Nara Smith.…
2 years, 2 months ago
Who Gets to Be a March Madness Folk Hero?
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and Ben Mathis-Lilley talk about whether college hoops has passed by John Calipari and why Oakland’s Jack Gohlke became a …
2 years, 2 months ago
Fybrefest, Fake Deaths and Acrylic vs. Wool
Candice Lim is joined by internet culture reporter Morgan Sung to run through the five messiest moments that have wracked the knitting and crocheting…
2 years, 2 months ago
Kristen Stewart Pumps Iron
On this week’s show, Slate culture writers Nadira Goffe and Dan Kois fill in for Julia and Stephen. First up, the panel dissects Love Lies Bleeding w…
2 years, 2 months ago
Anatomy of a Vasectomy
Rachelle and Candice catch up on Matthew Koma, the husband of singer/actress Hilary Duff, who got a vasectomy and documented his post-op Valium spira…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Former Pro Climber On Enduring Chronic Illness
This week, we get an update from Mason Earle, a former professional rock climber who we spoke to back in 2021. Mason had been diagnosed with ME/CFS, …
2 years, 2 months ago