Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Anthony Edwards Is Here
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and Slate’s Alex Kirshner discuss the quarterback frenzy at the top of the NFL draft and Anthony Edwards’ star-making perf…
2 years, 2 months ago
The “TikTok Voice” of Our Generation
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice answer a listener's question about “Dr.” Natalya Toryanski, an influencer with almost a quarter of million o…
2 years, 2 months ago
We Want It That Way Edition Part 2
When you hear “boy band,” what do you picture? Five guys with precision dance moves? Songs crafted by the Top 40 pop machine? Svengalis pulling the p…
2 years, 2 months ago
Making Real Music for a Fake Band
Pop culture is full of fictional bands singing songs purpose-made to capture a moment, a sound. This music doesn’t organically emerge from a scene or…
2 years, 2 months ago
Is Roblox Coming for TikTok?
On today’s episode, Steffi Cao explains Roblox to Rachelle. Cao, a culture writer with bylines at The Atlantic, Fast Company, Forbes, BuzzFeed and mo…
2 years, 2 months ago
Taylor Swift’s Messy Maximalism
On this week’s episode, the panel is first joined by Slate’s music critic, Carl Wilson, to puzzle over The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift’s …
2 years, 2 months ago
A Tarot Reader Explains Why Intuition is So Tricky
Earlier this year, when the future of Death, Sex & Money was up in the air, Anna Sale consulted Rebecca Auman, a tarot reader and self-described witc…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Huge NBA Gambling Scandal
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin are joined by writer Tom Haberstroh to discuss Jontay Porter’s lifetime ban from the NBA for gambling. T…
2 years, 2 months ago
How a Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Took Over TikTok
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice answer listener questions about the rapid rise of Donghua Jinlong, a Chinese company that manufactures glyci…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ann Maddox on Scandoval, Reddit and Grief
Candice Lim is joined by We Signed An NDA co-host Ann Maddox, who you may know as Tom Sandoval’s former personal assistant. In March 2023, Maddox was…
2 years, 3 months ago