Podcast Episodes

Hang Up | Everything Is Sports Betting

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh speak to Slate’s Nitish Pahwa about prediction markets and the legally gray future of gambling.…

9 months, 1 week ago

Care & Feeding | Help! I'm Touched Out By My Kids.

On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen have a question from a mom who is TOUCHED OUT. The ‘Rents give parents everywhere permi…

9 months, 1 week ago

What Next: TBD | Saudi Arabia Gets into EA’s Games

How one of the largest video game companies was bought for $55 billion by a group that includes Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and Jared Kushne…

9 months, 1 week ago

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 …

9 months, 1 week 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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9 months, 2 weeks 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…

9 months, 2 weeks 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…

9 months, 2 weeks 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…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

How To! | Quit IVF (and Start a New Chapter)

After seven years of trying to conceive, Lauren is ending fertility treatments and starting a new journey: adoption. She’s excited about this unexpec…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Death, Sex & Money | Why Job Hunting Feels So Grim Lately, Especially for Gen Z

This week, Anna learns about how frustrating it is to apply for jobs these days, especially for early-career folks, even those with college degrees. …

9 months, 2 weeks ago