Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDeath, Sex & Money | A War Photographer on the Limits of Bearing Witness
Photojournalist Peter Van Agtmael once believed war images could change the world. But after two decades documenting violence, his views and soul wer…
1 year ago
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.…
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year 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 …
1 year 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.
W…
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
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