Podcast Episodes

ICYMI: 3 Internet Stories We Missed In 2024

Candice Lim is joined by Slate writers Luke Winkie and Nitish Pahwa to cover the biggest internet stories ICYMI missed this year: from the investigat…

1 year, 7 months ago

Hit Parade | I’d Like to Teach the World to Buy Edition Part 1

That damned jingle! In that infernal commercial trying to sell you cars, sneakers, soda, gum! Can’t get it out of your head? Well, what if we made it…

1 year, 7 months ago

A Word | Flash Black

All good things must come to an end. For now. After close to four years at Slate, A Word will be moving on. For today’s episode of A Word, Jason John…

1 year, 7 months ago

I Came Out. Now My Mean Sister’s an Ally. Help!

Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by actress Stephanie Hsu. Together, they answer letters about how to deal with an ally who has also been your …

1 year, 7 months ago

I’m Dreaming of a Full Night’s Sleep

On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah and Zak help a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group whose whole household is struggling with a little one…

1 year, 7 months ago

Well, Now: Is Longer Life Really Possible?

For eons, humans have been trying to find ways to live longer. 

It’s a quest that’s inspired legends and myths across cultures and continues to fuel c…

1 year, 7 months ago

Culture Gabfest: The Strange Lionization of Luigi Mangione

On this week’s show, the hosts chew over Nightbitch, Marielle Heller’s (Queen’s Gambit, Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, MacGrub…

1 year, 7 months ago

ICYMI: Our Favorite TikTok Songs and Sounds of 2024

Candice Lim is joined by Waste or Taste host Jill Mapes to recap TikTok's year of music and give an unranked list of their favorite songs and sounds.…

1 year, 7 months ago

Outward: How Lesbian Artists Turned Renaissance Ruins Into Queer Spaces with Kate Thomas

This week, Christina Cauterucci explores the intimate connections between queer identity and the natural world with Bryn Mawr professor Kate Thomas. …

1 year, 7 months ago

How To! | Exorcise Your Fitness Demons

Sandy is a former college athlete who knows how to exercise—at least, she used to. These days, she’s feeling lost without a coach, a workout plan, or…

1 year, 7 months ago