Podcast Episodes

How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 2 - Encore

Today we’re going to see if one American family can flip the usual, tortured and tedious script for arguing about politics and do something more inte…

1 year, 10 months ago

Death, Sex & Money | Love Actually: Real Romance Stories From Mahershala Ali, Jane Fonda, and More

For our last episode of 2024, we’re sharing a handful of stories about what love actually looks like, with all its flaws and complexities. The late p…

1 year, 10 months ago

Hang Up | Who Gets Christmas: The NFL or NBA?

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs close out 2024 Hang Up and Listen-style. They dig into the War for Christmas being waged betwee…

1 year, 10 months ago

The Plus Playground Highlight Reel

On this episode: we’re sharing our favorite Slate Plus segments with our whole audience, as we do every year. 2024 was a big year for our Slate Plus …

1 year, 10 months ago

ICYMI: Goodbye to All That 2024 Internet

From grammatical grievances to dating app screenshots, the internet has been rife with trends to get mad about. On today’s episode, Candice Lim is jo…

1 year, 10 months ago

Encore: A DNA Test Revealed a Secret Sibling. Help!

In this episode, Jamelle Bouie (New York Times opinion columnist) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about how to tur…

1 year, 10 months ago

Hit Parade | The Bridge: Slate Music Club 2024

The Slate Music Club is back, in a special edition of Hit Parade – “The Bridge”! Our year-end panel of critics—NPR Music’s Ann Powers, Hearing Things…

1 year, 10 months ago

Hit Parade | I’d Like to Teach the World to Buy Edition Part 2

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, 10 months ago

Parenting in an Interfaith World

On this episode: it’s the day after Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah — so we thought there would be no better time than now to sit down to tal…

1 year, 10 months ago

Political Gabfest | The “2024 Conundrums” Edition

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz close out a confounding year by answering listeners’ Conundrums. 

Thank you to Conundrums c…

1 year, 10 months ago