Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMy Mom’s Obsessed With My Baby
On this episode: Elizabeth, Lucy and Zak help a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group who’s struggling with wrangling her new baby… and the ba…
1 year, 9 months ago
Slate Money: How Nike Shoes Got Lame
This week: the tragic tale of Nike, Foot Locker, and Bed Bath and Beyond. Bloomberg’s Kim Bhasin joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers…
1 year, 9 months ago
ICYMI: How ShxtsNGigs Let Their Audience Down
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to explain the controversy surrounding James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu, the co-hosts of the …
1 year, 9 months ago
Hit Parade: What’s 1984 Got to Do with It Edition Part 2
A decade ago, Rolling Stone magazine called 1984 “Pop’s Greatest Year.” A bold statement…but a lot of critics agree. A confluence of factors—the come…
1 year, 9 months ago
Dear Prudence | My Friend Keeps Disappearing and it Hurts! Help!
In this episode, Rachel Bloom (The CW musical comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Netflix’s Death, Let Me Do My Special) joins our Guest Prud…
1 year, 9 months ago
A Word: Tech’s Race Reckoning
Silicon Valley is a place where big ideas are transformed into thriving businesses and multi-billion dollar fortunes. But it has also built a reputat…
1 year, 9 months ago
There Are Mean Girls in… Kindergarten?
On this episode: Lucy, Zak and Elizabeth answer a question from a listener who’s worried that her preschooler has already encountered a lot of bullyi…
1 year, 9 months ago
ICYMI: Moo Deng Is The New Grumpy Cat
Candice Lim is joined by WUNC’s Anisa Khalifa (The Broadside) and Dr. Jess Maddox (The Internet Is for Cats) to discuss the biggest animal phenomenon…
1 year, 9 months ago
Culture Gabfest: Colin Farrell Quacks Like a Penguin
On this week’s show, two of our favorite Slate-sters, Nadira Goffe (culture writer) and Dan Kois (author of Hampton Heights), fill in for Dana Steve…
1 year, 9 months ago
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News - Ep. 2: A Network for Normal People
Season 10 Episode 2
Before he ran Fox News, Roger Ailes launched a very different kind of channel. America’s Talking was his vision of the future of television: a strang…
1 year, 9 months ago