Death, Sex & Money - My Secret Life as a Hoarder
Elizabeth* has a secret life as a hoarder. None of her colleagues or family members know that her apartment is filled to the brim with garbage bags, discarded hobbies and beautiful writing paper. Inst...
1 Okt 202444min
Hang Up and Listen - It’s the Postseason. Almost.
Split Zone Duo’s Alex Kirshner, Power Plays’ Lindsay Gibbs, and the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh get into playoff talk, first MLB and then the WNBA. Later, they talk about the seemingly impossible task of f...
30 Sep 202457min
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 ShxtsNGigs podcast. Back in July, James and Fuhad a...
28 Sep 202440min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - 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 comeback of dance music, the peak of MTV, the Second Br...
27 Sep 202457min
Decoder Ring - Calling Dick Tracy! It’s Warren Beatty Again
Oscar-winner Warren Beatty first secured the rights to the comic book character Dick Tracy in the lead up to his 1990 movie adaptation. Decades later, Beatty kept playing Tracy in bizarre late-night s...
25 Sep 202442min
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 Stevens and Stephen Metcalf. The trio first pays a visit...
25 Sep 202459min
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 of the year: Moo Deng. For the past few months, ou...
25 Sep 202436min
Death, Sex & Money - Bob the Drag Queen says Polyamory is Expensive
If you lived in Columbus, Georgia in the 90s, you might remember a queer club called Sensations. But Bob the Drag Queen knew Sensations by day, not night – she was in elementary school when her mom ow...
24 Sep 202433min
