Culture Gabfest - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Revives Tim Burton
On this week’s show, the hosts revisit Beetlejuice (1988), the seminal film that marked Tim Burton’s arrival onto the scene as a sort of grim fairy tale teller. 36 years later, the director and much o...
11 Sep 20241h 4min
ICYMI - We May Have A New Bad Art Friend
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to break down the BookTok drama surrounding Old Enough by Haley Jakobson. Last year, Old Enough hit the shelves as a queer, coming-of-age nov...
11 Sep 202451min
Decoder Ring - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check?
Adults have a long history of trying to find morals and lessons in children’s literature. But what happens when a seemingly innocent book about a boy and a hungry mouse becomes fodder for the culture ...
11 Sep 202433min
Death, Sex & Money - One Man’s Meticulous Quest to Cure Grief
After Cody Delistraty’s mom died in his early 20s he decided to turn his grief into a research project with one central question: can grief be cured? In this episode, he talks to Anna about all of the...
10 Sep 202442min
Hang Up and Listen - The NFL's Nine-Figure Quarterback Crisis
Slate contributing writer and co-host of the podcast Split Zone Duo, Alex Kirshner is back in the host chair this week. Joining Alex is the founder of the Power Plays newsletter, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ya...
9 Sep 20241h 1min
ICYMI - Land Ho: Our Top Moments from the Ultimate World Cruise
Candice Lim is joined by Wailin Wong, the co-host of NPR’s The Indicator from Planet Money. Back in January, ICYMI explained everything you needed to know about Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise...
7 Sep 202444min
Culture Gabfest - Jeff Goldblum Lords Over KAOS
On this week’s show, Slate’s books and culture columnist, Laura Miller, sits in for Julia. The panel begins with KAOS, Netflix’s new series that reimagines Greek mythology in modern times. Created by ...
4 Sep 202456min
ICYMI - The Internet History of Charli XCX
Candice Lim is joined by Rolling Stone writer CT Jones and Switched on Pop producer Reanna Cruz to hold a retrospective on the internet history of Charli XCX, the founder of brat summer and a decades-...
4 Sep 202449min
