Death, Sex & Money - Sex Parties and Shakespeare With Carvell Wallace
Carvell Wallace’s brilliant new memoir Another Word for Love has been rightfully praised for its passages about childhood trauma, about apologies and forgiveness, and about the healing power of love. ...
9 Jul 202449min
Hang Up and Listen - Sports’ Billion-Dollar Bubble
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and the Ringer’s Bryan Curtis talk about Klay Thompson’s move to Dallas and whether there will ever be another NBA dynasty. They also check in on the state of sports media T...
8 Jul 202447min
ICYMI - How “Bye Sister” Changed Internet Culture Forever
Candice Lim is joined by TIME culture reporter Moises Mendez II for the five-year anniversary of Tati Westbrook’s “BYE SISTER” video, a 43-minute long confessional about her then-friend and fellow bea...
6 Jul 202436min
Decoder Ring - Stuffed Animals Gone Wild
Axolotls. Narwhals. Llamas. Sloths. Every few years, it seems like American kids and parents collectively decide they cannot get enough of a creature that makes teddy bears seem impossibly quaint. In ...
3 Jul 202436min
Culture Gabfest - Celine Dion’s Heart Goes On
On this week’s show, Dan Kois (author of Vintage Contemporaries and the upcoming Hampton Heights) and Laura Miller (Slate’s books and culture columnist and author of The Magician’s Book) fill in for J...
3 Jul 202454min
ICYMI - The Internet History of Ayo Edebiri
Candice Lim and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe excavate and preserve the internet history of Ayo Edebiri, a star in the making whose Letterboxd reviews should be crystallized in amber. They break d...
3 Jul 202442min
Death, Sex & Money - Baby Reindeer’s Intimacy Coordinator on Sex and Trauma on Screen
Since the #MeToo movement, the presence of intimacy coordinators have become more common on movie and TV sets. In this episode, Elle McAlpine the intimacy coordinator for many projects including Poor ...
2 Jul 202439min
Hang Up and Listen - LeBron and Bronny
Stefan Fatsis and Joel Anderson talk to the New Yorker’s Louisa Thomas about the 55th pick in last week’s NBA draft: LeBron James’ son, Bronny. Plus, Joel and Josh Levin interview Wil Aaron about raci...
1 Jul 20241h 3min
