Death, Sex & Money - Life and Death Inside the Playboy Mansion
Crystal met Hugh Hefner when she was 21 and he was 81. They spent 10 years together at the Playboy mansion before he died and she became a widow. In this episode she reflects on their marriage, and ho...
20 Aug 202447min
Hang Up and Listen - 15 Years of Hang Up and Listen
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin reflect on hosting Slate’s sports podcast, which debuted in July 2009.Retrospective (6:51): How the show attempted to be an antidote to traditional sports talk radio.Old A...
20 Aug 20241h 11min
ICYMI - Unladylike’s Cristen Conger on Conspiracy Theories and White Women
Candice Lim is joined by Unladylike’s Cristen Conger, whose new podcast Conspiracy, She Wrote unravels women’s overlooked roles in today’s conspiracy culture. On today’s episode, they’re diving into C...
17 Aug 202427min
ICYMI - Justin Baldoni Is Not Very Demure
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to play High Speed Downloads. On today’s episode, they’ll have exactly one minute to explain some of their favorite internet stories of late,...
14 Aug 202438min
Culture Gabfest - Blake Lively Brings Melodrama Back
On this week’s show, June Thomas (author of A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women’s Culture) and Dan Kois (author of Hampton Heights) fill in for Dana and Stephen. First, the panel ta...
14 Aug 202456min
Decoder Ring - The Hysteria Over Mass Hysteria
“Hysteria” is an ancient word carrying thousands of years of baggage. Though the terminology has changed, hysteria has not gone away, and in its most baffling instances it can even be contagious. The ...
14 Aug 202433min
Death, Sex & Money - Miranda July’s Perimenopausal Thriller
When Miranda July entered her early forties, she noticed a grim feeling emerge. “It wasn't coming from me,” she said, “I guess it came from this lack of imagery, or stories, or even just basic medical...
13 Aug 202451min
Hang Up and Listen - Au Revoir, Paris
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin discuss the Dream Team’s close calls on the road to gold, and the U.S. women’s basketball team’s narrow victory, too. They break down the quick overhaul of the U.S. women’...
12 Aug 202450min
