Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - The WNBA’s Very Big Year: New Fandom, Renewed Homophobia? with Frankie de la Cretaz
In this episode long-time friend of the show and longtime WNBA fan Daisy Rosario sits down with queer sports reporter Frankie de la Cretaz to chat about the historic 2024 WNBA season. In this episode,...
16 Okt 202431min
What Next - Overdose Deaths Are Going Down. Why?
According to a new CDC report, the number of overdoses in America is finally dropping after rising for years. What’s behind this rare good news in the ongoing opioid crisis?Guest: David Ovalle, report...
16 Okt 202424min
ICYMI - 24 Hours of the Strangest Online Fad Diet
Guest host Daisy Rosario is joined by Slate’s own Luke Winkie. They talk about Luke’s brief experimentation with the Sardine Fast, a fad diet made popular by a YouTuber. Plus, a chat about Brat Autumn...
16 Okt 202431min
Slow Burn - The Rise of Fox News | 5. Ludacris Has Been Fired
As Fox News gathered strength, progressive activists turned to comedian Al Franken and fledgling online communities to punch back. But could the left put up a real fight without a Fox News of its own?...
16 Okt 202458min
Culture Gabfest - Does The Apprentice Make Trump Sympathetic?
On this week’s show, Julia and Stephen are joined by Slate writer and senior editor, Sam Adams. Why do we tell fictional stories about real people? The panel ponders this question as they discuss two...
16 Okt 20241h 2min
Hang Up and Listen - The Deshaun Watson Disaster
Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh discuss Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson and his historically bad start, the sports-wide expansion of playoff seasons, and the latest on the MLB posts...
15 Okt 202454min
What Next - Gambling on Elections, What Could Go Wrong?
Forget polls—are gambling websites the real way to predict politics?Guest: Nitish Pahwa, business and tech writer at SlateWant more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to th...
15 Okt 202423min
Slate Money - Money Talks: We Could Run Out of Everything Again
For this Money Talks, it’s time to turn the rat race into a rat walk on the beach. Brigid Schulte, author of Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life, speaks with about A...
15 Okt 202441min
