ICYMI - Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Makes Reality TV Great Again
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Aisha Harris, co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Wannabe: Reckonings With the Pop Culture That Shaped Me. The two discuss Jerrod Carmichael Re...
18 Mai 202446min
Slate Money - Biden Zaps Chinese EVs
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the motivations and impacts of new tariffs plus the cultural forces behind China’s economic policy. Also: Congress is trying to figure...
18 Mai 202451min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Too Stonks Too Furious
The 2021 subreddit-coordinated effort to raise the price of Gamestop stock was, in some ways, a proof of concept: the little guy can get into the market and make some noise. Because even though that “...
17 Mai 202421min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Be My Baby-Baby-Baby Edition Part 1
Girl groups have long been underestimated—even by the producers and managers who created them.For women listeners, girl groups narrated profound emotions and expressed personal freedom—even when the s...
17 Mai 20241h
Political Gabfest - How Bad Was The Poll For Biden?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the latest New York Times presidential poll and the Maryland primary results; the presidential debates; and who’s talking inside and o...
16 Mai 202457min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Why I’m Choosing Single Motherhood
On this episode: Jamilah sits down with author Ruby Russell to talk about her new book, Doing It All: The Social Power of Single Motherhood. They talk about the ways that single mothers upend the patr...
16 Mai 202438min
What Next - Why Miss USA is Imploding
When Miss USA abdicated her throne, people noticed that the first letters of each sentence of her resignation letter spell out “I am silenced.” Shortly thereafter, Miss Teen USA stepped down with a le...
16 Mai 202425min
Culture Gabfest - Damn Dirty Apes
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by dissecting The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth chapter in the Apes franchise. Set “many generations” in the future, the latest installment (direct...
15 Mai 202458min
