Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Son Wears Skirts. My Mom Doesn’t Like It.
On this episode: Elizabeth, Zak and Jamilah help a listener decide how to support her skirt-loving eight-year-old-son — and how to get his hesitant grandmother to come around.We also go over some ‘tri...
13 Jul 202324min
Political Gabfest - The World Is Burning
This week, John Dickerson and David Plotz are joined by Vox’s Marin Cogan @marincogan to discuss the extreme weather, heat, and floods that are wreaking havoc across the United States and around the w...
13 Jul 202352min
What Next - QAnon Goes to the Movies
Beat it, Barbie; outta the way, Oppenheimer—this summer’s biggest box office surprise is “The Sound of Freedom,” a low-budget search-and-rescue thriller that Hollywood doesn’t want you to see—or so th...
13 Jul 202323min
Death, Sex & Money - Why Writer Brandon Taylor Likes Being “A Little Bit Lonely”
The author talks about arguing in high school English classes, learning to manage money, and his evolving relationship with the Internet.Did you know we have a weekly email newsletter for the Death, S...
12 Jul 202328min
What Next - What Homelessness Is Really Like
Despite holding only twelve percent of Americans, the state of California is home to nearly one-third of the nation’s people experiencing homelessness. A landmark study from UCSF—the California Statew...
12 Jul 202327min
Culture Gabfest - A Raunchy Joy Ride
This week, Slate writer and editor Dan Kois fills in for Julia. The panel begins by breaking down Joy Ride, Adele Lim’s raunchy first feature about four Chinese-American friends. Then, the panel dives...
12 Jul 202354min
ICYMI - Has Black Twitter Found A New Home?
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to dive into her piece about Spill, the latest Twitter alternative to hit the streets. But first, they parse out the chao...
12 Jul 202348min
What Next - Can’t Stand the Heat
The 4th of July was the hottest day yet—not just of the summer but of recorded human history. Between waves of Canadian wildfire smoke, malaria reappearing in the United States, and deaths from heat, ...
11 Jul 202326min
