Culture Gabfest - Maid in Arrakis
This week, Steve and Dana are joined by Slate senior editor Allegra Frank. First, senior producer of Slate’s Decoder Ring podcast, Benjamin Frisch, chimes in to review the sci-fi megafilm Dune. Next, ...
27 Okt 202155min
ICYMI - Is This YouTuber Eating Himself to Death?
We’re debuting our new segment, “Wormhole,” with this fascinating look into the phenomenon of the viral mukbang YouTuber and drama magnet, Nikocado Avocado. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison in...
27 Okt 202128min
Slow Burn - Season 6 Trailer: The L.A. Riots
In 1992, a jury failed to convict the four Los Angeles police officers who'd been captured on videotape beating Rodney King. The city erupted into fire and chaos – the culmination of decades of unchec...
26 Okt 20212min
What Next - The Afghans Who Got Out
Sharifa Abbasi knows exactly what it’s like to board a plane to a new country. She immigrated from Afghanistan to the U.S. with her family in 1993. Now, she’s helping other Afghans navigate the compli...
26 Okt 202121min
Hang Up and Listen - Are the Chiefs Bad Now?
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Defector’s Drew Magary talk about the seeming decline of the Kansas City Chiefs. They also discuss who to root for in the World Series, the Houston Astros or the Atlanta...
25 Okt 20211h 14min
What Next - A Brazen Kidnapping in Haiti
Last weekend, 17 foreign missionaries living in Haiti were taken hostage by a criminal gang demanding million-dollar ransom payments. Kidnappings have become routine in Haiti over the past two years, ...
25 Okt 202127min
Slate Money - Succession: “Snake Linguini”
Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO's wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family. So, every Monday, we'll be discussing the previous night's episode with spoiler-filled glee....
25 Okt 202143min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Supreme Court’s Role in Police Violence
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of Berkeley Law School at the University of California to discuss a pair of brief opinions from the Supreme Court on qualified immunity for the poli...
23 Okt 20211h 2min
