What Next - The Plight of the Delivery Worker
In the last few years and particularly during the pandemic, New York City’s delivery workers have become a key part of the food industry’s infrastructure, allowing restaurants to do business with cust...
16 Sep 202126min
Political Gabfest - Our Patience is Wearing Thin
Emily, John and David discuss the Biden’s administration’s vaccine rule, the legitimacy of the Supreme Court, and the new book from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.Here are some notes and references fro...
16 Sep 20211h 2min
What Next - Steve Bannon’s “War Room” is Mobilizing
Listeners of Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast have mobilized to take over the GOP from the ground up. Convinced the 2020 election was stolen, many far-right Republicans are moving to run elections th...
15 Sep 202127min
Culture Gabfest - Lash, Pre-Lash, and Parasocial Relations
This week, Steve and Dana are joined by author and co-host of Slate’s Working podcast, Isaac Butler. First, the panel discusses how Paul Schrader’s most recent film, The Card Counter, replaces gamblin...
15 Sep 202155min
ICYMI - Who’s Left Out of Amazon’s LulaRoe Doc?
LulaRich, a new documentary from Amazon, tells the story of LulaRoe, a multi-level marketing company on selling leggings to women. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison discuss their own encounters...
15 Sep 202127min
Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - Summer's Swan Songs
Christina, Bryan, and Slate Senior Managing Producer June Thomas say farewell to outgoing host Rumaan Alam, then welcome journalist Casey Newton to discuss Grindr's data security problem and its inher...
15 Sep 20211h 2min
What Next - Why College Professors Have Had It
As the fall semester begins at U.S. universities, faculty and staff and institutions of higher education are at a breaking point. Widespread feelings of burnout were laid bare by the coronavirus pande...
14 Sep 202118min
Hang Up and Listen - No Grand Slam for Novak
Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and the New Yorker’s Louisa Thomas talk about Daniil Medvedev’s upset over Novak Djokovic and Emma Raducanu’s shocking U.S. Open title. They also discuss Jameis Winston, the...
13 Sep 20211h 9min
