Decoder Ring - Calling Dick Tracy! It’s Warren Beatty Again
Oscar-winner Warren Beatty first secured the rights to the comic book character Dick Tracy in the lead up to his 1990 movie adaptation. Decades later, Beatty kept playing Tracy in bizarre late-night s...
25 Sep 202442min
Culture Gabfest - Colin Farrell Quacks Like a Penguin
On this week’s show, two of our favorite Slate-sters, Nadira Goffe (culture writer) and Dan Kois (author of Hampton Heights), fill in for Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf. The trio first pays a visit...
25 Sep 202459min
ICYMI - Moo Deng Is The New Grumpy Cat
Candice Lim is joined by WUNC’s Anisa Khalifa (The Broadside) and Dr. Jess Maddox (The Internet Is for Cats) to discuss the biggest animal phenomenon of the year: Moo Deng. For the past few months, ou...
25 Sep 202436min
Death, Sex & Money - Bob the Drag Queen says Polyamory is Expensive
If you lived in Columbus, Georgia in the 90s, you might remember a queer club called Sensations. But Bob the Drag Queen knew Sensations by day, not night – she was in elementary school when her mom ow...
24 Sep 202433min
Hang Up and Listen - Shohei Ohtani and the Greatest Game Ever Played
Split Zone Duo’s Alex Kirshner, Power Plays’ Lindsay Gibbs, and the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh discuss Shohei’s record-breaking season, Adrian Wojnarowski’s retirement, and the waning passing abilities of...
23 Sep 20241h 3min
ICYMI - “Celebrity Number Six” Was Found, But Not Forgotten
Candice Lim is joined by 404 Media co-founder Jason Koebler to discuss “Celebrity Number Six,” an intriguing internet mystery that was finally solved after four years. In January 2020, a Reddit user p...
21 Sep 202430min
Culture Gabfest - Rebel Ridge’s Violent Ode to Non-Violence
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by reviewing one of Netflix’s hottest movies at the moment, Rebel Ridge. Written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, Rebel Ridge is a revenge thriller that tackles th...
18 Sep 202457min
ICYMI - Shannon Sharpe, Henry Danger, and Crashing Out
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to play a game of High Speed Downloads, where they get 60 seconds to break down an internet story they’re obsessed with. From the sudden meme...
18 Sep 202434min
