ICYMI - Justin Bieber Crashes Out and Rachel Zegler Speaks Out
Candice Lim and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe play High Speed Downloads and recap the most pressing stories on their timelines. In one minute or less, they’ll explain the internet’s rising support...
2 Apr 202531min
Culture Gabfest - Seth Rogen’s Love/Hate Letter to Hollywood
On this week’s show, the hosts discuss Apple TV’s latest ode (tragic comedy?) to the movie industry with The Studio. Then, they step up to the plate and take a swing at the baseball film Eephus. Final...
2 Apr 20251h 7min
Death, Sex & Money - Laughing About Hard Things
Alongside life's darkest moments there often are moments of absurdity that make us laugh. In this episode, from a live San Francisco comedy festival in January, Anna and guests talk about the special ...
1 Apr 20251h 4min
Hang Up and Listen - The PGA Tour's Saudi Stalemate
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh welcome Joel Beall, senior Golf Digest writer and author of Playing Dirty, for a deep dive into Saudi Arabia’s continued sportwashing through inve...
31 Mars 20251h 10min
ICYMI - 9-to-5 Influencers and Social Media’s Relatability Trap
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate senior culture editor Jenny G. Zhang to discuss @Hubs.Life, an influencer who made content about his 9-5, only to become so successful, he quit. Connor...
29 Mars 202533min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Singing Nuns and Green Tambourines Edition Part 2
When you think of music in the 1960s, some groundbreaking artists probably come to mind: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane, for example. But the pop charts paint a very different pict...
28 Mars 202554min
ICYMI - Are Influencers Too Normalized To Be Mocked?
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim recap their weekends which include Waymo cars and accidentally bumping into content creators, which brings them to the recent kerfuffle between Glacier Express and Influen...
26 Mars 202525min
Culture Gabfest - Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adolescence
On this week’s show, Slate’s Rebecca Onion sits in for Julia. The team discusses Netflix’s current number 1 program Adolescence and what it says about how the descent into incel culture starts young. ...
26 Mars 20251h 6min
