ICYMI - Is Ballerina Farm A Victim?
Candice Lim is joined by internet culture reporter and Embedded writer Kate Lindsay to explain Hannah Neeleman, better known as Ballerina Farm — the Mormon, Julliard-trained dancer who married a JetBl...
24 Aug 202433min
ICYMI - Allison Raskin on Leaving Buzzfeed and Friendship Breakups
Candice Lim is joined by writer, podcaster and YouTuber Allison Raskin, whose new book I Do (I Think) about Gen-Z and millennial marriages comes out October 15th. On today’s episode, Raskin takes us t...
21 Aug 202436min
Culture Gabfest - Will Industry Succeed Succession?
On this week’s show, Rebecca Onion and Jenny Zhang fill in for Stephen. First, the panel tackles HBO’s Industry. The show is in its third season and has seen a huge increase in viewership. But is it a...
21 Aug 202456min
Death, Sex & Money - Life and Death Inside the Playboy Mansion
Crystal met Hugh Hefner when she was 21 and he was 81. They spent 10 years together at the Playboy mansion before he died and she became a widow. In this episode she reflects on their marriage, and ho...
20 Aug 202447min
Hang Up and Listen - 15 Years of Hang Up and Listen
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin reflect on hosting Slate’s sports podcast, which debuted in July 2009.Retrospective (6:51): How the show attempted to be an antidote to traditional sports talk radio.Old A...
20 Aug 20241h 11min
ICYMI - Unladylike’s Cristen Conger on Conspiracy Theories and White Women
Candice Lim is joined by Unladylike’s Cristen Conger, whose new podcast Conspiracy, She Wrote unravels women’s overlooked roles in today’s conspiracy culture. On today’s episode, they’re diving into C...
17 Aug 202427min
ICYMI - Justin Baldoni Is Not Very Demure
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to play High Speed Downloads. On today’s episode, they’ll have exactly one minute to explain some of their favorite internet stories of late,...
14 Aug 202438min
Culture Gabfest - Blake Lively Brings Melodrama Back
On this week’s show, June Thomas (author of A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women’s Culture) and Dan Kois (author of Hampton Heights) fill in for Dana and Stephen. First, the panel ta...
14 Aug 202456min
