Hang Up and Listen - The NBA’s Growing Gambling Affair
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh discuss the federal indictments of NBA players and coaches for gambling incidents and how the ubiquity of online betting plays a role.. Then the p...
27 Okt 202555min
ICYMI - TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer and streamer Laura Kate Dale to talk about what happened to Emiru at this year’s TwitchCon. The streamer was assaulted during a meet-and-greet...
25 Okt 202547min
Culture Gabfest - Slate Plus Preview: Jad Abumrad Inquires How We Make the Gabfest
This is a special preview of this week's Slate Plus episode. To get the full episode, another one like it every single week, and unlimited reading on Slate.com, subscribe to slate plus at Slate.com/c...
22 Okt 20256min
Culture Gabfest - Guillermo del Toro Can Take Frankenstein Off His Bucket List Edition
On this week’s show, Dana, Steve, and Julia step into the gothic, visually rich world of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. It’s been years in the making, gorgeously rendered, and stars the always com...
22 Okt 20251h 7min
Decoder Ring - The Red String Board Conspiracy
There’s a ubiquitous prop in just about every police procedural and conspiracy thriller: a cork board pinned with documents, newspaper clippings, and Polaroid photos, all connected by a web of red str...
22 Okt 202546min
ICYMI - The Streamer and the Shock Collar
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Slate staff writer Luke Winkie to talk about Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who some viewers have accused of shocking his dog on his livestream. Winkie...
22 Okt 202538min
Death, Sex & Money - How a Former Polygamist “Sister Wife” Learned to Love Monogamy
Christine Brown Woolley grew up in Utah with a dad and two moms, in a polygamist community called the Apostolic United Brethren. When she became an adult, she joined a polygamist marriage as a third w...
21 Okt 202557min
Hang Up and Listen - Nate Silver and the NFL's Year of Parity
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh are joined by Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight and Silver Bulletin, to discuss his new NFL prediction model “ELWAY” and what it reveals abo...
21 Okt 20251h 22min
