ICYMI - American Girl’s Addy Is More Than a Slave
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by NPR’s Aisha Harris to talk about the return of the discourse about Addy Walker, the first Black American Girl doll. They discuss Aisha’s great piece f...
25 Jan 202335min
Culture Gabfest - Women Are Talking, But Is the Academy Listening?
This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen start by discussing the film, Women Talking. Then they chat about the new U.K. import Traitors with Slate’s own Carl Wilson. Finally, they finish by talking ChatGPT...
25 Jan 202352min
Hang Up and Listen - NBC’s Tony Dungy Problem
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin assess the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. They also discuss Tony Dungy’s history of anti-gay rhetoric, and whether NBC and the NFL should do somethi...
24 Jan 20231h 18min
ICYMI - The Internet Won’t Let Austin Butler Forget Vanessa Hudgens
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by Nadira Goffe to talk about Austin Butler and Kerrygold butter. First, High Speed Downloads return so Rachelle can explain why everybody was melting do...
21 Jan 202334min
Death, Sex & Money - From Fan to Friend: The Unlikely Friendship Between Pico Iyer and Leonard Cohen
Pico Iyer, author of "The Half-Known Life," reflects on deliberately walking away from his dream job, his decades-long friendship with Leonard Cohen, and surrendering to the unknown.Did you know we ha...
18 Jan 202332min
ICYMI - MrBeast Dethroned a Child to Become the Most Successful YouTuber
On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by BuzzFeed’s Kelsey Weekman for a crash course in the history and significance of YouTuber MrBeast. Kelsey tells Rachelle all about how he first got sta...
18 Jan 202334min
Culture Gabfest - Can a Video Game Really Be Turned Into a TV Show?
This week, Dana and Julia are joined by Slate writer Dan Kois. They start by discussing HBO’s new series, The Last of Us, a video game adaptation with culture editor and writer at The New Yorker, Alex...
18 Jan 202356min
Hang Up and Listen - Bye-Bye Brady?
Joel Anderson and Josh Levin are joined by Bomani Jones to discuss the Cowboys’ blowout win over the Bucs and other storylines from the opening weekend of the NFL playoffs. They also talk about all th...
17 Jan 20231h 5min
