Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Ride ’til I Can’t No More Edition Part 1
When it crash-landed on the charts in 2019, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” felt new and old at the same time: a savvy, TikTok-fueled viral hit that summarized a century of cross-cultural collisions betwe...
11 Nov 202353min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Tesla vs. the Swedes
In late October, Tesla mechanics in Sweden began to strike after the company refused to sign a collective agreement. This week, the country's other major unions joined in the fight as well. Can Sweden...
10 Nov 202323min
Political Gabfest - Was That A Great Or Terrible Night For Biden?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the 2023 election results and Democratic wins in Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky; President Joe Biden’s numbers in recent polls and the y...
9 Nov 202357min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Baby’s On the Move, and I Need A Break
On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth help a listener who feels like a failure for leaning on YouTube to get their energetic 10-month-old to chill out — so they can handle household stuff for 30...
9 Nov 202323min
What Next - The Real Goal of Trump's Indignant Testimony
When Donald Trump took the stand in his civil trial in New York this week, maybe he wasn’t trying to convince the judge who will decide this case—maybe he was playing for the MAGA audience outside, wh...
9 Nov 202324min
Death, Sex & Money - Raphael Saadiq: Music Was My Therapy. It Had To Be.
This fall, Tony! Toni! Toné! is on tour for the first time in twenty years. Raphael Saadiq's career took off as a member of the R&B trio —a group whose music taught Anna, a pre-teen at the time, a thi...
8 Nov 202327min
Decoder Ring - The Dating Manual Unlike Any Other
From the moment it was released in 1995, The Rules was controversial. Some people loved it—and swore that the dating manual’s throwback advice helped them land a husband. Others thought it was retrogr...
8 Nov 202333min
Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - Amy Schneider is a Champion
This week, Christina, Bryan, and Jules talk with Jeopardy! winner and trans trailblazer Amy Schneider about her bold new memoir In The Form of a Question. Amy won $1.3 million after a 40 day winning s...
8 Nov 202335min
