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The Tale of Whitey Bulger
A discussion of Boston’s most notorious living gangster.
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The Culture Gabfest: Meat Your God Edition
Slate's show about the History Channel’s miniseries The Bible, the 2012 Vida Count of women in the literary arts, and the death of the pun.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Tough Stuff Edition
Slate’s weekly sports show on improving college basketball, the World Baseball Classic, and MLB’s exploitation of Latin American talent.
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Table to Farm: Frittata Edition
Slate's show about the ethicality of eating eggs and the practicality of keeping chickens, with special guest Peter Singer.
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The Screw You, Let’s Have Lunch Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama’s renewed efforts to schmooze the GOP, Rand Paul’s filibuster, and the evolving Sen. Menendez prostitution scandal.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Join My Consciousness-Raising Group Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Sheryl Sandberg's new book, Lean In; a harrowing photo essay on domestic violence; and female journalists sleeping with their sources.
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The Culture Gabfest: I Guess We Should Ask You for Money Edition
Slate's show about Hollywood’s trouble with leading men, Amanda Palmer’s TED talk, and the PBS documentary Makers.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Worm in North Korea Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the state of NBA stats, sports ticket economics, and Dennis Rodman’s trip to the DPRK.
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Table to Farm: Seared Scallops Edition
Slate's new podcast about where food comes from. First up: fish.
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The I’m Working From Home Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about life after the sequester, the Supreme Court’s review of the Voting Rights Act, and Yahoo's ban on working from home.
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The Audio Book Club on Arcadia
Our critics take on Lauren Groff’s novel about a 1970s commune and its aftermath.
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The Culture Gabfest: We Saw You’re a Boob Edition
Slate's podcast about the 2013 Academy Awards, the “Harlem Shake” Internet meme, and the HBO series Enlightened.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Twist My Arm Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on Ronda Rousey’s rise to stardom, the Blackhawks’ record-breaking points streak, and what makes a great sports blooper.
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The Sequestering Obama’s Golf Game Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the sequester standoff, a new challenge to campaign finance laws, and the president’s snub of the White House press corps.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Don Henley Was Hot Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about the second season of Girls; linguistic trends on Twitter; and Emily Bazelon’s new book about bullying, Sticks and Stones.
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The Culture Gabfest: Only Beyoncé Could Make Me Not Like Beyoncé Edition
Slate's podcast about the new Beyoncé documentary, the dad magazine Kindling Quarterly, and the Oscar-nominated documentary Searching for Sugar Man.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Wrestling or Wushu Edition
Slate’s sports show on the IOC’s decision to cut wrestling, Oscar Pistorius’ fall from grace, and the Redskins nickname controversy.
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The Send Them to the Glue Factory Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the State of the Union address, whether some politicians should follow the pope’s lead and retire, and the president’s new emphasis on education reform.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Love Edition
Listen to Slate’s take on the 50th anniversary of The Feminine Mystique and a gene that predicts which kids will choke on exams, and hear a live Dear Prudence session.
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The Culture Gabfest: Hump the Host Edition
Slate's podcast about the 50th anniversary Broadway revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, and the Oscar-nominated movie Lincoln.
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Hang Up and Listen: The How To Rig a Soccer Match Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the greatness of LeBron James and Kevin Durant, soccer match-fixing, and the reality show The Next Knuckler.
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The Drone On Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama’s drone policy, a preview of the State of the Union, and a plan to fix the deficit.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Mrs. Carter Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about pop culture and (maybe) feminist icon Beyoncé; The New Yorker’s recent story about mass shooter Amy Bishop; and a new paper on the myths of weight loss.
