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Is Your Favorite World Oddity Wondrous Enough for Atlas Obscura?
Atlas Obscura’s first printed book is your guide to Cincinnati’s lost subway, Sweden’s nose museum, and the salt-cured mummies of Iran.
DoubleX Gabfest
Female Voices Aren’t Being Heard in the OfficeSlate’s DoubleX Gabfest discusses one tactic women in Washington are using to beat office sexism.
DoubleX Gabfest
The Don’t Pee On My Leg EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest’s show about trigger warnings, race and representation, and Judge Judy.
The Gist
How Filmmakers Faked the Moon Landing Inside Real NASA Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller tricked America’s space agency into helping them with the new conspiracy mockumentary, Operation Avalanche.
Trumpcast
LiarWhat went into the New York Times’ decision to call Donald Trump a liar on Page 1 of Saturday’s edition?
Working
How Do You Take Care of the President’s Garden?Slate’s Working podcast talks to Jim Adams, supervisory horticulturist at the White House.
Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence: The “Talk About It Now” EditionThe great lie that is “he doesn’t really mean it.”
Hang Up And Listen
Can We Like Abby Wambach’s Book Without Liking Her?Slate’s Hang Up and Listen discusses the soccer star’s memoir.
Lexicon Valley
What Is a Dictionary, Really?John Simpson, former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, talks about life as a lexicographer.
Hang Up And Listen
Hang Up and Listen: The Fear of Flying EditionSlate’s sports podcast on the whiteness of baseball and football players celebrating too early. Plus, an interview with Steph Davis about deaths in BASE-jumping.
Trumpcast
Passing Off Other People’s Charity as Your OwnThere is no evidence that Donald Trump is as charitable as he says he is.
Slate Money
The Turning Point EditionSlate Money talks the lending firm Point, census income data, and Bayer, Monsanto shareholders.
The Gist
A How-Not-To Manual for PresidentsAmerica’s 15th president was a committed waffler: James Buchanan refused to take a stance on the country’s wide-open question of slavery and helped usher in the Civil War.
Amicus
Explaining the Millennial Circus Surrounding Ruth Bader GinsburgSlate’s Amicus podcast talks to Irin Carmon, co-author of the biography, Notorious RBG.
Culture Gabfest
Donald Trump Shouldn’t Have Been on The Tonight ShowPoliticians are on late-night TV all the time, but Trump should have been the exception.
The Moment
Seth Godin on Creativity, Writer’s Block, and What It Sounds Like When You Change Your MindThe best-selling author talks about his latest book and why he doesn’t believe writer’s block exists.
Culture Gabfest
The Culture Gabfest “Don’t Exhale” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on Don’t Breathe, HBO’s High Maintenance, and how Harry Potter changed fandom forever.
The Next 20
How Barack Obama Became the Candidate of ChangeThe speech that turned Iowa—and the 2008 election—around for Barack Obama.
The Gist
Maureen Dowd Wants a Candidate Like H.W. AgainThe New York Times columnist on her new book, The Year of Voting Dangerously, and what we’re missing about Donald Trump
Culture Gabfest
The Culture Gabfest Reacts to Brangelina’s BreakupHear their unedited reaction from the moment the story broke.
The Gist
How Do We Fix Down-Ballot Elections?Gerrymandering, bathroom bills, and the Koch brothers: Reid Wilson walks us through the state of state and local races.
Working
The “How Does the White House’s Supervisory Horticulturist Work?” EditionJim Adams ensures that the White House’s grounds look beautiful season in and season out.
Amicus
Amicus: Notorious RBGHow the diminutive Supreme Court justice came to be depicted on the biceps of fans nationwide.
The Gist
“Mrs. Robinson,” “Hey Jude,” and Some Utter Schlock1968 was a year of protest and political upheaval, but the Billboard charts were dominated by novelty hits and a singing Herb Alpert.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
A Puppeteer Babysat My Kid. That’s Not the Weird Part.Slate’s Mom and Dad Are Fighting talks about babysitter red flags.