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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.
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The Culture Gabfest: Six Seconds of My Life Manage to Bore Even Me Edition
Slate's podcast about the Netflix original series House of Cards, the video-sharing app Vine, and the Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Twirling a Hat on a Stick Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the Ravens’ Super Bowl win, CBS’s coverage of the blackout, and our favorite schoolyard games.
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Lawrence Wright, Live at Politics & Prose
The New Yorker writer talks about what it’s like to take on Scientology.
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The Huddled Masses and Plotz's Birthday Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the politics of immigration reform, the unrest in Egypt, and how to compensate the victims of child pornography.
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The Audio Book Club on Pride and Prejudice
A special edition of our books discussion for the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s classic.
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The Disappearing New Yawk Accent
Listen to Pt. 2 of Slate’s show about the fall and rise of rhoticity (pronouncing your R’s) in New York City English.
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Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
An interview with Lawrence Wright, author of Going Clear.
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The Culture Gabfest: First, We Kill All the Cats Edition
Slate's podcast about Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop,” the movie John Dies at the End, and the feline menace known as the house cat.
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Hang Up and Listen: The One Man’s Trash Talk Is Another Man’s Treasure Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on Super Bowl gambling, the fight-happy, lockout-shortened NHL season, and the ethics of trash talking.
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The Live in Washington, D.C., Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about Obama's second inauguration, filibuster reform, and the perils of tweeting on the job.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Michelle’s Bangs Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Michelle Obama’s evolution and style, the lasting impact of high school, and porn for women.
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The Culture Gabfest: This Is an Aztec Sacrifice of My Time Edition
Slate's podcast about Zero Dark Thirty, the highs and lows of celebrity journalism, and the legacy of Dear Abby’s Pauline Phillips.
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George Saunders, Live at Politics & Prose
The celebrated writer talks about his new book and what it’s like to be on Colbert.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Catfish Got Your Tongue Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on the Ravens and 49ers, uncovering the Manti Te’o hoax, and Lance Armstrong’s calculated confession.
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The Elitist and Hypocrite Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the White House plan to confront gun violence, the suicide of Aaron Swartz, and a preview of President Obama’s inauguration.
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The Culture Gabfest: Love and Death in a Fabulous Apartment Edition
Slate's podcast about Michael Haneke’s Amour, self-help, and Maria Bamford’s comedy Special Special Special!
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Hang Up and Listen: The Kneeling Bronco Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on second-guessing NFL coaches and the great sports (and political) writer Richard Ben Cramer.
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The $1 Trillion Gabfest
Listen to Slate's show about the embattled Hagel nomination, the platinum coin option, and Obama’s administration full of men.
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DoubleX Gabfest: The Do You Like the Way We Sound? Edition
Listen to Slate’s show about Elizabeth Wurtzel’s confessional in New York magazine, vocal fry, and Hillary Clinton’s recent health scare.
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The Culture Gabfest: Falling Off the Treadmill Vomiting Edition
Slate's podcast about the year in movies, The Biggest Loser, and the decline of the American shopping mall.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Playing Through Pain Edition
Slate’s sports podcast on Robert Griffin III’s knee injury. Plus: an interview with Royce White on his anxiety disorder and struggles with Houston Rockets management.
