"Hang Up and Listen: The Hug to Remember Edition": In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the Masters, the length of baseball games, Zenyatta's record-setting victory, and the dumb questions NFL teams ask potential draftees. To listen to the podcast, click on the audio player below. You can also download the program here.

April 11, 2010

"The Secret Life of Juan Valdez": How Colombia's most famous coffee picker is challenging Starbucks, by Daniel Gross. To listen to the podcast, click on the audio player below. You can also download the program here.

April 9, 2010

"The Tapestry of Magic Gabfest": Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Leaked Iraqi War video, Virginia's Governor and Confederate History Month, and net neutrality. To listen to the podcast, click on the audio player below. You can also download the program here.

April 8, 2010

"DoubleX Gabfest: The Bottle Girls and Basketball Edition": Hanna Rosin and Jessica Grose of DoubleX and Slate media critic Jack Shafer discuss the New York Magazine cover story "The Half-Hooker Economy," women's basketball player Brittney Griner, and whether women are becoming more violent. To listen to the podcast, click on the audio player below. You can also download the program here.

April 7, 2010

"The Culture Gabfest, I Want to Touch the Machine Edition": In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Seth Stevenson, and Julia Turner discuss Seth Stevenson's new book, Grounded, and creating your own TV ad with a little help from Google and Apple's much hyped IPad. To listen to the podcast, click on the audio player below. You can also download the program here.

April 5, 2010