Dan Kois Dan Kois

Dan Kois is Slate's culture editor, co-host of Mom and Dad Are Fighting, and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.

Books
Nov. 6 2014 9:41 AMRabbit EarsAn all-ages cartoon memoir about a deaf girl and her search for a best friend.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Oct. 27 2014 4:30 PMThe Many Facial Expressions of Keanu Reeves, RankedDan Kois
Family
Oct. 16 2014 11:21 AMThe Most Individualized Place on EarthDisney’s new Fantasyland makes your special snowflake of a kid the star.Dan Kois
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Oct. 9 2014 11:44 AMMom and Dad Are Fighting: The Mom Jeans, Dad Jokes EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on mom jeans and talking to kids about contraception.Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois
Books
Oct. 8 2014 10:47 AMA Man, a Dog, and a MonsterAlec Longstreth’s delightful all-ages fable Basewood.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Oct. 3 2014 3:42 PMA Spoiler-Filled Discussion of David Fincher’s Gone GirlDana Stevens, Dan Kois, and David Haglund
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Sept. 25 2014 3:16 PMMom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Should I Even Be a Parent?” EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on youth football, books with great female heroes, and ambivalence about having kids in the first place.Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois
Books
Sept. 11 2014 1:50 PMLost Souls Wandering to Their DoomThe gorgeous ghost stories of Emily Carroll.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Sept. 2 2014 4:19 PMHBO Is Ruining the Wire And We Have the GIF That Proves ItDan Kois
Better Summer
Aug. 24 2014 9:15 PMWhat Is the Best Game of Tag?A Slate debate.Dan Kois and Seth Stevenson
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Aug. 14 2014 8:19 AMIs This Eco-Kosher Shamanistic Aromatherapy Mom Better Than You?Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Aug. 12 2014 10:41 PMLauren Bacall Was Game for Anything, Even Getting Punched Out on The SopranosDan Kois
The Audio Book Club
Aug. 8 2014 11:06 AMThe Audio Book Club Asks, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?Slate critics take on Roz Chast’s cartoon memoir about her parents’ decline.Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Hanna Rosin
Brow Beat
Aug. 1 2014 10:37 AMThe 10 Best Songs to Get You Hooked on Spoon, One of America’s Best Rock BandsDan Kois
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
July 31 2014 9:33 AMMom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Slate Staff Call-In Question Extravaganza” EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on custody arrangements, kids’ last names, European nudity, and much more. Dan Kois
Slate Picks
Oct. 30 2014 6:03 PMListen to Our October Music RoundupYour autumn playlist to put on repeat, exclusively for Slate Plus members.Boer Deng, Courtney Duckworth, Jack Hamilton, Aisha Harris, Dan Kois, Dee Lockett, Chris Molanphy, and Forrest Wickman
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Oct. 23 2014 4:51 PMMom and Dad Are Fighting: Your Own Personal Fantasyland EditionSlate’s parenting podcast on Disney World, allowances for kids, and hot topics from the Mommy Wars.Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois
The Audio Book Club
Oct. 10 2014 1:03 PMThe Audio Book Club Goes WildSlate’s critics discuss Cheryl Strayed’s memoir of a summer on the Pacific Crest Trail.Dan Kois, Parul Sehgal, and Katy Waldman
Culturebox
Oct. 9 2014 10:10 AMYes More DramaThe deep and unique pleasure of reading plays.Dan Kois
Brow Beat
Oct. 7 2014 12:40 PMDoctor, Do I Have Second Novel Syndrome?Dan Kois and Chris Wade
Brow Beat
Oct. 2 2014 12:04 PMWill Reading Gone Girl Undermine Your Marriage or Reaffirm It? We Discuss the Book.Emily Bazelon, Dan Kois, and Hanna Rosin
Books
Sept. 23 2014 7:14 AMFighting the Sophomore Slump, Five Novels at a TimeAnnouncing the Slate/Whiting Second Novel List.Dan Kois
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Sept. 11 2014 11:26 AMMom and Dad Are Fighting: The Porn Talk EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on talking to kids about porn and the pressure of the family dinner. Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois
Slate Picks
Sept. 2 2014 10:21 AMListen to Our August Music RoundupOur official monthly Spotify playlist exclusively for Slate Plus members.Eliza Berman, Dee Lockett, Dan Kois, Katy Waldman, and Forrest Wickman
Culture Gabfest
Aug. 20 2014 10:18 AMThe Culture Gabfest “Precision of Language” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on The Giver, ironic misandry, and movie soundtracks.Dan Kois, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner
Slate Picks
Aug. 13 2014 7:31 AMSongs That Make Slate NostalgicA roundup of the music from high school that staffers still love.L.V. Anderson, Eliza Berman, Jamelle Bouie, David Haglund, Aisha Harris, Laura Helmuth, Jane C. Hu, Derreck Johnson, Dan Kois, Rachael Larimore, Dahlia Lithwick, Dee Lockett, Rebecca Onion, Vivian Selbo, Mark Joseph Stern, June Thomas, Julia Turner, Lindsey Underwood, and Katy Waldman
Brow Beat
Aug. 11 2014 8:54 PMRobin Williams Was a Great Silent Comedian, TooDan Kois
Books
Aug. 6 2014 12:11 PMScratch MarksThe beauty of a comic book drawn only in pencil.Dan Kois
Slate Picks
July 31 2014 12:54 PMListen to Our July Music RoundupOur official monthly Spotify playlist exclusively for Slate Plus members.Eliza Berman, Aisha Harris, Derreck Johnson, Dan Kois, Dee Lockett, Lindsey Underwood, and Forrest Wickman
Culture Gabfest
July 30 2014 10:42 AMThe Culture Gabfest “Dumb Culture Gabfest” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on TV comedy Nathan for You, Blake Lively’s new website Preserve, and the surprising power of children’s literature.Dan Kois, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner

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Politics
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Why Obama Took So Many High-Powered Officials to Cozy Up to the Saudi Royal Family
Bobby Jindal Pins His Presidential Hopes on a Prayer Revival. It Was a Bust.
Why Do Judges and Politicians Flip-Flop? A Survey.
Why de Blasio Was Right to Take On Criminal Justice Reform
How Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Won Over Iowa
Democrats Assumed They Could Embarrass the GOP With Climate Science. Democrats Were Wrong.
  Business
Moneybox
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Obama Wants to Tax College Savings Accounts. He Should Make Them Work for the Middle Class Instead.
The Myth That Middle-Class Students Don’t Get Financial Aid
Chipotle’s Sofritas Promotion Was So Popular That a Bunch of Locations Sold Out
This Hacker Figured How to Hijack One of the Most Popular Drones
Microsoft Is Selling More Phones Than Ever, but It Isn’t Nearly Enough
  Life
Atlas Obscura
Jan. 27 2015 2:10 PM The Rusty, Creaking Cable Cars of Chiatura Ella Morton
As the Catholic Church’s Influence Wanes, Ireland Is Having a Gay Moment
This Prefab Cube Shrinks an Entire House Into One Tiny Structure
Help! Our Baby Won’t Sleep Through the Night, Making It Hard to Have Sex.
Meet Kevin Daniels, the Actor Behind One of TV’s Most Interesting Gay Characters
A Victorian Argument That Snow Is Holy, Illustrated by a Beautiful Catalog of Flakes 
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, We Mustn’t Forget Nazism’s Gay Victims
  Double X
The XX Factor
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New Orleans Was Supposed to Get a New Planned Parenthood Clinic. Here's Why It's Still Not There.  
How the Great Blizzard of 1888 Killed the Petticoat
Study on Women’s Painkiller Use Causes Concern Over Hypothetical Embryos, Not Actual Women
Republican Women Stopped the 20-Week Abortion Bill. That’s Not Standing Up for Reproductive Rights.
Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Are Treated Horribly. So They Started Their Own Party. 
Boehner Applauded Equal Pay at Last Year’s State of the Union. Why Not This Year?
  Slate Plus
Jurisprudence
Jan. 27 2015 11:18 AM Slate Voice: “American Liar” Listen to Mark Joseph Stern read his piece about Jesse Ventura’s defamation suit against Chris Kyle. Mark Joseph Stern
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 4
Jeremy Stahl on What Slate Stories Broke Facebook This Week
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13
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  Arts
Brow Beat
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Why Scientology Appeals to Aspiring Actors
In Season 3 of The Americans, the Clash Between Principles and Parenting Is More Violent Than Ever
The Real Reason People Keep Plagiarizing Tom Petty
Louis C.K.’s New Stand-Up Special Is Streaming Now. Here’s How to Watch It.
It Is 2015 and Some Crazy Blink-182 Drama Is Happening
My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Movies. She Lives Them for Years at a Time.
  Technology
Future Tense
Jan. 27 2015 3:41 PM Don’t Drink and Drone Lily Hay Newman
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How Technology Is Changing the Family Tree: A Future Tense Event Recap
Police Oppose Police-Tracking Function in GPS App Waze
Why the Top-Rated Restaurants on Yelp Are Places You've Never Heard Of
The Simpsons Imagines How Elon Musk Could Save and Destroy the Future
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
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Online Comments Can Influence What People Think About Vaccines
Catching a Comet’s Dusty Breath
Stunning Comet Close-Up Photos Reveal a Tiny Alien World
The “Good Guy With a Gun” Is a Myth
It Is Statistically Impossible for Mass Surveillance to Be an Effective Anti-Terrorism Tool
  Sports
Sports Nut
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The Five Stages of Patriots Fans’ Ballghazi Grief
Why NFL Quarterbacks Should Be Allowed to Do What They Want With Their Balls
Why Bill Belichick and His Antics Make the NFL a Better Place
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