DoubleX GabfestJuly 13 2017 9:00 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “I’m a Creep, I’m Sorry” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on climate change, Silicon Valley sexual harassment, and GLOW.Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
Culture GabfestJune 22 2017 4:00 PMSnowflake, Loser, and Other Political JabsThe Culture Gabfest on the insults and name-calling that have derailed our civic discourse.Christina Cauterucci, Stephen Metcalf, and June Thomas
DoubleX GabfestJune 15 2017 7:45 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “Attack of the Israeli-Accented Amazon” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on James Comey, Wonder Woman, and the U.K. election.Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
Brow BeatMay 24 2017 7:33 AMHow The Americans’ Tuan Eckert Is Like Frasier’s Niles CraneJune Thomas
Brow BeatMay 15 2017 7:33 AMOn TV, Perfect Stay-at-Home Moms Are the New VillainsJune Thomas
OutwardMay 8 2017 11:36 AMSense8 Is Back, Preaching the Power of Empathy for Queers—and Everybody ElseJune Thomas
Brow BeatMay 3 2017 7:30 AMThe Americans’ Alison Wright on Things to Eat in Moscow When You’re ExiledJune Thomas
DoubleX GabfestApril 20 2017 11:30 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “Don’t Ask Me to Prom” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on celebrity promposals, missing white women syndrome, and David Schwimmer’s sexual harassment videos.Kara Brown, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
MoviesApril 13 2017 2:17 PMThe Lost City of ZJames Gray’s adaptation of David Grann’s book is like a real-life Indiana Jones where the villain is the British class system.June Thomas
DoubleX GabfestApril 6 2017 10:35 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “We Want Wives” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on Mike Pence’s rules about women, abortion on television, and millennial men.Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
FascismApril 3 2017 12:23 PMFascism Today: Where Are We Now?In the final episode, our Slate Academy tries to determine how historical examples of fascism help us understand the present.Joshua Keating, Rebecca Onion, and June Thomas
Brow BeatMarch 29 2017 8:03 AMKeri Russell and Matthew Rhys on Why Their Americans’ Characters Are Sick of Honey TrapsJune Thomas
Brow BeatMarch 22 2017 7:45 AMThe Americans’ Costume Designer Explains the Meaning of Claudia’s Squirrel PinsJune Thomas
Brow BeatMarch 15 2017 8:45 AMWhy Did The Americans Grow 25 Acres of Wheat in Upstate New York?June Thomas
DoubleX GabfestMarch 9 2017 9:21 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “Keep It Dusty” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on the women’s strike, romantic comedies, and PMS.Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
DoubleX GabfestJune 29 2017 10:56 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “Live From Brooklyn” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on Jenna Lyons, the Bill Cosby trial, and the potential for a female president.Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
Culture GabfestJune 21 2017 10:26 AMThe Culture Gabfest “Vicarious Nails” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on It Comes at Night, Claws, and Beth Ditto’s solo album Fake Sugar.Christina Cauterucci, Stephen Metcalf, and June Thomas
Brow BeatMay 31 2017 9:04 AMThe Americans’ Matthew Rhys Explains How a False Mustache Is Like BotoxJune Thomas
Brow BeatMay 17 2017 8:03 AMThe Americans’ Producing Director on the Show’s Snowy AestheticJune Thomas
Brow BeatMay 10 2017 7:30 AMKeri Russell and Matthew Rhys on That Big Third-Act Surprise on The AmericansJune Thomas
DoubleX GabfestMay 4 2017 9:43 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “Under His Eye” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on The Handmaid’s Tale, Ivanka Trump’s brand, and Democrats compromising on women’s rights.Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
Brow BeatApril 26 2017 7:30 AMOn The Americans, the Spies Are Getting Younger and More CommittedJune Thomas
Brow BeatApril 19 2017 7:30 AMThe Americans’ Matthew Rhys on “Crazy Liz and Sad Phil”June Thomas
Brow BeatApril 12 2017 7:30 AMIs The Americans’ Philip Jennings Losing His Spy Mojo?June Thomas
Brow BeatApril 5 2017 7:30 AMNoah Emmerich on His “Paranoid Fantasies of Failure” While Directing The AmericansJune Thomas
Culture GabfestMarch 29 2017 12:59 PMThe Culture Gabfest “Beast, Brontës, and Broadway” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on Beauty and the Beast, To Walk Invisible, and an interview with Alison Wright.Laura Miller, Willa Paskin, and June Thomas
DoubleX GabfestMarch 23 2017 11:00 AMThe DoubleX Gabfest “She-E-Uh-O” EditionListen to the DoubleX Gabfest on Neil Gorsuch, former Thinx CEO Miki Agrawal, and when women compete.Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas
FascismMarch 17 2017 5:05 PMBritain and the U.S.: It Could Have Happened HereIn the fifth episode, our Slate Academy looks at the small, but significant, fascist movements that took root in the U.S. and Britain.Joshua Keating, Rebecca Onion, and June Thomas
MoviesMarch 13 2017 12:17 PMT2 TrainspottingChoose to see this nostalgia-drenched, sociologically astute, and intoxicatingly clever sequel.June Thomas
Brow BeatMarch 8 2017 7:30 AMThe Creators of The Americans Learn That the Russians Really Are Targeting AmericaJune Thomas
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