The 5 Best Slate Culture Podcast Episodes
1) Working: Cole Escola Provides the Perfect Comedy for Quarantine
Host Rumaan Alam chats with comedy writer and performer Cole Escola, who’s known for his roles on Hulu’s Difficult People and truTV’s At Home With Amy Sedaris as well as his sketch comedy videos on Yo...Show More
Working: Cole Escola Provides the Perfect Comedy for Quarantine
50:29 | Jun 14th, 2020
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2) Culture Gabfest: Live from Vancouver
Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf are live in at the Granville Island Stage in Vancouver to discuss The Irishman, Schitt's Creek, and creepy ads that follow you around. In Slate Plus: Qu...Show More
3) SPECIAL: Weinstein Accusers in Conversation
Three women who spoke out about Harvey Weinstein—Alice Evans, Katherine Kendall, and Tomi-Ann Roberts—sit down together with Slate’s editor-in-chief, Julia Turner, to discuss the movement they helped ...Show More
4) Culture Gabfest: Hamilton in the Trump Era
On this week’s episode, Steve, Dana, and Julia are joined by New Yorker staff writer Doreen St. Félix to talk about I May Destroy You. Then, Steve and Dana are joined by Isaac Butler, writer and co-ho...Show More
5) Decoder Ring; Hotel Art
Hotel Art used to be one of the ultimate symbols of bad taste, it was often ugly, kitschy, and strange. Today, the art you find in a hotel is far less likely to be the result of one individual's poor ...Show More
6) Decoder Ring | What the Cuck?!
Earlier this year, a tweet went out from the official account of the Democratic Party, tagging the Trump advisor Stephen Miller. It was an image of what appeared to be a simple hotel room chair. But f...Show More
7) Care & Feeding | What to Say to Your Kids When You Can’t Deal
This week, award-winning journalist and podcaster Elise Hu joins the show to talk about her new podcast Raising Us, where she explores how parents can handle the trickiest questions kids throw their w...Show More
8) Care & Feeding | Demystifying Car Seat Safety
On this episode: Lucy, Zak, and Elizabeth mark Child Passenger Safety Week with a conversation about car seats. Child passenger safety technician Jamie Grayson joins to break down the basics: how to i...Show More
9) How To! | Update: Losing Your ‘Virginity’ at 43
In this mailbag episode of How To!, we get an update from Elizabeth, the 43-year-old listener who contacted us for advice on her plan to have sex for the first time. Then, co-hosts Courtney Martin and...Show More
10) Care & Feeding | The 25 Best Picture Books of the Last 25 Years
On this episode: Lucy and Elizabeth are joined by guest host Rebecca Onion to dive into her and Dan Kois’ definitive list of the 25 best picture books of the last quarter century. Which modern stories...Show More