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) Care & Feeding | When a Good Idea Turns Into a Fail
On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen dig into a listener letter that hits close to home for Elizabeth. A military mom wants to know how specific she should be with her kids ab...Show More
7) Decoder Ring | Cozy Autumn Mysteries
Autumn may have more cozy signifiers than any other season—though we all have our own favorites. Maybe for you it’s sweater weather, football games, spooky season, apple picking, leaf peeping, or main...Show More
8) Culture Gabfest Slate Plus Preview: Jad Abumrad Inquires How We Make the Gabfest
This is a special preview of this week's Slate Plus episode. To get the full episode, another one like it every single week, and unlimited reading on Slate.com, subscribe to slate plus at Slate.com/c...Show More
9) How To! | Survive Getting Fired
If you recently lost your job—or think you might lose it soon—Laura Brown and Kristina O'Neill are here to help! On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace talks to the authors of All the Cool Girls ...Show More
10) Hang Up | Nate Silver and the NFL's Year of Parity
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh are joined by Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight and Silver Bulletin, to discuss his new NFL prediction model “ELWAY” and what it reveals abo...Show More