Slate History
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The Waves: Why Barbie Lives On
32 mins; July 20, 2023
Decoder Ring: What's Really Going On Inside a Mosh Pit?
33 mins; July 19, 2023
Slow Burn: Season 8 Live Announcement & Bonus Conversation
27 mins; July 15, 2023
A Word: Black Dolls Matter
28 mins; July 14, 2023
Decoder Ring: The Great Parmesan Cheese Debate
44 mins; July 12, 2023
Hear Me Out: Insurrection Is A Force For Good
35 mins; July 04, 2023
A National Disgrace
66 hours 28 mins; June 21, 2023
Hear Me Out: Descendants Of Slaves Don’t Need Reparations
46 mins; June 20, 2023
How To!: Find the Gems in All Your Junk
39 mins; June 20, 2023
I’m Their Guy
55 mins; June 14, 2023
Smiling Faces
50 mins; June 07, 2023
A Word: My Father, the Spy
26 mins; June 02, 2023
America’s Blackest Child
54 mins; May 31, 2023
Hear Me Out: “Thank You For Your Service” Feels Cheap
27 mins; May 30, 2023
A Word: Reckoning on Campus
35 mins; May 26, 2023
Hear Me Out: Policing Can’t Be Reformed And Must Be Abolished
34 mins; May 23, 2023
A Word: The Ballot, the Bullet, and the Truth
37 mins; May 19, 2023
A Word: Dungeons, Dragons, and Diversity
35 mins; May 12, 2023
Decoder Ring: Who Owns the Tooth Fairy?
38 mins; May 10, 2023
A Word: Becoming “The Black Mozart”
21 mins; May 05, 2023
What Next: Charles In Charge
24 mins; May 04, 2023
What Next: America’s Rich History of Gun Control
24 mins; May 03, 2023
Decoder Ring: Why You Can’t Find a Damn Parking Spot
37 mins; May 03, 2023
Hear Me Out: The Iraq War Was a Necessary Evil
31 mins; May 02, 2023
Decoder Ring: The Artist Who Was Both Loved and Disdained
37 mins; April 26, 2023
Political Gabfest Reads: The Art of Writing Political Satire
23 mins; April 22, 2023
Decoder Ring: The Curious Case of Columbo's Message to Romania Part 2
40 mins; April 19, 2023
Hi-Phi Nation: Living in a Zoopolis
47 mins; April 17, 2023
What Next: He Couldn’t Teach ‘Slavery Was Wrong.’ So He Quit.
28 mins; April 17, 2023
Decoder Ring: The Curious Case of Columbo's Message to Romania Part 1
43 mins; April 12, 2023
A Word: The Battle for Eatonville
27 mins; April 07, 2023
Hear Me Out: Secession Could Be A Good Thing
36 mins; March 28, 2023
A Word: When a Race War Threat Was Real
31 mins; March 24, 2023
What Next: A Disability Rights Icon’s Long Legacy
28 mins; March 13, 2023
What Next: Does Steven Spielberg Have an Oscars Curse?
28 mins; March 09, 2023
The Waves: What Ballet’s Best Choreographer Destroyed
29 mins; February 23, 2023
The Waves: The Inherent Fear in Being a Woman
35 mins; February 16, 2023
A Word: Surviving “Driving While Black”
29 mins; February 10, 2023
What Next: How Florida’s School Censorship Spreads
28 mins; February 09, 2023
ICYMI: American Girl’s Addy Is More Than a Slave
38 mins; January 25, 2023
Political Gabfest Reads: Two Horrifying Days in D.C.
34 mins; January 21, 2023
A Word: Haiti: Fear of a Black Republic
29 mins; January 20, 2023
Decoder Ring: The Mailbag Episode
37 mins; December 27, 2022
Outward: How Can Queer People Keep Each Other Safe?
90 hours 1 min; December 21, 2022
Decoder Ring: Encore: ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Got It Wrong
39 mins; December 20, 2022
Political Gabfest Reads: Everything You Need to Know About Choosing a President
41 mins; December 17, 2022
Decoder Ring: Cellino & Barnes, Injury Attorneys, 800-888-8888
38 mins; December 13, 2022
Decoder Ring: How Preppy Became Streetwear
35 mins; December 06, 2022
Creating a Winning Show
2 mins; November 29, 2022
Decoder Ring: The New Age Hit Machine
27 mins; November 29, 2022
One Year: 1942 - The Black-Japanese Axis
39 mins; November 23, 2022
Decoder Ring: The Butt and the Bustle
44 mins; November 22, 2022
Political Gabfest Reads: Rethinking J. Edgar Hoover
35 mins; November 19, 2022
One Year: 1942 - When Internment Came to Alaska
41 mins; November 17, 2022
Decoder Ring: The Truth About #TheDress
36 mins; November 15, 2022
One Year - 1942: The Info Wars of World War II
47 mins; November 10, 2022
One Year: 1942 - The Day the Music Stopped
56 mins; November 03, 2022
A Word: Jim Crow’s Killers
25 mins; October 28, 2022
One Year: 1942 - The Year Everyone Got Married
43 mins; October 27, 2022
Decoder Ring: McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime Pt. 2
45 mins; October 23, 2022
Decoder Ring: McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime Pt. 1
35 mins; October 22, 2022
One Year: 1942 - The Most Hated Man in America
46 mins; October 20, 2022
One Year - 1986: The Man From Fifth Avenue
57 mins; October 13, 2022
One Year - 1986: The Miracle of Cokeville
66 hours 6 mins; October 11, 2022
One Year - 1986: Herschel vs. the Blubber Busters
50 mins; October 09, 2022
One Year - 1986: A Boycott in Mississippi
58 mins; October 08, 2022
9: How Did American Slavery End?
60 hours 55 mins; February 01, 2020
9: How Did American Slavery End?
60 hours 55 mins; February 01, 2020
8: Runaway Railroad
56 mins; February 01, 2020
8: Runaway Railroad
56 mins; February 01, 2020
7: To Do No Harm?
52 mins; February 01, 2020
7: To Do No Harm?
52 mins; February 01, 2020
6: When Cotton Became King
45 mins; February 01, 2020
6: When Cotton Became King
46 mins; February 01, 2020
5: What Happened When Slaves Rebelled
48 mins; February 01, 2020
5: What Happened When Slaves Rebelled
49 mins; February 01, 2020
4: The Family Life of Enslaved People
57 mins; February 01, 2020
4: The Family Life of Enslaved People
57 mins; February 01, 2020
3: The Hypocrisy of America’s Revolution
49 mins; February 01, 2020
3: The Hypocrisy of America’s Revolution
49 mins; February 01, 2020
2: Inside the Slave Ship
48 mins; February 01, 2020
2: Inside the Slave Ship
47 mins; February 01, 2020
1: The Terrible Transformation
42 mins; February 01, 2020
1: The Terrible Transformation
42 mins; February 01, 2020