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Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Slate Podcasts

Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present. Through archival tape and first-person... more

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Episodes

How Books About Things That Changed the World… Changed the World

Look in the nonfiction section of any bookstore and you’ll find dozens of history books making the same bold claim:... more

26 Mar 2025 · 58 minutes
Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest Conversations

The final installment of our series explores the conversations that most of us dread, like frank discussions of our differences... more

12 Mar 2025 · 30 minutes
Decoder Ring | Truck Nutz (Encore)

Truck Nutz is a brand name for the dangling plastic testicles some people affix to the bumpers or hitches of... more

12 Mar 2025 · 41 minutes
Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words

Why is it that we can tell someone “I’m totally fine!” and they instantly know we’re not? Gestures, facial expressions,... more

01 Mar 2025 · 28 minutes
Decoder Ring | Jerry Lewis’ Lost Holocaust Clown Movie

In 1972, Jerry Lewis—the actor and filmmaker known for slapstick comedies like The Nutty Professor—took the biggest risk of his... more

26 Feb 2025 · 58 minutes
Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone

Why are some people able to talk with just about anyone—about almost anything? One answer may lie in the questions... more

22 Feb 2025 · 32 minutes
Introducing Supercommunicators

In a new miniseries inspired by Charles Duhigg’s bestseller, the former host of Slate’s How To! podcast sits down with... more

22 Feb 2025 · 1 minute
Decoder Ring | The Scratch-Off Ticket’s Instant Win

You may never have thought very hard about scratch-off tickets, but that’s part of their power. They’re a form of... more

12 Feb 2025 · 40 minutes
Decoder Ring | Jump, Jive and Fail: The ’90s Swing Craze

When we recently got a couple of listener emails asking about the swing revival of the late 1990s, host Willa... more

29 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Decoder Ring | I am Tupperware, I Contain Multitudes

The storage container is a stealthy star of the modern home. It’s something we use to organize more of our... more

15 Jan 2025 · 46 minutes