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Slate Debates — 398 episodes
ICYMI | Twitter Is Dead (Really, We Mean It)
ICYMI | Encore: Jubilee Is Making Debating Worse
ICYMI | Side-Eyeing at H Mart
ICYMI | Shopping on Etsy Sucks Now
ICYMI | Okay. Let’s Talk About "Everyone" Getting Skinny
ICYMI | Everyone Online Is Going Analog
ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
ICYMI | The Two Internet Villains Staging a Comeback
ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing
ICYMI | TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem
ICYMI | The Streamer and the Shock Collar
ICYMI | Stop Trying To Make A.I. Trendy
ICYMI | Podcaster Theo Von Is A Manosphere Mystery
ICYMI | Taylor Swift Is Rewriting Her Internet History
ICYMI | Jimmy Kimmel & The Death Of Free Speech Online
ICYMI | Hank Green Started a War With Knitters
ICYMI | Nobody Wants To Party Anymore
ICYMI | Does SNL Need Internet Comedians?
ICYMI | Gavin Newsom’s Sh*tposting
ICYMI | The Summer That Broke BookTok
ICYMI | ChatGPT Has Ruined the Em Dash
ICYMI | Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatrist—Then She Met TikTok
ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Clickbait?
ICYMI | Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction
ICYMI | Calico Critters Are Beefing Thanks To TikTok
ICYMI | “Gen-Z Stare” and the Log-In Epidemic
ICYMI | Encore: Is ChatGPT Your Therapist?
ICYMI | Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI
ICYMI | The Most Famous Facelift on TikTok
ICYMI | Is Partiful Cancelled?
Amicus | Sneak Preview: Unanimous Opinions Out Front, Desperate Dealmaking Out Back
ICYMI: Kate Mackz Can’t Outrun Politics
Culture Gabfest | Seth Rogen’s Love/Hate Letter to Hollywood
Culture Gabfest: Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adolescence
Culture Gabfest: Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super Spy
Culture Gabfest: Meghan Markle Sprinkles Potpourri on You
Culture Gabfest: Zero Day Makes Robert De Niro a Befuddled President
Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
Culture Gabfest: Congratulations! You Finally Got Your Severance.
Culture Gabfest: The SNL 50th Anniversary Industrial Complex
Culture Gabfest: Noah Wyle Lures Us Into The Pitt
Culture Gabfest: One of Them Movies About Women That Stuns Hollywood by Being a Hit
Culture Gabfest: Chalamet Goes Electric
Culture Gabfest: Babygirls and Nickel Boys
Well, Now: The Future of Wellness
Well, Now: Is Longer Life Really Possible?
Well, Now: Staying Sober This Holiday Season
Well, Now: Getting to the Heart of Hormonal Health
Well, Now: Weed’s Growing (and Alarming) Side Effects
Well, Now: Can Kids Be Healthy at Any Size?
Well, Now: What It’s Really Like to Take Ozempic
Care & Feeding: My Mom’s Obsessed With My Baby
Hear Me Out: Podcasting Is Dead
What Next | Should Parents Face Charges for Kids’ Crimes?
Hear Me Out: Presidential Pardons Need Reform
Hear Me Out: There’s No Lesser-Evil Candidate
Hear Me Out: Schools Do Too Much (Often Badly)
Hear Me Out: Fact-Checks Make Audiences Suspicious
Well, Now: No, Netflix Isn’t Forcing You to Go Vegan
Hear Me Out: The Olympics Are a Tool of Oppression
Hear Me Out: Pop Stars Run Politics Now
Hear Me Out: You Don’t Need A BFF
Hear Me Out: AI’s Threat to Democracy Flopped
Well, Now: The Full Truth About Ozempic
Hear Me Out: Jeff Bezos Could Save The Post (Again)
Hear Me Out: Federal Job Training Doesn’t Work
Well, Now: Psychedelics' Long Strange Trip to the Doctor's Office
Hear Me Out: Tradwives Show Us Feminism’s Failures
Hear Me Out: Pride Is For Everyone (Except Cops and Politicians)
Hear Me Out: Biden Is Courting Voters Who Don’t Exist
Hear Me Out: Election Betting Should Be Legal
Hear Me Out: Term Limits Could Ruin Congress
Well, Now | “As Little Regulation as Guns”: How Social Media Hurts Youth Mental Health
Hear Me Out: Colonialism Never Ended
Hear Me Out: Trump Isn’t a Bug. He's a Feature.
Hear Me Out: Punishing A Shooter’s Parents Misses The Point
Hear Me Out: Student Protests Can Backfire (Badly)
What Next: The Jewish Case for Protest
What Next: Columbia Calls the Cops
Hear Me Out: Third Parties Are Saving Democracy
Hear Me Out: Legalize Weed, But Not Like This
A Word: Candace Owens: Back to Black?
Hear Me Out: Interracial Marriages Can Still Be Racist
Hear Me Out: Don’t Blame Capitalism For The Housing Crisis
Hear Me Out: Anti-Vaxers Aren’t Just Extremists
Hear Me Out: You Probably Don’t Need Therapy Forever
Hear Me Out: Purity Is Poisoning the Progressive Movement
Hear Me Out: The House Should Elect The President
Hear Me Out: Horse Race Journalism Is Good, Actually
Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
Care & Feeding (After Dark): Couples’ Therapy
Hear Me Out: The Constitution Can’t Save Us
What Next: A Mass Shooter’s Mom Found Guilty
Hear Me Out: Campus Assault Hearings Are A Disaster
Hear Me Out: Actually, Trump Supporters Are Delusional
Hear Me Out: Feminism Is Dying (But It Can Be Saved)
Care and Feeding: Private School Guilt
Hear Me Out: George Santos and Gypsy-Rose Aren’t Your Icons
Hear Me Out: Trump Voters Are Not Delusional
Hear Me Out: Yes, You Can Self Improve Right Now
Hear Me Out: The Holidays Are Tacky. Embrace It
Hear Me Out: Race Isn’t Real. The Census Should Reflect That.
Hear Me Out: The Oppressed Still Have Moral Duties
Hear Me Out: Psychiatry Alone Can’t Heal You Completely
Hear Me Out: Be The Holiday A--hole
Hear Me Out: It’s Time To Sunset Social Security
What Next: How the Israel-Gaza War Rages in America
Hear Me Out: Nerds are a Menace to Society
How To!: Build a Marriage That Lasts
Hear Me Out: On Halloween, Death Should Be Celebrated
How To!: Hit “Reset” on Your Career
Hear Me Out: You Don’t Need to Post About Israel and Palestine
How To!: Let Go of Kid Clutter
Hear Me Out: Teaching Civics Can’t Save Democracy
Hear Me Out: Columbus Day Is Worth Celebrating
Hear Me Out: Walks Are Boring, Nay, Agonizing
What Next: Can Marriage Fix America?
Hear Me Out: Being Adopted Is Traumatic
Hear Me Out: Bring Back The Draft
What Next: The Case Against Harm Reduction
Hear Me Out: It’s Time To End The Engagement Ring
Hear Me Out: Overconfidence Is Killing The Supreme Court
Hear Me Out: Harm Reduction Saves Lives
Hear Me Out: Sit Down and Shut Up at Concerts and Theaters
Hear Me Out: You’re Not Too Cool To Go On A Cruise
Hear Me Out: Affirmative Action Failed Poor Black Kids
Hear Me Out: Less Porn, More Sex Tapes
Hear Me Out: Learning Gun Safety Could Save Your Kids’ Lives
Hear Me Out: The U.S. Sugar Program Isn’t A Sweet Deal
How To! Sleep Apart to Save Your Relationship
Hear Me Out: You Need To Care About Meghan Markle
What Next: Beyond Biden vs. Trump
Hear Me Out: Insurrection Is A Force For Good
Hang Up and Listen: The Sports Culture Power Rankings
Hear Me Out: Patriarchy Hurts All Of Us — Including Men
Hear Me Out: Descendants Of Slaves Don’t Need Reparations
Hear Me Out: A Little Racism Can Be A Good Thing
What Next: The Liberal Case Against Affirmative Action
Hear Me Out: Corporate Pride is Tacky, Pointless and Counterproductive
Hear Me Out: “Thank You For Your Service” Feels Cheap
Hear Me Out: Policing Can’t Be Reformed And Must Be Abolished
Hear Me Out: Workplace DEI Trainings Do More Harm Than Good
Hear Me Out: Your Kids Don’t Owe You Anything
Hi-Phi Nation: Effective Altruism and its Critics
Hear Me Out: The Iraq War Was a Necessary Evil
Hi-Phi Nation: The Problem with Gig Work
Hear Me Out: Trashy TV Is Actually Good For You
Hi-Phi Nation: Love in the Time of Replika
Hear Me Out: Stop The Hiss-Teria: Outdoor Cats Can Thrive.
Hi-Phi Nation: Living in a Zoopolis
Hear Me Out: Don’t Celebrate the Trump Indictment
Hear Me Out: Childbirth Should Be Free
Hear Me Out: Secession Could Be A Good Thing
Hear Me Out: We Need to Argue With Each Other
Hear Me Out: Coming March 21
Taking a Trip Down Language Lane
Dialects vs. Languages
New Siri. Who’s This?
“Who Dey” vs. “Who Dat”
Capital Language From Kyiv to Washington, D.C.
The Making of Wordle
Choosing Your Voice
Cracking the Omicron Code
Taylor Swift’s “F— the Patriarchy”
Interrupting to Show We Care
The Millennial Language Cheat Code
Squid Game in Translation
The Wide World of Language Diversity
Double Dutch
How the Grid Kid Became King of the Online Spelling Bee
Sponsored: How Can We Improve Our Communication Skills to Strengthen Our Relationships?
TikTok Language Rabbit Hole
Taking Home the Gold in Language
They Might Be Linguists
Russian Is My Mt. Everest
Languages of Northern Africa
You're Gonna Hafta
The Languages of Southeast Asia
Irregardless Make You Cringe? Relax.
Nine Nasty Words
The Invisible Complexities of Translation
English Is Plain Weird
Subject-Verb-Object. Right?
Parting Company
Wallowing in Negativity
Fossil Hunting in English
Why Do Languages Have Gender?
Forgetting Your Roots
Future English Speaker, Can You Read Me?
Getting Got
On the Origin of English
White Author, Black English. Problem?
Do Cats Have Language?
Sergeant, Corporal, Colonel!
To Reason Why
When Talking to Your Mother-In-Law Is a Minefield
The Incredible Story of the Traveling Creole
This Am a Minstrel Stereotype, Right?
When Jews Adapted Spanish
Does English Have a Future?
Defund Karen
Beyond the Five Ws
Tweety Bird and Toddlerspeak
Coronavirus: Isolation and Aspiration
Our Indigenous Languages
I Just Can't!
The Many Meanings of Too
Sicko, Whacko, Weirdo
Chinese Has No Grammar, Right? Wrong!
From Uptalk to Vocal Fry, Women Are Prolific Language Innovators
In What Order Did Languages Arrive in Europe?
Digging Up the Past
Verbs on the Move
Does PROCESSES Rhyme with KNEES?
A Bisl Yiddish
Private Parts
The Soft Power of Like
Men, Women and Children
Zombie English
Let's Do Lunch
How to Think Like a Linguist
Has English Gotten Less Complex?
S#!t, Hell and Darn
This Family Speaks 1,200 Languages
Language vs. Dialect
The Internet Loves the Exclamation Point!!
Why Is "Ph" Pronounced That Way?
Does Language Affect Thought?
A Fleeting Glance
The Romance Languages
Why Do Some Americans Say Warshed?
Flores Man vs. Sulawesi
The Lingua Francas
Can Climate Influence Language?
When Ain't Was Alright
The Semitic Tongues
Precious Little
When Words Collide
Truth Be Told
A Penetrating History of F*%k
When Did English Get Happy?
Sponsored: Adjusting the Lens on Chronic Disease
Why Language Can't Be Tamed
Is Social Media Changing English?
What Was the First Language?
So ... Let's Talk About So
Like-Minded
Why Do Southerners Talk Like That?
The Habitual Past
A Riot of Color
The Rise of They
Wabbit Twacks
Tee Time
Happy Birthday OED!
If Frozen, Why Not Squozen?
The Pronouning of Profanities
One Tongue to Rule Them All
The Art of the Spiel
Lend Me Your Ears: Julius Caesar
Getting to Yes
The Story of P
English Spelling Is a Beautiful Mess
Did the Founding Fathers Have a British Accent?
No-Uh!
The Inner Workings of Out
Words, For Her
What's the Deal with Eleven?
There Are Two N-Words
The Thing Is Is
An Accidental Sanctity
Thanksgiving Misnomers
Sometimes Just Because
Against Strunk & White
Whence Baby Mama?
Este No Es Parqueo
From Pidgins to Creoles
Do Languages Simplify Over Time?
Did Cavebabies Say Mama and Papa?
New Life for Dying Languages
In the Negative
Why Do Languages Have Contractions?
The Incredible Lightness of Being
Is There a Jewish Way of Talking?
Mining Graffiti for Slang
That's Not a Word, Is It?
The Language of Female Friendships
The Euphemism Treadmill
Heyo, Let's Talk About Hamilton
Earlier American English—More Profane, Parochial and Provincial
Like, Why Do We Use Like So Much?
What Had Happened Was Storytelling
Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read
Away in a Penthouse, the Little Lord Jesus
What "The Wizard of Oz" Can Tell Us About "Arrival"
Black Like Us
Language Lessons of Past Presidents
Whither Didst Thou Go?
Why Do People Talk Like That in Old Movies?
Billy and Me Went to the Store. Deal With It.
What Is a Dictionary, Really?
The Invisible Language of Nursery Rhymes
Word Sex
Should Shakespeare Get a Modern English Update?
Are Emoji a Language?
Finding Life in a Dead Language
Rules Are Made to Be Spoken
The Tragedy of English Spelling
Your Brain on Profanity
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot!
The Blaccent: What Does It Mean to Sound Black?
A Wild Goose Chase that Stinks from Fish
Defecation Presentation
Take This Episode with a Grain of Salt
The Full, Firm, Valiant, and Heavy-Hearted Trump
A British Insult Fit for Trump
They Had a Good Year
The Curious Case of a Conspiratorial Coinage
Tears of Joy, Identity, and a Prism of Isms
Sleeping Hobos in a Tent, Rush 'Em!
Snoozefest
Woody Guthrie's Folk Etymology
A Cat, a Coward, and Female Genitalia
A Drone, a Bell, and a Suffix
Seven Centuries of F--ks
An Ambitious Enterprise, Quixotic and Unavailing
How New York Became the Big Apple
Why Do Latin Americans Call English Speakers Gringos?
What Do You Mean What Is It Like?
LinguaFile XIV | Heebie Jeebies
What's the Deal with Translating Seinfeld?
LinguaFile XIII | Bozo
The Pollyanna Hypothesis
LinguaFile XII | Kibitz
M'athchomaroon, Zhey Lajak Vezhven!
LinguaFile XI | Seersucker
EDouble, Double, Toil and Trouble
ELinguaFile X | Pumpernickel
EAnd Infinitum
ELinguaFile IX | Carnival
Sex Workers
ELinguaFile VIII | Quiz
EThe Many Lives of Anna Karenina
ELinguaFile VII | Cockamamie
EExposure to Vape Culture
ELinguaFile VI | Grog
EWhat Does It Mean to Sound Gay?
ELinguaFile V | Get One's Goat
Number Theory
LinguaFile IV | Snark
EMan on the Street
ELinguaFile III | Orange
EDemonstratively Speaking
ELinguaFile II | Lagniappe
EThe Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro
ELinguaFile I | Discombobulate
Lexicon Valley No. 38: Fisherman's Whorf
ELexicon Valley No. 37: Legislating Language
Lexicon Valley No. 36: The Dude Abides
Lexicon Valley No. 35: Learning to Say No
ELexicon Valley No. 34: Ask Not Who Wrote "Ask Not"
ELexicon Valley No. 33: The End of Ambiguity
ELexicon Valley: Special Announcement
Lexicon Valley No. 32: The Burden of Being Right
ELexicon Valley No. 31: Name That Tone
ELexicon Valley No. 30: Eject at High Altitude
Lexicon Valley #29: 30 Million By Four
Lexicon Valley #28: A Brief History of Swearing
ELexicon Valley #27: Accentuate the Positive
ESpecial Announcement
Special Announcement
Lexicon Valley #26: The Fawth Flaw, Part II
ELexicon Valley #25: The Fawth Flaw
Lexicon Valley #24: Get Your Creak On
ELexicon Valley #23: Good Is Up
Lexicon Valley #22: Talking Leaves and Lightning Paper
Lexicon Valley #21: Undocumented Illegals
Lexicon Valley #20: Death to Potatoes
ELexicon Valley #19: Here's to You Mrs. Malaprop
Lexicon Valley #18: The Rate of Exchange
ELexicon Valley #17: Ascent of the A-word
ESpecial Announcement from Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley #16: Our Dying Words
Lexicon Valley #15: Then Is Now, Now and Then
Lexicon Valley #14: By Their Words You Shall Know Them
Lexicon Valley #13: Capturing the Past
ELexicon Valley #12: The Eloquence of Plain English
ELexicon Valley #11: When Being Done Replaced Doing
ELexicon Valley #10: One Giant Leap for Humanity
ELexicon Valley #9: And May He Be a Masculine Bridge
ELexicon Valley #8: When Nouns Grew Genitals
Lexicon Valley #7: A Needle Pulling Thread
Special Announcement from Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley #6: A Meditation on Scrabble
ELexicon Valley #5: Untuning the String
ELexicon Valley #4: Jumpin' Salty in The O
Lexicon Valley #3: Consider the Lamppost
Lexicon Valley #2: A Bundle of Faggots
ELexicon Valley #1: A Sin of Which None Is Guilty