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Stinker Thinker Sep 04, 2019

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Stephen Metcalf and June Thomas are joined by a rotating third chair including Julia Turner, Heather Schwedel, and Benjamin Frisch to discuss Showtime's On Becoming a God In Central Florida, ESPN's The Sterling Affairs, and Taylor Swift's new album, Lover. In Slate Plus the panel discusses sports and their relationship to being a fan.

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Slate Money: Succession, S2E4, "Nazis. Terrible, Right?” Sep 02, 2019

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Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous night’s episode with spoiler-filled glee. This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Slate’s own Allison Benedikt.

Follow: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@abenedikt

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Hit Parade: We Are Stardust, We Are Gold-Certified Aug 30, 2019

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Are you tired of hearing how awe-inspiring the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was 50 years ago for 400,000 lucky hippies in Bethel, New York? Imagine how the people of 1969 felt—specifically the millions who couldn’t go. Yet, in the age before YouTube and social media, the rest of America did catch Woodstock fever—weeks, months, even a year or more later—and they made stars out of many of the performers. By 1970, not only was the Woodstock movie dominating the box office; the soundtrack album and a constellation of Woodstock stars were crushing the Billboard charts.

This month’s Hit Parade offers a new take on Woodstock: To understand its legacy, you have to look at the charts long after August 1969. Chris Molanphy counts down 10 acts—some of them music legends, some of them short-lived hitmakers—who were materially boosted by the festival: from a guy hanging out backstage who got shoved onstage by desperate show organizers; to the band who loathed the whole experience yet saw their albums reach new chart heights; to the young man who arrived with no discography but kicked off one of the longest hitmaking careers in rock history.

Podcast production by Chau Tu.

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Will You Be There For Me? Aug 28, 2019

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This week Stephen Metcalf and Julia Turner are joined by guest host and pop culture aficionado Isaac Butler to discuss the cinematic ode to The Boss, Blinded By The Light. Then they dive into why they love the wacky, unique vibes of AMC’s Lodge 49. And finally, discuss the 25 year old phenomenon that is Friends and why the show’s popularity doesn’t seem to be waning any time soon.

And in Slate Plus, the subtle art of the ice cream order.

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Blinded By the Light

Lodge 49

“The Dud Abides” By Laura Miller

"Attractive People Being Funny While Doing Amusing and Sometimes Romantic Things" by Willa Paskin

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Slate Money: Succession, S2E3, “French Kissing an Armadillo” Aug 26, 2019

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Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the

superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous night’s episode

with spoiler-filled glee. This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Slate’s

resident Succession stan, June Thomas.

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Spoilers: Blinded by the Light Aug 23, 2019

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This week on Spoiler Specials, Sam Adams, Inkoo Kang and Nitish Pahwa spoil Blinded By the Light. How does it compare to past Gurinder Chada fare? Is the movie overstuffed? Does it really want to be a full fledged musical? Listen to them discuss!

Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt. Engineering by Asha Saluja.

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Where'd You Go, Jar Jar Binks? Aug 21, 2019

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June Thomas, Benjamin Frisch, and Rachelle Hampton discuss Richard Linklater's Where'd You Go Bernadette, HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Slate's list of the 25 most important characters of the past 25 Years with Forrest Wickman. In Slate Plus, the panel adds their own picks to the important characters list.

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Slate Money: Succession S2E2: “Don’t Be an A**hole. You Don’t Have Principles.” Aug 19, 2019

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Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous night’s episode with spoiler-filled glee. This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Ryan McCarthy - who, as the former Editor in Chief of Vice, has a slightly personal connection to this episode.

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Culture Gabfest: Super-Abled Aug 14, 2019

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Stephen Metcalf, Aisha Harris, and Gabriel Roth discuss Jennifer Kent's new film The Nightingale, Amazon's streaming show The Boys, and the work of Toni Morrison with Sarah J. Jackson, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Slate Money: Succession S2E1: "Silica Mud Treatment" Aug 12, 2019

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Slate Money is obsessed with Succession. So we're going to be recapping and discussing the latest episode of Season 2 every week.

For the season premiere, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by journalist Edmund Lee to talk about the real world counterparts to the characters, proper yachting attire, and all the best Kendall Roy insults.

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