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Hit Parade: Raise Your Glass Edition Part 2
Alecia Moore was so fearless, they put an exclamation point in her name. Pink—a.k.a. P!nk—was full of bravado from the moment she broke at the turn of the millennium, singing a frothy style of teen pop&B. She was promoted as ethnically ambiguous and sold to white and Black audiences as a sassy Total Request Live starlet. She even joined an all-star remake of “Lady Marmalade...
A Word: When a Race War Threat Was Real
Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder broke Black America’s spirit. It never fully healed.
Dear Prudence: My Wife’s Friend Is Not Her Friend. Help!
How can I get my wife to understand that her friend is not a friend at all?
The Waves: We Need to Talk About Postpartum Psychosis
It’s one of the “worst psychiatric emergencies.” But the United State’s system for treatment isn’t working.
Working: When To Let Go of the Creative Dream
For this week’s episode of Working Overtime, hosts June Thomas and Isaac Butler help a listener who’s wondering whether a career in the arts is realistic. Being an illustrator has always been this listener’s dream, but breaking into the industry and finding financial success has been an uphill battle. Do you have a question about creative work? Leave a message at (304) 933-9675 or email us at working@slate.com. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews...
ICYMI: Encore: Someone’s Selling Human Bones on TikTok?
A look into the legalities of the human skeleton market.
Culture Gabfest: Daisy Jones and the Fictional Fleetwood Mac
This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen begin by talking about Daisy Jones & the Six. Then they discuss the new film Palm Trees and Power Lines. Finally, writer Dan Charnas joins to chat about why it is time to finally legalize sampling in music. In Slate Plus, the panel answers a listener question about the practicalities of being a critic. Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements: Dana: The movie Smooth Talk from 1985...
Hear Me Out: We Need to Argue With Each Other
Slate’s new podcast makes the case for fighting without winners.
Working: A ‘70s Crime Classic Gets a Musical Redux
This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Suzan-Lori Parks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose most recent project is a musical theater adaptation of the 1972 Jamaican crime film The Harder They Come. In the interview, Suzan-Lori shares her flexible approach to adaptation and, more specifically, how she was able to deepen the original story of The Harder They Come while honoring the original. She also talks about the unique challenges of adapting a movie into a stage musical...
ICYMI: Pedro Pascal Is the Internet’s Daddy
Fans cannot get enough of his charm, or the way he says, “Baby girl.”