Slow Burn

Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present. Through archival tape and first-person interviews, the award-winning series uncovers the surprising events and little-known characters lurking within the biggest stories of our time. Want more Slow Burn? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access all episodes of Slow Burn (and your other favorite Slate podcasts) completely ad-free. Plus, you’ll unlock subscriber-exclusive bonus episodes that bring you behind-the-scenes on the making of the show. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Season 8: Becoming Justice Thomas Where Clarence Thomas came from, how he rose to power, and how he’s brought the rest of us along with him, whether we like it or not. Winner of the Podcast of the Year at the 2024 Ambies Awards. Season 7: Roe v. Wade The women who fought for legal abortion, the activists who pushed back, and the justices who thought they could solve the issue for good. Winner of Apple Podcasts Show of the Year in 2022. Season 6: The L.A...

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 43m. Bisher sind 154 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 6 hours 24 minutes

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Decoder Ring: Andrew Wyeth's Secret Nudes (Encore)


Why did America’s favorite artist hide 240 pieces of artwork from his wife?


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   54m
 
 

Decoder Ring: Why Stylists Rule the Red Carpet


Avery Trufelman and Melissa Rivers on what the fashion police hath wrought.


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   42m
 
 

Decoder Ring: The Gen X Soda That Was Just "OK"


Thirty years ago, OK Soda arrived in select stores and offered up a fizzy irony.


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   43m
 
 

Announcing Slow Burn Season 9


Gays Against Briggs


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 February 22, 2024  1m
 
 

Decoder Ring: Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look the Same?


Algorithms are shaping our world, even down to latte art.


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 February 14, 2024  33m
 
 

episode 5: One Year: 1990 - The Angry Death of Kimberly Bergalis


A young woman claimed she got HIV from her dentist. Was she right?


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 December 21, 2023  56m
 
 

episode 4: One Year: 1990 - Art on Trial


Inside the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that sparked a First Amendment showdown in Cincinnati.


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 December 14, 2023  58m
 
 

episode 3: One Year: 1990 - Bush vs. Broccoli


When the president declared war on a vegetable, the country lost its mind.


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 December 7, 2023  40m
 
 

episode 2: One Year: 1990 - Mandrake the Magician


How a single dad with a secret identity took on Big Tobacco.


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 November 30, 2023  50m
 
 

episode 1: One Year: 1990 - Pizzastroika


As the Cold War reached its climax, Pizza Hut got tangled up in geopolitics—and made a lot of dough.


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 November 22, 2023  57m