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. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 6 hours 24 minutes

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episode 5: One Year: 1955 - The Cutter Incident


In 1955, the polio vaccine was rightly heralded as a miracle. A medical mystery threatened to derail it.


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 September 28, 2023  35m
 
 

episode 6: Big, if True


Why the U.S. relied on faulty intelligence from a man code-named Curveball.


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 June 2, 2021  46m
 
 

episode 6: One Year: 1955 - The Hiroshima Maidens


A decade after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb, 25 Japanese women put their lives in the hands of American surgeons.


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 October 6, 2023  54m
 
 

episode 7: Judy


Judith Miller made the WMDs case in the New York Times. Does she still stand by her reporting?


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 June 9, 2021  6m
 
 

episode 8: Shock and Awe


Who’s most responsible for the failures of post-war Iraq?


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 June 16, 2021  10m