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10 Episodes of this Podcast:

Slate: The Following of Nutters Gabfest

Published: 2009-11-19 22:49:31

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Trying five terrorists in New York City, confusing, conflicting information about mammograms, and Sarah Palin turns a new page

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DoubleX Gabfest: The Rogue Edition

Published: 2009-11-18 21:42:09

Emily Bazelon and Hanna Rosin, editors of Slate's new women's magazine DoubleX.com, and "New Yorker" writer Margaret Talbot discuss topics in the news. This week: Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue," The Stupak Amendment and the movie "Precious.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Plutonium Blonde Edition

Published: 2009-11-17 21:30:26

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, Julia Turner and guests Troy Patterson and Juliet Lapidos discuss what's so great about Lady Gaga anyway, filmmaker Wes Anderson's latest, and how to translate "nuclear waste" to society some 10,000 years from now.

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Hang Up and Listen: The Should I Punt or Should I Go Edition

Published: 2009-11-16 13:05:58

In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the Colts’ tight win over the Patriots, college football’s BCS rankings, and the Larry Bird/Magic Johnson book When the Game Was Ours.

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Audio Book Club: Raymond Carver

Published: 2009-11-15 13:55:09

Slate's Audio Book Club. Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and Troy Patterson compare two versions of a story by Raymond Carver - "The Bath," and "A Small Good Thing." One version was heavily edited by Gordon Lish. We recommend, but don't insist, that you read the stories before listening to this audio program.

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Slate: The Nightmare Agenda Live Gabfest

Published: 2009-11-13 13:11:45

Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz. This week: Health Care Reform, the Obama Presidency, and the shootings at Fort Hood. Plus, questions from our live audience.

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Slate: Money Talks, Nov 13, 2009

Published: 2009-11-12 13:58:18

The Big Money Editor James Ledbetter leads a discussion with Daniel Gross and Heidi Moore on running bailed out companies, job growth and Senator Dodd's plan for economic recovery.

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Slate: The Culture Gabfest, The Cute vs. Evil Edition

Published: 2009-11-11 00:15:42

In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner take on the film Precious, the novel Black Dogs (about the fall of communism) and the nauseating, exploitative menace otherwise known as cute.

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Hang Up and Listen: The Blood Everywhere Edition

Published: 2009-11-09 21:08:20

In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the best and worst teams in the NFL, CBS’ foray into mixed martial arts, and Bill Simmons’ Book of Basketball.

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Slate: Squawking Hawks

Published: 2009-11-07 16:14:11

Squawking Hawks: The current deficit debate is for the birds, by Daniel Gross

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