Briefing
- Trippy nakedness at Burning Man, the bears of that sell toilet paper, and R.E.M.'s music revolution: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Intelligence Squared debate: Do Grandma's benefits imperil Junior's future? Oct. 4 at NYU.
- The supposed health risks of public nudity.
- Does my insurance cover falling satellites?
- Georgia is about to execute Troy Davis. How many death sentences are actually carried out?
- Suri Cruise is attending a Scientology-influenced school. What's that like?
- A short history of toilet-paper marketing.
- If a criminal swallows the evidence, how do police get it out of him?
- Joining the mile-high club, an interview with Ahmadinejad, and the decline of 3-D films: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Kweku Adoboli: What's a rogue trader?
- Paying for good press and Pakistani journos in peril: The must-read stories from our ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism.
- Are Americans living in poverty better off today than they were in 1959?
- Slate seeks editorial assistant!
- When do gay kids start "acting gay"?
- How are flight attendants supposed to deal with fornicating passengers?
- Conspiracy theories of 9/11, a bruised Glee star and Perry vs. Romney: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Bin Laden, black sites, and blunders in Iraq: The best, most damning reporting of the 9/11 era, collected by ProPublica
- Men are finished: How you can watch—and participate in—the live Slate/Intelligence Squared debate on Sept. 20 at NYU.
- Are airline tickets cheaper on 9/11?
- Longform.org's Guide to 9/11: Five unforgettable stories from Ground Zero.
- Rick Perry says Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. What would happen if we got rid of it?
- Is it dangerous to smoke Tupac's cremated remains?
- Is the Austin wildfire warming up Dallas and other nearby cities?
- Palinisms: Did she really say that?
- Are more veterans killing themselves today than after Vietnam?
- Longform.org's guide to death penalty: six disturbing stories about the death penalty.
- Dick Cheney's new book, the future of al-Qaida, and erotic capital: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- If you go to school on the equator, when does your summer vacation end?
- Why do women get more autoimmune diseases than men?
- How long should you wait to cut off a trapped limb?
- What would happen to the International Space Station if the astronauts were to leave?
- How often do hurricanes and earthquakes come in pairs?
- Hurricane Irene: Slate's complete coverage of the big storm.
- Hurricane Irene and air conditioners: A study in risk assessment.
- Twin Takeover, Taxing the Poor, and an East Coast Earthquake: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Why does semen glow in the dark?
- Soldiers' Suicides, Big Bailouts, and 9/11 Charity Failures: This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica.
- Steve Jobs resigned as Apple's CEO. When did we start using three letters for corporate honchos?
- Prosecutors dug up a lot of dirt on Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser, Nafissatou Diallo. Is that normal?
- East Coast earthquake: Are D.C. buildings as quake-proof as the ones in L.A.?
- East Coast earthquake: What's the best thing to do in an earthquake, and your other questions answered.
- What will happen to Qaddafi's sons?
- Reduction abortions, why slang words stick, and the fall of the postal service: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Corporate chicanery, government secrecy, and corruption in football: This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica.
- Water dripping from air conditioners: Is it sanitary?
- Corrections from the last week.
- Perry campaign: What happens back home when the governor goes on the trail?
- Muammar Qaddafi is using Scud missiles. Why do so many dictators do the same?
- Rick Perry carries a gun while running. How does that work?
- Palinisms: Did she really say that?
- To Rick Perry, which is worse—an atheist or a Muslim?
- Autofellatio, How to Write Faster, and the Tiniest Countries: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Copycat: Where does the term come from?
- College tours: When did applicants start visiting universities?
- Why are Londoners using baseball bats instead of cricket bats in the riots?
- Does it matter to a company if its stocks lose value?
- Is it important for a golfer to have a great caddie?
- Jumping the White House fence: Why is it so easy?
- A-Rod's poker game is illegal. Is mine, too?
- Can a heat wave make you insane?
- Somalia famine: When does large-scale hunger become a famine, and who decides?
- How they run clinical trials of contraceptives.
- The Kings of Leon canceled their summer tour citing Caleb Followill's exhaustion, but is that an acutal medical diagnosis?
- How nonpartisan is the Congressional Budget Office?
- Slate is looking for a photo/art intern. Here's how to apply.
- Palinisms: Did she really say that?
- How much money is in the federal bank account? These two graphs, updated daily, tell the story.
- Slate is looking for a part-time culture blogger. Here's how to apply.
- Longform.org's guide to the geniuses of haute couture: Five incredible reads about the eccentric men of high fashion.
- Thomas the Imperialist Tank Engine, Christian terrorism and debtpocalypse: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Watermelon seeds: What's the difference between the white and black ones?
- Patent Trolls, Drug Cartels, and Kidney Transplant Patients: This Week's Top MuckReads from ProPublica.
- Did Amy Winehouse die from going cold turkey?
- Slate internships: intern for The Slatest.
- Does Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, have the most common surname in Guinea?
- Amy Winehouse rehab: Can you force someone to get substance-abuse treatment?
- Norway killing spree: Questions about political youth camps, Christian martyrs, and confirmed death tolls.
- Slate on Google+: Google plus accounts of Slate writers.
- Cranky little bastards, carmageddon, and Bachmann's "ex-lesbian" friend: the week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Why Do We Call the Gang of Six a "Gang"?
- Corporations crafting legislation, cheating cops, and how your credit score is made: This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica.
- Michele Bachmann's headaches: Why are migraines more common in women?
- Slate's new, improved iPhone app has slide shows, and lets you save stuff, and doesn't crash. And it's free.
- Phone hacking scandal: Could Sir Paul Stephenson lose his knighthood?
- Slate's hiring: Associate producer for video and podcasting.
- Does the federal government ever bounce a check?
- The Brain Fag Syndrome, Cuddly Men and Harry Potter Virgins: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- World Cup, Stanley Cup, America's Cup: What's with all the dishware trophies?
- Credit rating inflation: The United States might sink all the way to double-A.
- Palinisms: Did she really say that?
- Slate is looking for fall interns in D.C. and New York.
- Are dogs willing to eat the remains of their masters?
- Will climate change make the planet more humid, or just hotter?
- Do pilots have a preference between Boeing and Airbus?
- The great recession: Why are men gaining jobs more quickly than women?
- Driverless cars, Gaza's five-star hotel and the decline of summer jobs: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Silica gel: What happens if I eat it?
- Tabloid phone-hacking scandal: Could it happen here?
- Casey Anthony claims she buried her drowned daughter in the woods. Is DIY burial legal?
- Arab Spring: Join Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State for a "Future Tense" discussion about technology, social media, and democracy.
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's dark, dark eyebrows.
- Slate paid internship: we're hiring an intern specializing in social media and news writing.
- Gay Bars, Sharkonomics, and Living on Groupon
- Fourth of July cookouts: a very brief history.
- How do you choreograph a fireworks show?
- Can fireworks cause a city to violate clean-air standards?
- Corrections from the last week.
- The Moneymaker effect: How online poker got so popular.
- Tom Petty vs. Michele Bachmann: Can he make her quit playing "American Girl"?
- Can Charlie Sheen take back his Mercedes from Natalie Kenly?
- Supreme Court video game ruling: Is it worse for a child to see pornography or graphic violence?
- Doctor shortage: Why can't we just churn out more physicians?
- The Longform.org Guide to Fugitives
- Angry yuppie parents, breast-pumping addicts, and Jose Antonio Vargas: The week's most interesting Slatestories.
- H&H Bagels closes: What makes New York City bagels so superior?
News & Politics
- Falsified medical records and shady dealings at Countrywide: This week's top MuckReads from ProPublica.
- War in Afghanistan: Which side is Pakistan fighting for?
- Intelligence Squared debate: Do Grandma's benefits imperil Junior's future? Oct. 4 at NYU.
- Paul Kagame's Rwanda: Can the African nation have peace and prosperity without freedom?
- Gary Johnson delivers the best line of the GOP debate and becomes a real candidate.
- The Perry-Romney debates: Romney is from Mars, Perry is from Venus.
- Republican presidential debate: The more he debates, the worse Rick Perry gets.
- Ron Suskind's Confidence Men: His book on Obama is as spurious as the ones he wrote about Bush.
- Does my insurance cover falling satellites?
- Riots: Violent unrest has swept Europe and the Middle East. Is America next?
- Palestine's U.N. membership bid: How it could cause an international legal crisis over the potential prosecution of Israeli officials.
- Troy Davis case: Will uncertainty in his case lead to uncertainty about the death penalty?
- Republicans may not like it, but the law says the Fed can do whatever it wants.
- Apparently, men are finished: The fairer sex won big at Tuesday's Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S. debate
- Georgia is about to execute Troy Davis. How many death sentences are actually carried out?
- Rick Perry: Can he ride the cowboy myth to the White House?
- Rick Perry's Christian Israel policy is a gift to Islamic extremists.
- OutServe magazine's gay soldiers: Don't Ask, Don't Tell's repeal allows military members to come out (PHOTOS).
- Ron Suskind's new book about Obama's failure, and other theories.
- Troy Davis execution set for Sept. 21: case proves the fallibility of eye witnesses.
- Men are finished: How you can watch—and participate in—the live Slate/Intelligence Squared debate tonight at NYU.
- Obama's deficit speech: Can he stay angry until next Election Day?
Arts
- HBO: How it revolutionized television.
- Trippy nakedness at Burning Man, the bears of that sell toilet paper, and R.E.M.'s music revolution: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Pearl Jam Twenty reviewed: Cameron Crowe's cloyingly sweet Pearl Jam documentary.
- U.S. Postal Service in trouble? Old advertisements show we once idolized the neighborhood letter carrier.
- Pan Am reviewed: ABC's new Jet-Age drama pays delightful attention to detail.
- Moneyball reviewed: A great sports movie for people who can't stand sports movies.
- R.E.M breaks up: the band sparked the indie revolution.
- The X Factor reviewed: The heir to American Idol arrives.
- Michael Kazin's American Dreamers: Why has the radical left sabotaged itself so often?
- How to consume culture economically: an eight-step guide.
- Artistic legacy: the tricky task of preserving an artist's life and work.
- "Goodbye Billyburg"
- New Girl reviewed: Zooey Deschanel brings her niche sex appeal to the small screen.
- Ken Jennings's Maphead: What makes people map obsessives?
- Lunch with Michael Moore, controversial documentary filmmaker
- A Mandarin Mamma Mia! brings Broadway to Shanghai.
- Stuntmen before Drive: History's great daredevils.
- The craziest runway outfits at New York Fashion Week
- I Don't Know How She Does It reviewed: Sarah Jessica Parker rides the rapids of upper-middle-class parenthood.
- The Playboy Club reviewed: Changing the world, one bunny at a time.
- Whitney and 2 Broke Girls reviewed: how much perky raunchiness can you withstand?
- Drive reviewed: Ryan Gosling's minimalist car-chase movie is painfully suspenseful.
- MFA rankings: Why the Poets & Writers MFA rankings are a sham.
- Das Racist, Lil B., Spaceghostpurrp: Underground rappers are having a banner year.
- Steven Millhauser's We Others: Why a sampling of his amazing stories makes you want a full collection of them.
- I watched every Steven Soderbergh movie.
- Steven Soderbergh's movies, ranked.
- Steven Soderbergh: The shorts, TV shows, plays, and other nonmovie work.
- Up All Night reviewed: the new NBC show may be the first great sitcom about babies.
- Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons finally comes to DVD.
- Citizen Kane on Blu-ray. Buy it. Now.
- "City Aubade"
- Can gelatin be art?
- Alfred Kazin's Journals: Why he called himself a writer, not a critic.
- Talking with Tony Bennett about his new album of duets.
- Mary Timony interview: The Wild Flag guitarist talks about bear masks, Guitar Hero, and her new supergroup.
- In defense of rap rock. Seriously, this is a defense of rap rock.
- Steven Soderbergh's Contagion reviewed: A global pandemic wreaks havoc on Oscar winners.
- Whitney, the New Girl, Two Broke Girls: How do the women of fall TV fare?
- Lady Gaga: pop's leading conservative.
- Sept. 11 anniversary: Images from the aftermath (PHOTOS).
- Antique typewriters (PHOTOS).
- My post 9/11 tour in Iraq.
- The Twin Towers: A slide show of World Trade Center images from different vantage points.
- 9/11 movies: Four brilliant 9/11 films that get overlooked.
- The 9/11 memorial, reviewed.
- "Xenia"
- Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding: Baseball and bliss at a small liberal arts college.
- Photographers reflect on 9/11 and the images that made history.
- Depression fear: How BUtterfield 8 explains the moment we're in.
- Gainsbourg:Une Vie Héroïque: I'd rather watch Music and Lyrics.
- Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom by Catherine Hakim: an interview with the author.
- Dancing With the Stars 2011: World B. Free, Lizzie Borden, and other historical cast members.
- How Ben Jonson's poetic masterpieces found the world by leaving it behind.
- Steven Brill's Class Warfare: What's wrong with the education reformers' diagnosis and cures.
- Breaking bread with Nicholson Baker, America's foremost writer of literary sex novels.
- Ken Loach: Meet one of Britain's most controversial filmmakers.
- MTV's Video Music Awards: A history of insanity.
- William & Catherine: A Royal Romance: In which the actor playing Prince Charles corrects the Queen's pronunciation of Kanye West.
- Brighton Rock reviewed: a new adaptation of Graham Greene's masterpiece.
- Our Idiot Brother reviewed: Paul Rudd is a charming stoner ne'er-do-well.
- Community's "Paradigms of Human Memory:" A salute to the most insanely self-referential 22 minutes in sitcom history.
- Yoga Bitch, Stretch, and Poser: The rise of the yoga memoir.
- Double take: The Lying Game and other shows about identical twins.
- The Secret Life of Pronouns by James Pennebaker:What do "I" and "we" reveal about us?
- Fallingwater turns 75: Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic home gets a book worthy of its magical achievement.
- How Hard Is It To Get a Cartoon Into The New Yorker?
- Grunge nostalgia: Why we should let Kurt Cobain rest in peace.
- Patricia Marx Interview: Starting From Happy writer talks about how to draw lingerie and her old German shepherd, Karl.
- "The Sculptor and His Muse"
- Cathy N. Davidson's Now You See It:Do the young really rule in the Internet era?
- Reduction abortions, why slang words stick, and the fall of the postal service: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Vintage cigarette ads: LIFE returns to a time when smiling babies sold cigarettes. (PHOTOS)
- The Interrupters reviewed: This documentary on Chicago gang violence is the most necessary film of the year.
- Why is Nicholson Baker so obsessed with sex?
- Senna reviewed: a riveting Formula One documentary about the purity of sport.
- The Back to the Future mystery: Do we really know why Doc and Marty McFly were friends?
- How the Chinese edition of my book about the periodic table got such a risqué cover.
- The Hour reviewed: Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai, and Dominic West in a Mad Men-like drama set at the BBC in 1956.
- Phillip Lim, Fashion Designer
- Jonathan Ive, Apple: "A computer absolutely can be sexy."
- Jeanne Gang, Architect
- Ben Fry, Information Designer
- Blu Dot co-founders John Christakos and Maurice Blanks make durable, delightful furniture affordable.
- Slate selects five American designers who are both wildly inventive and incredibly practical.
- "Body of Dreams"
- Willard Sterne Randall's Ethan Allen:How much did land greed shape the American Revolution?
- The joy of watching concerts on morning television.
- Aziz Ansari interview: The 30 Minutes or Less star talks slim-cut suits, Twitter, and Tom Haverford's future.
- 30 Minutes or Less reviewed: One of the great disappointments of my cinematic year.
- Tom Perrotta, Francine Prose, and others on "great books" that aren't great.
- The Help reviewed: A feel-good movie that feels kind of icky.
- Hillbilly Handfishin' reviewed: Come along on this redneck safari.
- Watch the Throne: Who is more grossly materialistic, Kanye or Jay-Z?
- How to write faster.
- Jennifer Egan's A Visit From the Goon Squad: The Slate Audio Book Club for August.
- I watched every Coen brothers movie.
- What is the best Coen brothers movie?
- The short films and ad work of the Coen brothers.
- "Scrub Jays"
- Nicholson Baker's House of Holes: How entranced is American culture by pornography?
- Who stole the Mona Lisa? The world's most famous art heist, 100 years on.
- Author awarded damages for a "malicious" review.
- Lucille Ball: never-before-published images (PHOTOS).
- Jersey Shore Season 4 reviewed: Snooki is in Italy.
- The Change-Up reviewed: Ready for another icky sex comedy?
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes reviewed: an animal-rights manifesto disguised as a prison-break movie.
- Responding to William Pannapacker: Humanities grad students strike back.
- Beijing Welcomes You: What Chinese people are like.
- When security concerns trump architectural grace.
- Celebrity Rehab 2011: I watch it. You should too.
- Tracy Daugherty's Just One Catch and Erica Heller's Yossarian Slept Here: Was Joseph Heller the last of a breed?
- Catch-22: The awful truth people miss about Heller's great novel.
- Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America—interview with author Jeff Ryan.
- "Ghazal of the Goats"
- Martin Amis in Brooklyn: A few local tips for the tennis player and famous author.
- Lunch with Angelina Jolie.
- Almost cast: Who lost iconic roles? (PHOTOS)
- Cowboys & Aliens reviewed: Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford lasso extraterrestrials.
- Blue Smurfs and green Ninja Turtles: The cartoon-character color wheel.
- Should You See Crazy, Stupid, Love?
- Hey, that's my grandpa! A gallery of people rediscovered by relatives generations later on Flickr (PHOTOS).
- Same Name reviewed: watch the still-big-in-Germany David Hasselhoff switch places with a regular David Hasselhoff.
- The Search for Animal Chin: Without Stacy Peralta's path-breaking, kick-flipping skate movie, there would be no X Games.
- My Infamous Life: The audio book of Prodigy's memoir might be the best rap album of the year.
- Amy Winehouse: Why her music will last.
- Thomas the Tank Engine: The popular children's show is sadly nostalgic for British imperialism.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Keats, and the race to make the most of a short life.
- Trey Parker and Matt Stone of The Book of Mormon reinvigorated the musical.
- Richard Martin and Meagan Hennessey, Archeophone Records: Helping us rethink popular music.
- Tina Fey, 30 Rock creator and Saturday Night Live queen, solved comedy's women problem by fighting chauvinism with funny.
- Lauren Dolgen, creator of 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, makes advocacy TV that works.
- Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games trilogy author, is innovative because her dark, bloodthirsty books upend our notions of what young adult fiction should be.
- The Top Right in Culture: Slate selects five American entrepreneurs who are both wildly inventive and incredibly practical.
- Ryan Gosling interview: His definition of manhood, why John Hughes movies make him crave violence, and why his doctor told him to make a comedy after filming Blue Valentine.
- The El Bulli dish-name generator.
- Christopher Krebs' A Most Dangerous Book: How did Tacitus' Germania give Germans such bad ideas?
- Celebrity lifestyle gurus: Can they build brands that outlive their showbiz careers?
- Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh: His meteoric rise and possible fall.
- Cranky little bastards, carmageddon, and Bachmann's "ex-lesbian" friend: the week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Bar Rescue reviewed: Can a sad sports bar be saved?
- Friends With Benefits reviewed: Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis have raunchy softcore sex in astronomically large New York apartments.
- Friends With Benefits: In Hollywood, there's no such thing as platonic friendship.
- Captain America reviewed: the best superhero movie of the summer.
- WTC 9/11: The real problem with putting a photo of the 9/11 attacks on the cover of Steve Reich's new album from Nonesuch.
- "Happy Birthday to You" copyright: Does the most infamous and resented copyright in musical history hold up to scrutiny?
- Three Golden Rules for book reviewing: What are they?
- Food TV: Which cooking show is best?
- Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy reviewed: A shrink who does three-minute sessions via iChat.
- Lisa Kudrow interview: Web Therapy, women in comedy, pleasures of genealogy.
- Horns, harps, and hubcaps: The classical orchestra needs some new instruments.
- "Boy on Crutches"
- Friday Night Lights: Series finale: "It's my turn."
- David S. Reynolds' Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America: Did Harriet Beecher Stowe's book really start the Civil War?
- Michelin Guides: Can the once-revered restaurant bible become relevant again?
- The Brain Fag Syndrome, Cuddly Men and Harry Potter Virgins: The week's most interesting Slate stories.
- Longform.org's guide to castaways: six epic tales of tragedy and survival on the open seas.
- The Outdoor Channel reviewed: Imagine an entire network devoted to dogs jumping off of docks.
- Roseanne's Nuts reviewed: Roseanne Barr's new reality series is the second-worst show on television.
Life
- Iris Krasnow's The Secret Lives of Wives: Is time alone the secret to a happy marriage?
- Longform.org's Guide to Michael Lewis: His best stories about money and/or balls.
- Manhattan Trade School for Girls: Report cards from the 1920s and the stories they tell.
- Burning Man: An alternate universe without brands or money.
- Country collectors: How did wanderlust become a competitive sport?
- Rick Perry and the HPV vaccine, dads and testosterone, and fall TV on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Dear Prudence: My husband had a one-night stand.
- Jeffrey Kluger's The Sibling Effect: The latest book in an emerging canon that fetishizes large broods.
- NFL 2011: What if HGH could cure Peyton Manning?
- Moneyball movie: The numbers are good, but the story is still bunk.
- Oktoberfest: Try these five delicious styles of German beer.
- Suri Cruise is attending a Scientology-influenced school. What's that like?
- Attention is neither a commodity nor a currency, even thought the Web treats it that way.
- Britishisms: cataloging how they're infecting American English.
- Friend or Foe: Should I make my friend shave her head?
- A short history of toilet-paper marketing.
- Dear Prudence: My fiance thinks I'm a virgin, but I'm not.
- Why novelist Chang-rae Lee buys his wine online.
- Dear Prudence: Huntington's disease is tearing my family apart.
- Victoria Heinicke, tennis' first grunter. Plus: Notes on the evolution of grunting.
- Qatar Football Dreams: Is it a humanitarian project or a scheme to buy Africa's best players?
- Wine Drinkers of the World, Unite
- Indochino, J. Hilburn, Blank Label: Great custom shirts you can buy online.
- When do gay kids start "acting gay"?
- Tavi Gevinson Rookie magazine: how it combines fashion and feminism.
- Dear Prudence: My boyfriend is a reformed swinger.
- Battlefield 3: Why aren't there any civilians in military video games?
- 10 strange animal smuggling stories.
- Early flight attendants and their glamorous, groundbreaking world.
- Longform.org's Guide to 9/11: Five unforgettable stories from Ground Zero.
- Dear Prudence: Must I tell my wife I'm bi-sexual?
- Ashley Mears' "Pricing Beauty": What a sociologist learned by moonlighting as a fashion model.
- Soccer player ratings are confusing, erratic, useless … and great.
- 9/11, Ten Years Later: The Odds of Knowing a Victim.
- Dear Prudence: How do we handle our nude neighbor?
- Friend or Foe: How do I handle my office frenemy?
- Economy class is getting better: 10 new reasons to fly coach.
- Can a Great Chef's Cookbook Turn You into a Great Chef?
- If you go to school on the equator, when does your summer vacation end?
- Can Japan Recover? A tour of Sendai, Fukushima and places hit hard by the triple disaster.
- Michael Vick contract: Why does the press overstate the value of NFL deals?
- Campari, Aperol, Fernet, Averna: the pleasures of bitters.
- Dear Prudence: My father-in-law might be a pedophile.
- Elizabeth Abbott's Mistresses: Ten "other women" that changed history. (PHOTOS)
- #becauseof911: New Yorkers share how their lives changed because of 9/11. Tell us your story.
- Dear Prudence: I got my ex-boyfriend fired deliberately.
- Barbecue mania and how to cure it
- A London hotel that offers an insomniac's package.
- Squid hunts, pet chimps, and E.B. White's dead pig: Five fascinating stories about the relationship between humans and animals.
- Letters to the summer tenants: The lament of a self-martyred landlord.
Business & Tech
- Anxiety economics: The story Americans tell about the economy may be more relevant than the numbers that describe it.
- Facebook Ticker: Mark Zuckerberg's terrible plan to get us to share everything we do on the Web.
- Yahoo didn't mean to censor emails about Wall Street protests. The truth is much more insidious.
- Facebook redesign: Hate the new features? You'll like them soon enough.
- Gears of War 3: Bayoneting reptilian humanoids never felt so ... right.
- Who is Debbie Bosanek? Warren Buffett's secretary declines to talk about tax reform.
- Natural scrolling: Why did Apple change the way we scroll?
- Obama's millionaire tax, Warren Buffett, and trillionaires: How long until the world has its first trillionaire?
- Robot economy: Join Slate technology columnist Farhad Manjoo for an event about machines as doctors, lawyers, and creators.
- Netflix Qwikster: The strange logic of the company's decision to divide itself in half.
- A second Great Depression: Eight drastic policy measures necessary to prevent global economic collapse.
- America's decline, China's rise: A fascinating new book argues that the United States has already been eclipsed as the world's dominant economic power.
- Do small businesses actually innovate? A new study suggests very few startup businesses are dynamic.
- The poverty crisis is devastating young Americans. Here's what the president can do about it.
- Kweku Adoboli: What's a rogue trader?
- Facebook Smart Lists: Mark Zuckerberg's genius ability to take other sites' best ideas.
- Transhumanism: Why can't we enjoy being human just a little while longer?
- Michael Arrington, TechCrunch: How the site changed startup culture.
- Sept. 11 anniversary: Can brain research keep us safe?
- Carol Bartz fired: Can the once-great Internet company reclaim its former glory?
- The true cost of 9/11: Trillions and trillions wasted on wars, a fiscal catastrophe, and a weaker America.
- Warren Buffett and Bank of America: Why it's impossible for regular shareholders to get the sweetheart deals that Buffett gets.
- Internet privacy: How network analysis can reveal details you would rather hide.
- The American Kennel Club claims the recession has caused a dognapping crime wave. Is that true?
- Steve Jobs resignation: Farhad Manjoo chats live about the future of Apple.
- New TLD system: Internet bureaucrats, not users or businesses, are in control.
- Steve Jobs resigns: Apple will do amazingly well without its genius CEO.
- Bank of America: Could it fail and start another financial crisis?
- Amazon tablet: How Jeff Bezos can build an iPad competitor.
- Long-term unemployment: Can the Obama administration do anything about it?
- Texas Miracle: Can other states replicate Texas' economic success?
- European debt crisis: If France's economy is in trouble, then all of Europe is at risk.
- Why Obama gets so much love on the Internet
- AudioNote, Notability, and SoundNote note-taking apps, reviewed.
- Downgrade for U.S., but no downgrade for France
- U.S. Postal Service: Will it survive?
- Google cable box: Why the search company won't be able to fix your set-top device.
- Banning incandescent light bulbs isn't the smartest way to tackle global warming.
- Portraits of the best real-world problem solvers in America. (PHOTOS)
- Google's Motorola Mobility acquisition will make it more like Apple.
- Construction Workers: Why a sharp drop in unemployment is not good news.
- Universal broadband should be about control, not just access.
- Is capitalism doomed?
- The Fed, computer trading, and hedge funds: Do they rule the market
- Cyberwar definition: Vote on which scenarios you think qualify as acts of war.
- Cyberwar: The defense community can't figure out how to define it.
- Groupon IPO: Could the company really be worth $30 billion?
- Booting up: Three cheers for computers that start instantly.
- Restaurant websites: Why are they so awful? Which ones are the absolute worst?
- Corporate profits: Can the economy's last bright spot continue to shine?
- Does it matter to a company if its stocks lose value?
- Double-dip recession: European banks and American politicians are both making big mistakes.
- 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web: We dug up some baby pictures. (PHOTOS)
- Double-dip recession: Why our current economic malaise is going to be hard to shake.
- Why the financial markets are tanking.
- Google Instant Pages: Why your computer should be able to read your mind.
- Dollar stores and the recession: You know the economy is in bad shape when customers say dollar stores are too expensive.
- Airbnb horror stories: The vacation rental site reveals the limits of trust online.
- S&P, Moody's, and Fitch: Why are they so hard to kill?
- Fake Facebook Birthdays: What happened when I celebrated my Facebook birthday on July 11. And July 25. And July 28.
Science
- The supposed health risks of public nudity.
- Country collectors: How did wanderlust become a competitive sport?
- A history of map monsters. (IMAGES)
- DSK's Defense
- Pat Robertson on divorce and Alzheimer's: Is it OK to leave your sick wife?
- Transhumanism: There are some places our "wetware" bodies just can't go.
- Copenhagen Consensus and HIV: Bjørn Lomborg's new project to identify the most cost-effective ways to battle the disease.
- Four theories on the death of 3-D.
- The science of pyromania.
- Testosterone and fatherhood: Are men designed to nurture children?
- Gay blood donors: Want to end the ban? Tell us what you do in bed.
- Contagion: Could they really make a vaccine so quickly?
- Rick Perry's HPV vaccinations: a health-care mandate he can get behind.
- 9/11 anniversary: Ten years later, our answer to al-Qaida won't be on Sept. 11.
- Paper versus the iPad: Is taking notes on a tablet computer or a notepad more environmentally responsible?
- How long should you wait to cut off a trapped limb?
- Space debris: Cleaning it up might promote new space technologies.
- Racial profiling and terrorism: If you want to screen Muslims, you'll have to target blacks.
- What would happen to the International Space Station if the astronauts were to leave?
- MADD vs. Rick Berman's American Beverage Institute: Who's right about drunk driving?
- Why does semen glow in the dark?
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Project Nim and the science of chimpanzees.
- El Niño: A new study suggests it may be to blame for nearly a quarter of recent global conflicts.
- East Coast earthquake: Are D.C. buildings as quake-proof as the ones in L.A.?
- East Coast earthquake: What's the best thing to do in an earthquake, and your other questions answered.
Podcasts & Video
- The Political Gabfest on Obama's debt plan, a new, unflattering book about the Obama White House, and the execution of Troy Davis.
- R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It," a YouTube mashup. (VIDEO)
- "Drive," "Two and a Half Men," and Burning Man on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Romney's Iowa Problem (VIDEO)
- Digital Manners: Is it acceptable to use emailed wedding invitations?
- Hang Up and Listen on Dave McKenna and Dan Snyder, Floyd Mayweather, and Taylor Branch's "The Shame of College Sports."
- A weekly Dear Prudence video. (VIDEO)
- The Gabfest on the latest Republican presidential debate, a Democratic loss in New York, and the Jackie O tapes.
- The mad woman who helped shape the Civil War.
- Product placement goes digital (VIDEO).
- Contagion, Anderson Cooper, and the USPS on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Is renaming your Wi-Fi network a good way to send a message to your loud neighbors?
- Hang Up and Listen on the NFL and 9/11, Serena Williams, Michigan-Notre Dame, and a possible Red Sox collapse.
- A weekly Dear Prudence video.
- The Gabfest on the president's jobs speech, the Republican presidential debate, and the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
- Remembering the World Trade Center's best Hollywood cameos.
- 9/11 heroines, gender career preferences, and the new teen magazine Rookie on this week's DoubleX Gabfest podcast
- 9/11 conspiracies, Instagram, and Suits on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Nate Jackson, Chris Kluwe: Hang Up and Listen on the NFL, college football, and the U.S. Open.
- The Gabfest on the president's jobs speech, the politics of disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Irene, and Dick Cheney's memoir.
- CAPTCHA Talks Back (VIDEO).
- Hurricane Irene, Timothy Ferriss, and Beyoncé's baby bump on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Is it impolite to promote yourself to your friends on social media?
- Hang Up and Listen on Usain Bolt, the Little League World Series, international soccer transfers, and Michael Vick.
- A Visit From the Goon Squad:The Slate Audio Book Club.
- A weekly Dear Prudence video.
- The Gabfest on Steve Jobs' retirement, the fall of Muammar Qaddafi, and the Republican presidential race.
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's exoneration, a new report about cohabitation, and the rise of the IUD on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- BBC America's The Hour, the West Memphis Three, and Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: My parents give out my private e-mail address—what should I do about it?
- Hang Up and Listen on the NBA and streetball, the Miami football scandal, and Georgetown's brawl in China.
- Slate's advice columnist Prudence counsels a man whose girlfriend always steals his dessert.
- Rick Perry's presidential bid, President Obama's September economic speech, and fine-tuning the economy, on this week's Political Gabfest podcast.
- "The Help," London riots, and summer reading on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Who gets to announce your big personal news online?
- Hang Up and Listen on the PGA Championship, Texas A&M, sign-stealing, and profiles of jerky athletes.
- The Gabfest on the Republican presidential debate, liberals losing faith in President Obama, and the current economic turmoil.
- Michele Bachmann's Newsweek cover, international adoption, and a controversial hobo-themed wedding on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the state of the book review, and the return of the '90s on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Should you pull the buds out of your ears when your beloved is trying to talk to you?
- Hang Up and Listen's first-ever call-in show.
- Dear Prudence: Math Teacher Full of Tangents (VIDEO)
- The Gabfest on the debt ceiling deal, how it affects Republican presidential candidates, and the economy.
- Gastro Lab: Baby Food for Grown-Ups. (VIDEO)
- The tourists who picnicked during the Battle of Bull Run.
- Breaking Bad, Cowboys & Aliens, and the death of painter Lucian Freud on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manner: Is it right to text while at dinner with your co-workers? What if your boss is doing it too?
- The Gabfest on the debt-ceiling debate, the politically based shootings in Norway, and the bullying of gay students in Minnesota.
- Killer Apps
- Anders Breivik, Amy Winehouse, and the pill for men on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Marc Maron's WTF podcast, the music service Spotify, and Errol Morris' Tabloid on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Are some things better expressed NOT on your Facebook page?
- Hang Up and Listen on pro football's return, the Tour de France, and the debate over paying college athletes.
- A grown woman caught in the middle or her parents' messy divorce seeks guidance from Prudence.
- The Gabfest on the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, Michele Bachmann's migraines, and the scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Google+, and Met exhibit Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: When to leave your smartphone in your pocket.
- Hang Up and Listen on Team USA's Women's World Cup loss to Japan, Craig Robinson's Flip Flop Fly Ball, and Dock Ellis' LSD no-hitter.
- My friend, the klepto? (VIDEO)
- The Gabfest on the debt-ceiling negotiations, Amazon's sales-tax fight in California, and Utah's anti-bigamy laws.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The Audio Book Club discusses.
- Ultimate Harry Potter recap: Everything you need to know about Hogwarts, Voldemort, Hermione, Snape, and Dumbledore. (VIDEO)
- Betty Ford's legacy, In Spite of Everything by Susan Gregory Thomas, and the Jamie Leigh Jones rape case on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Jason Zinoman's guide to fixing modern horror, the film industry's fight against online piracy, and the debate over antidepressants on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Men who love My Little Pony: Is that a thing? (VIDEO)
- Digital Manner: What's the protocol when accepting a friend request on Facebook?
- Hang Up and Listen on Team USA's stirring Women's World Cup win, ballpark fatalities, and locked-out NBA players going overseas.
- The Gabfest on a possible breakthrough in debt ceiling talks, the U.K. newspaper scandal, and the collapsing DSK rape case.
- Monogomy and marriage, Ashton Kutcher's fight with the Village Voice, and 4chan's influential message board /b/ on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on the 2011 Women's World Cup, Bill James' career as a baseball writer, and James' book Popular Crime.
- Digital Manners: Should you share your email password with your spouse?
- Dear Prudence: Flatulent Boyfriend (VIDEO)
- The Gabfest on the president's debt ceiling speech, the rise of Michele Bachmann, and a Supreme Court case on the sale of violent video games to kids.
- DoubleX Gabfest: Michele Bachmann; Mac McClelland on sex, violence, and PTSD; and Bad Teacher.
- Gay bars, Susan Saladoff's Hot Coffee, and Internet dating on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- TV on the Radio's "Second Song," Britney Spears' "Till The World Ends," and other songs to kick-start your day.
- Making a computer from scratch: On this episode of The Hard Way. (VIDEO)
- Digital Manners: Should I tell the person in the next car to stop texting?
- Hang Up and Listen on Mexico's Gold Cup win, the twilight of Derek Jeter and Roger Federer, and the childhood origins of sports fandom.
- Dear Prudence: Imaginary Romance
- Caleb's Crossing: The Audio Book Club discusses Geraldine Brooks' new novel.
- The Gabfest on the president's new Afghanistan strategy, the decision in the Wal-Mart class-action case, and the story of journalist and illegal immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas.
- Page One: Inside the New York Times, libertarian philosopher Robert Nozick, and summer jams to kick-start your day on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Should I respond if I get someone else's email?
- Hang Up and Listen on golf's U.S. Open, the NBA Draft, and the Vancouver riots.
- The Gabfest on the Republican presidential debate, the president's war powers, and schools punishing students for online actions.
- Casey Anthony trial, men waxing, millennials in therapy on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- J.J. Abrams' Super 8, the blockbuster book Go the F**k to Sleep, and the viral video reviving America's battle over bike lanes on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Cooking Show Money Shots: How TV chefs react to their food. (VIDEO)
- Digital Manners: Declaring you're "In a Relationship"? It's complicated.
- Hang Up and Listen on Mavericks-Heat, the Stanley Cup Finals, and Bill Simmons' Grantland.
- Dear Prudence: Facebook Photo Flub (VIDEO).
- The Gabfest on Anthony Weiner, GOP politics in Iowa, and a possible circumcision ban in San Francisco.
- Male Engagement Gifts: Is That a Thing? (VIDEO)
- Streaming Hitler in a chat room.
- Film Socialisme and other "Cultural Vegetables," MTV's Teen Wolf, and the value of a college education on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Can I ignore a tweet with my name on it?
- Hang Up and Listen on Heat-Mavericks, Nadal-Federer, and Buster Posey.
- Dear Prudence: Crack Mom (VIDEO).
- Mitt Romney's presidential run, Rep. Anthony Weiner's tweets, and the national economy on this week's Political Gabfest podcast.
- Silvio Berlusconi, Michele Bachmann's and Sarah Palin's potential White House bids, and Boomers aging gracefully on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Gastro Lab: How to make dessert with potatoes (VIDEO)
- Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life,starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, the death of musician Gil Scott-Heron, and David Mamet's newfound conservatism on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on the 2011 NBA Finals, Jim Tressel's resignation, Barcelona's Champion's League victory, the latest FIFA controversy, and cheerleading as a college sport.
- Digital Manners: When is it all right to hide your party's guest list?
- A guy whose trainer has chronic bad breath seeks seeks guidance from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.
- Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels: The Audio Book Club discusses.
- The Political Gabfest for May 27th, 2011.
- Phoebe Prince case: Flannery Mullins talks to Slate.
- Lady Gaga's Born This Way, Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, and Carmen Callil's resignation over Philip Roth's Man Booker International Prize on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: Is Facebook the right place to say you want to be more than just friends?
- Hang Up and Listen on the history of ESPN, Comcast's challenge to ESPN, and the latest on the financial troubles of the New York Mets.
- Dear Prudence: My man used to be a tramp. (VIDEO)
- Obama's Middle East speech, the GOP primary race, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Killer Apps: Beam photos from camera to computer wirelessly!
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault, Schwarzenegger's secret love child, the rise in vaginoplasty and Roseanne Barr's New York article on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest, the Eurovision Song Contest, and Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Digital Manners: How Late Is Too Late to Text?
- Hang Up and Listen on Heat-Bulls, Jose Bautista, Rick Welts, and the decline of the sports nickname.
- Dear Prudence: Meddlesome Pediatrician? (VIDEO)
- The Political Gabfest for May 13, 2011.
- 3-D printing? The 3-D craze reaches beyond the screen.
- Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Wesley Yang's New York cover story "Paper Tigers," and the Beastie Boys' new album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Bin Laden dead: "Smashing Crayons" ponders how he might haunt the world in his afterlife.
- Digital Manners: Can I split a check with my Groupon coupon?
- Hang Up and Listen on the Lakers' flameout, sports and war, and Jonathan Hock's Off the Rez.
- A weekly Dear Prudence video.
- The Political Gabfest for May 5, 2011.
- Osama Bin Laden's death, the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and the comedy of Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on Heat-Celtics, Robert Lipsyte's An Accidental Sportswriter, and sports and homosexuality.
- A weekly Dear Prudence video.
- The Political Gabfest for April 29, 2011.
- Farhad Manjoo reviews the latest augmented-reality apps for your phone. (VIDEO)
- Tornadoes: Watch storm chasers in Mississippi (VIDEO).
- Title IX and college sports, Obama and his mom, and Kate Middleton and the modern princess on this week's DoubleX Gabfest
- Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein: The Audio Book Club discusses.
- Manners for the Digital Age, with Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe.
- Atlas Shrugged Part 1, Gary Taubes' story "Is Sugar Toxic?," and theCivil War blog Disunion on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Smashing Crayons: The soft regulation of Wall Street and the financial meltdown.
- Hang Up and Listen on the NHL playoffs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the NFL draft.
- A weekly Dear Prudence video.
- The Political Gabfest for April 22, 2011.
- Gastro Lab: What other foods can Thin Mints be used with (VIDEO)?
- Game of Thrones on HBO, Will Ferrell sends off Steve Carell on The Office, and new documentary Bill Cunningham New York on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Why is it that so many actresses talk about food in interviews? (VIDEO)
- Hang Up and Listen on the NBA playoffs, the Sacramento Kings' relocation, The Brady 6, and Justin Duchscherer's depression.
- Dear Prudence: Pushy lawn mower (VIDEO).
- The Political Gabfest for April 15, 2011.
- The Dress-Up President
- Planned Parenthood and the federal budget, Lynn Tilton and women in business, and Hanna on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Sidney Lumet's classic films, Stanley Tucci on PBS' Vine Talk, and Meghan O'Rourke's new memoir The Long Goodbye on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Trick-shot doc: Dr. Denton is more than your family's friendly practitioner. (VIDEO)
- Hang Up and Listen on the Masters, Manny Ramirez, and Derrick Rose.
- The Political Gabfest for April 8, 2011.
- Diablo Canton: The California nuclear power plant that was built near two fault lines (VIDEO).
- Obama 2012: Analyzing the president's first video of his 2012 campaign.
- Hang Up and Listen on the NCAA title game, paying college athletes, and baseball's mythical origins.
- AMC's The Killing, Spike's reality series Coal, and The New Yorker's David Grann on the murder of Rodrigo Rosenberg on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- The Political Gabfest for April 1, 2011.
- Opening Day: Drawing connections between baseball players and politicians (VIDEO).
- Tina Fey's Bossypants, Michele Bachmann for president, and Dukes v. Wal-Mart on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- HBO's Mildred Pierce, Elizabeth Taylor, and the New York Times' paywall on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on VCU and Butler, the Barry Bonds trial, and Lionel Messi.
- Dear Prudence: Giver's remorse (VIDEO).
- Karen Russell's Swamplandia!: The Audio Book Club discusses the novel.
- The Political Gabfest for March 25, 2011.
- Rebecca Black's "Friday," Netflix's House of Cards, and the European Union's "right to be forgotten" on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on the NCAA Tournament, Jim Tressel and Bruce Pearl, and Jonah Keri's The Extra 2%.
- Dear Prudence: Fear of Heights
- Mel Gibson in The Beaver, Das Racist at SXSW, and the latest movie adaptation of Jane Eyre on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Manning Up by Kay Hymowitz, the all-girls Pink Academy preschool, and the Middleton family: On this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Farhad Manjoo reviews apps for public speaking (VIDEO).
- The Political Gabfest for March 16, 2011.
- Dear Prudence: Un-Groomed Nether Regions
- The Fab Five, Runnin' Rebels of UNLV: Hang Up and Listen on the NCAA Tournament, two new sports documentaries, and Zdeno Chara.
- Alone Together; Blood, Bones, & Butter; Moonwalking With Einstein: Vote for the April Slate Audio Book Club selection.
- The Political Gabfest for March 11, 2011.
- Charlie Sheen and domestic violence, Callista Gingrich, NSFG sex survey: On this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- NPR's tedious letter-writers, B. R. Myers' "Moral Crusade Against Foodies," and the mystery of Stephen Metcalf's sleepy shrinks on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on Brandon Davies and the BYU honor code, greedy NFL owners, and North American v. European sports.
- The Political Gabfest for March 4, 2011.
- Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison of Gastro Lab, push the grilled cheese envelope in search of the ultimate. (VIDEO)
- Charlie Sheen's career meltdown, James Franco and Anne Hathaway at the Oscars, and the Justin Bieber documentary Never Say Never on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Charlie Sheen's rants mashed-up with a scene from Two and a Half Men with Jane Lynch.
- Hang Up and Listen on college basketball, Ryan Mallett and Cam Newton, and the Detroit Pistons' revolt.
- Dear Prudence: Crush on My Boss (VIDEO).
- The Political Gabfest for Feb. 25, 2011.
- Slate V: Oscars (VIDEO)
- The New Yorker's piece on Paul Haggis and scientology, FX's series Justified, and the future of marginalia on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on Carmelo Anthony, NFL labor, and Sepp Blatter.
- The Political Gabfest for Feb. 18, 2011.
- Lara Logan attack, a new bullying study, and alleged murderer Julie Schenecker: On this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- MoMA's Abstract Expressionist New York, John Adams' Nixon in China at the Met, and the Westminster Dog Show on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Dear Prudence: Housewarming blues (VIDEO).
- Hang Up and Listen on the San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers, Albert Pujols, the Mets and Bernie Madoff, and an epic hockey fight.
- When Hollywood tackles science.
- Slate V: The Worst Cinematic Crap That's Ever Been Made
- Watson on Jeopardy: IBM's game-show computer got his start on Wheel of Fortune and The Newlywed Game [VIDEO].
- The Political Gabfest for Feb. 11, 2011.
- You're invited to Slate's Political Gabfest in West Lafayette, Indiana! But you have to register for tickets.
- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, shaken baby syndrome and "The Roommate" are discussed on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Vote for Slate's March Audio Book Club selection
- Reagan's centennial, Rupert Murdoch's iPad newspaper The Daily, and the Google Art Project on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on the Super Bowl, the NFL's labor squabbles, and Dan Snyder v. Washington City Paper.
- Banned Super Bowl commercials [VIDEO].
- Egypt Unrest, Health Care Ruling: The Political Gabfest for Feb. 4, 2011.
- What if filmmakers directed the Super Bowl?
- Women and the Egyptian protests, Peggy Orenstein's "Cinderella Ate My Daughter," and couples and finances are discussed on this week's DoubleX Gabfest.
- Jason Statham in The Mechanic, the Onion News Network on IFC, and Jane McGonigal's Reality Is Broken on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on the Pro Bowl, Sidney Crosby's concussion, and football language.
- Dear Prudence advice VIDEO: Two-Timing Woman.
- The Political Gabfest for Jan. 28, 2011.
- Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: The Audio Book Club discusses.
- The 2011 Oscar nominations, IFC's new sketch comedy show Portlandia, and Brock Enright's Videogames Adventure Services on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on the Packers and Steelers, Jay Cutler, Jimmer Fredette, and the Onion's SportsDome.
- Dear Prudence video: In the closet at work.
- Hu Jintao, health care repeal, and Joe Lieberman's retirement: The Political Gabfest for Jan. 21, 2011.
- Miss America Teresa Scanlan's political ambitions, "Darwin's Rape Whistle," and a new book about The Feminine Mystique on this week's DoubleX Gabfest podcast.
- Hang Up and Listen on the NFL playoffs and the Sports Illustrated series "The Black Athlete: A Shameful Story."
- Dear Prudence: Smothering Friend
- The Political Gabfest for Jan. 14, 2011.
- Jared Loughner's parents, Claire Dederer's Poser, and Caitlin Flanagan's "Hazards of Duke" on this week's DoubleX Gabfest podcast.
- Downton Abbey, the censored Huckleberry Finn, and Ted Williams of the "Golden Voice" on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Slate's sports podcast on the NFL playoffs, the BCS title game, Andrew Luck, and Jim Harbaugh.
- House of hoarders.
- The Political Gabfest for Jan. 7, 2011.
- Please join us for a live Political Gabfest on Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
- Blue Valentine, the year in movies, and Google's Ngram database on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Slate's Hang Up and Listen on the NFL playoffs, the Rose Bowl, the NHL's Winter Classic, and Allen Iverson in Turkey.
- Dear Prudence: Singalong Nuisance.
- The Political Gabfest for Dec. 31, 2010.
- 2010: The Year That Wasn't
- Slate's DoubleX Gabfest on the new translation of Madame Bovary.
- Video: Killer Apps With Farhad Manjoo
- Slate's Culture Gabfest on Sofia Coppola's latest film, Somewhere; the best TV shows of 2010; and New Year's resolutions.
- Slate's sports podcast on the rebirth of the Knicks, college football bowl mania, and the UConn women's basketball team's place in history.
- The Coen brothers' True Grit, the case against caps lock, and the death of Captain Beefheart on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Slate's Hang Up and Listen on Giants-Eagles, NBA super-teams, and HBO's 24/7 Penguins Capitals.
- Dear Prudence: Holiday Ingrate
- The Political Gabfest for Dec. 17, 2010.
- Video: Up in Your Business.
- Slate's DoubleX Gabfest on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, John Boehner's crying, and holiday cards.
- Video: Motion Video Games
- Community on NBC, NASA's arsenic scandal, and The King's Speech on this week's Culture Gabfest podcast.
- Slate's Hang Up and Listen on the badness of the NFC West, Jayson Werth's big contract, and ESPNW.
- The Political Gabfest for Dec. 10, 2010.
- The Culture Gabfest, "It's Not Me, It's Me" Edition
- Slate's Hang Up and Listen on Cam Newton, the World Cup in Qatar, LeBron James, and Tiger Woods
- Video: Up in Your Business
- Slate's Culture Gabfest on the new film Burlesque, MFAs and today's writer, and Microsoft's latest gizmo Kinect.
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