Are You “Numbing Out”?
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The Pitt’s Fandom Problem
https://slate.com/culture/2026/05/the-pitt-santos-isa-briones-broadway-show-fans-fandom.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Mother Troubles Edition
https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2026/04/anne-hathaway-and-michaela-coel-face-off-in-mother-mary?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Supreme Court Just Twisted Its Cop Immunity Doctrine in an Even More Violent Direction
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/supreme-court-analysis-las-vegas-cop-immunity.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Somehow, Miranda Priestly Returned Edition
https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2026/05/the-devil-wears-prada-2-sees-meryl-streep-and-anne-hathaway-battle-the-forces-of-21st-century-capital?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I Used to Love the Met Gala. Then the World’s Most Evil Couple Ruined It for Everyone.
https://slate.com/culture/2026/05/met-gala-2026-theme-fashion-amazon-jeff-bezos-money.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Mailbag: Spooky Strings, Phone Menu Options, and Eye Rolls
https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2026/05/horror-movie-strings-phone-menu-options-and-eye-rolls?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Abortion Access Is in Chaos. Blame the Supreme Court.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-abortion-pill-access.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Congress’s Purge Era
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/04/congress-is-redressing-and-redistricting?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Author of Yesteryear Knows Why Tradwives Are So Popular
https://slate.com/culture/2026/05/yesteryear-book-movie-caro-claire-burke-interview-tradwife-ballerina-farm.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Guess Whose Rights the Supreme Court Thinks Come With a Stopwatch
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-analysis-kavanaugh-roberts-voting-fail.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Which Writer Coined the Term “Cold War” in a 1945 Essay?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-history-presidents-war-explorers.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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There’s One Huge Flaw With TACO and It May Soon Explode in All of Our Faces
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trump-news-taco-vance-orban-iran-war.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Senate Dems: “So You’re Saying There’s A Chance?”
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/05/how-the-democrats-could-win-four-more-seats-and-still-lose-the-senate?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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No One Could’ve Predicted Trump Likening Himself to Jesus. Except for One TV Show.
https://slate.com/culture/2026/04/trump-jesus-ai-post-pope-the-boys-season-5-homelander.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Star Wars’ Most Interesting Character in Years Was Also Killed Off Decades Ago
https://slate.com/culture/2026/05/star-wars-darth-maul-shadow-lord-disney-plus-review.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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When ChatGPT Learned I Have Cancer, It Started Treating Me Differently. I Wish It Hadn’t.
https://slate.com/technology/2026/05/artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-cancer-diagnosis.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Quiet Collapse of the Internet’s Writing Rooms
https://slate.com/technology/2026/04/ai-online-writing-workshops-communities.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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It’s America’s Most Notorious Unsolved Murder. Two Men Said They Know Who Did It. Then Came the Fallout.
https://slate.com/culture/2026/04/california-crime-history-black-dahlia-news-book.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Republicans Started a Nationwide Fight Over Redistricting. Did They Just Lose?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/virginia-redistricting-vote-trump-midterms.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A Sam Altman for All Seasons
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2026/04/sam-altman-is-one-tough-coworker?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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How to Make Dollars Make Sense
https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2026/04/the-surprising-global-story-of-american-dollars?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Where’s MY Tariff Refund?
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/04/paying-back-corporations-doesnt-solve-trumps-tariff-problem?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Who Is the Longest-Serving Female Senator in U.S. History?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-history-senate-civil-war-presidential-candidates.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Harvey Weinstein Is Being Tried a Third Time in Manhattan for Rape. It Never Should Have Gotten to This Point.
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The Sheep Detectives Is the Movie Ewe Have Been Waiting For
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Trump Is Trying Nixon’s “Madman Strategy.” There Are Three Reasons It Won’t Work.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/iran-trump-war-strait-of-hormuz-peace-talks-madman-theory.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Why Democrats Stand No Chance in the Gerrymandering Wars
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-analysis-democrats-lose-gerrymandering-wars.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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This Looming Tennessee Execution Would Be One of the Most Abhorrent in History. There’s Still Time to Stop It.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/tennessee-execution-worst-history-tony-carruthers.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Wikipedia Is The Most Human Place On The Internet
https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/04/wikipedia-is-the-most-human-place-on-the-internet?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Red States Thought They Could Stop Abortions. They Ended Up Stopping Only the Lifesaving Ones.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/red-states-lifesaving-abortions-bans-supreme-court-dobbs.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A New Supreme Court Leak Shows John Roberts at His Worst
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Time to Impeach Trump Again?
https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2026/04/trumps-iran-threats-constitutional-answer?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I Was in a Music Rut. I Blame the Algorithm. I Found a Simple Way to Break Out Of It.
https://slate.com/technology/2026/04/spotify-music-algorithm-feels-broken.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Taking ICE to Court
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/04/can-ice-officers-face-prosecution?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Bear’s Surprise New Episode Is a Reminder of When the Show Was Good
https://slate.com/culture/2026/05/the-bear-gary-episode-hulu-show-prequel-indiana-fx-richie-mikey.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Why the New Resident Evil Is the Rare Video-Game Movie That Actually Works
https://slate.com/culture/2026/09/resident-evil-movie-2026-game-new-horror-zach-cregger.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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One Judge Has the Guts to Put the Horror of This Supreme Court Term in Context
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/one-judge-supreme-court-horror-show.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Which Stand-Up Comic’s 2025 Netflix Special Was Subtitled Legend of Fluffy?
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A Strange Coalition of Justices Just Gave Wounded Veterans a Major Victory
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-veterans-victory.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The End to the War Against al-Qaida
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/anticlimactic-end-war-against-al-qaida.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Internet Has Kept Katy Perry’s Receipts
https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2026/04/all-the-allegations-against-katy-perry?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What Does the Letter H Stand For in the Acronym for the DASH Diet?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-science-anatomy-physics-nutrition.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Look Upon Trump’s Works, Ye Mighty
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/05/trump-is-in-his-ozymandias-era?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Who Killed Spirit Airlines?
https://slate.com/business/2026/05/spirit-airlines-collapse-democrats-biden.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Problem With Astrology
https://slate.com/technology/2026/05/astrology-science-problem-linda-goodman.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Most Important Issue Facing the Movie Industry, According to Steven Soderbergh
https://slate.com/culture/2026/04/the-christophers-steven-soderbergh-movies-film-ian-mckellen-michaela-coel-ai-black-bag.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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One State Just Made an Unprecedented Move Toward Locking Up Women Who Seek Abortions
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/south-carolina-republicans-prison-abortions.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Is Your Tariff Refund On the Way?
https://slate.com/business/2026/04/trump-tariffs-business-refunds-portal-supreme-court-illegal.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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