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Spotlight

A Hotbed of Homosexuality

In the 1970s, California played host to the biggest gay rights fight the country had ever seen.

News & Politics

A Word … With Jason Johnson

Tough, smart, and surprising conversations about race in American politics and society.

Amicus

A legal podcast with Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick.

Hear Me Out

Slate’s discussion and debate podcast.

One Year: 1977

Slate’s new history podcast covers 1977: a year when gay rights hung in the balance, Roots dominated the airwaves, and Jesus appeared on a tortilla.

One Year: 1995

The new season of One Year covers 1995, a year when homegrown terrorists attacked Oklahoma City, America went online, and the Macarena took over nightclubs.

One Year: 1986

The third season of One Year covers 1986, a year when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, the mystery of Al Capone’s vaults got solved, and a sea lion named Herschel caused chaos in Seattle.

One Year: 1942

The fourth season of One Year covers 1942, a year when inflation threatened to sink America, disinformation was rampant, and a worker revolt changed music forever.

One Year: 1955

The new season of One Year covers 1955, a year when a team of 12-year-old Little Leaguers became civil rights pioneers, “weather girls” took the country by storm, and a conspiracy theory about communist brainwashing infected the nation’s politics.

One Year: 1990

The new season of One Year covers 1990, a year when a controversial art exhibit became a First Amendment battleground, a single dad with a secret identity took on Big Tobacco, and President George H.W. Bush spoke out against his most-hated enemy: broccoli.

Political Gabfest

Where sharp political analysis meets informal and irreverent discussion.

The Queen

The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth

Slow Burn: Watergate

What did it feel like to live through the scandal that brought down President Nixon?

Slow Burn: The Clinton Impeachment

A fresh reexamination of the scandals that nearly destroyed the 42nd president and forever changed the life of a former White House intern.

Slow Burn: Biggie and Tupac

How is it that two of the most famous performers in the world were murdered within a year of each other—and their killings were never solved?

Slow Burn: David Duke

America’s most famous white supremacist came within a runoff of controlling Louisiana. How did David Duke rise to power? And what did it take to stop him?

Slow Burn: The Road to the Iraq War

Eighteen months after 9/11, the United States invaded a country that had nothing to do with the attacks. Who’s to blame? And was there any way to stop it?