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Slow Burn

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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 series uncovers the surprising events and little-known characters lurking within the biggest stories of our time.

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Season 11: Becoming Justice Gorsuch

How Neil Gorsuch laid the foundation for a SCOTUS supermajority and then became its most unexpected wild card.

Season 10: The Rise of Fox News

How a cable news channel became a cultural and political force—and how a whole bunch of people rose up to try and stop it.

Season 9: Gays Against Briggs

A nationwide moral pani

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Episodis

228 episodis

  1. Presenting: The Sporkful | Does The World Need A Better Tomato? 37:48
  2. Decoder Ring | The Spooky Saga of the Icelandic Dracula 51:12
  3. Decoder Ring | Clown Panic (Encore) 35:49
  4. Decoder Ring | Gandhi Never Said “Be the Change” 1:00:42
  5. Decoder Ring | Bridget in the Buff 1:03:36
  6. Decoder Ring | What Even Is a “Podcast” Anymore? 59:16
  7. Decoder Ring | McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime, Part 2 (Encore) 43:01
  8. Decoder Ring | McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime, Part 1 (Encore) 33:44
  9. Decoder Ring | The Fight Over Sunlight 52:21
  10. Decoder Ring | Weapons of Map Destruction 48:55
  11. Introducing First America: “Merciless Indian Savages” 37:04
  12. Decoder Ring | We Are Monumentally Bad at Statues 48:50
  13. Decoder Ring | Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia 49:09
  14. Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 3. A Lunch Room for Life 53:59
  15. Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 2. The Stolen Seat 44:43
  16. Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 1. Man With a Plan 36:39
  17. Season 11 Trailer: Becoming Justice Gorsuch 2:09
  18. Decoder Ring | Mailbag: Spooky Strings, Phone Menu Options, and Eye Rolls 54:12
  19. Decoder Ring | How to Make Dollars Make Sense 34:37
  20. Decoder Ring | Who Was Lonelygirl15? 58:50
  21. Decoder Ring | The Johnlock Conspiracy (Encore) 53:12
  22. Decoder Ring | Was "Eyes Wide Shut" a Warning? 47:21
  23. Decoder Ring | A Prune by Any Other Name 44:35
  24. Decoder Ring | Making Coal Cute Again 45:06
  25. Decoder Ring | Is Culture Stuck? 37:06
  26. Decoder Rings Back | Why the Mona Lisa? 25:05
  27. The Slate Culture Gift Guide 48:14
  28. Decoder Ring | Mailbag: Yo-Yos, Sandboxes, and Encores 1:02:11
  29. Decoder Ring | “Videomate: Men” (Encore) 34:33
  30. Decoder Ring | How Protein Muscled Its Way to the Top 40:20
  31. Decoder Ring | Cozy Autumn Mysteries 50:31
  32. Decoder Ring | The Red String Board Conspiracy 46:51
  33. When We All Get to Heaven | Setting the Table 25:12
  34. Decoder Ring | What the Cuck?! 51:43
  35. Decoder Ring | Why Do Actors Act Like They Can Sing? 57:02
  36. Decoder Ring | Jane Fonda’s Workout, Part 2: Hanoi Jane’s VHS Revolution (Encore) 48:29
  37. Decoder Ring | Jane Fonda’s Workout, Part 1: Jane and Leni (Encore) 54:01
  38. Decoder Ring | How to Hunt a Mammoth, and Other Experiments in Archaeology 52:33
  39. Decoder Ring | The Bad-Mouthing of British Teeth 46:31
  40. Decoder Ring | Mailbag: Drug Names, Cow Abductions, and the “Ass-Intensifier” 43:31
  41. Decoder Ring | The White Noise Boom 48:28
  42. Decoder Ring | The Boston Cinematic Universe 43:07
  43. Decoder Ring | The Laff Box (Encore) 31:47
  44. Decoder Ring | The Glaring Problem with Headlights 39:47
  45. Decoder Ring | Off-the-Wall Stories of Off-Label Use 47:31
  46. Decoder Ring | How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul 44:19
  47. Decoder Ring | Spring Break Forever 43:38
  48. Decoder Ring | How Books About Things That Changed the World… Changed the World 51:54
  49. Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest Conversations 29:10
  50. Decoder Ring | Truck Nutz (Encore) 34:59