You want to be popular? You want your ideas to be heard? You want to get agreat job? Then Dale Carnegie has the tips for you! His best-selling self-helpvolume How to Win Friends and Influence People has been helping business menfor decades, so we decided to sit down and go over a few of the particulars. PSWe've also got a hot tip for anyone loo ...…

We're diving into the Oscar-nominated documentaries and foreign languagefilms. We'll tell you which ones to watch and where to find them, which mightmake you the star of your Oscar party.

Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the film If BealeStreet Could Talk, the TV phenomenon The Masked Singer with The Gist's MikePesca, and finally they deconstruct "The Stew"the viral recipe that'sseemingly everywhere. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses the plagiarismaccusations against Jill Abramson and her new book.…

Richard Wright's Native Son has been called a "pamphlet" or "protest novel" bywriters like James Baldwin, and while there are sections of the book thatjustify the label, Bigger Thomas and his deeds and motivations defy easysummation.

This year's awards were a big night for Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves.It was also a night of strong performances from artists like Janelle Monae andCardi B. And don't forget Diana Ross, who wished herself a happy birthday amonth and a half early.

The Lego Movie was a surprise commercial and critical hit. It starred ChrisPratt as an every-man construction worker named Emmet and Elizabeth Banks as arugged bad ass called Wyldstyle. Together, they saved the Lego world. Now, fiveyears later, Emmet is back and so is the fusillade of cameos, bothsurprising and not so surprising to take on a ne ...…

Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens discuss Netflix's seriesRussian Doll, the best-documentary nominee Minding the Gap, and Vanity Fair'slist of the 25 most influential movie scenes of the last 25 years with RichardLawson and K. Austin Collins. In Slate Plus: Is the Super Bowl in inevitabledecline?…

Another year, another Patriots Super Bowl win. But was it a high scoring game?It was not. In fact, no one had even scored a touchdown when Maroon 5 came outto headline the halftime show. We recap the game, the halftime show, and thecommercials.

Octavia Butler's Dawn imagines a future where humans are a rung lower on thefood chain than usual. And after nearly extinguishing itself in nuclear fire,humanity's only hope is a mysterious alien species that has rescued them forspecious reasons. It's a story about oppression and identity, bolstered byButler's excellent world-building. Note: Tu ...…

What doBohemian Rhapsody, Vice, and Green Book have in common? Two things:one, they're nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars; and two, they're basedon events in the lives of real people. Today, awards season leads us to a wide-reaching conversation on some very different movies.

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the Oscar-nominatedfilm Vice, the Netflix streamer Sexual Education, and what to make of Netflix's"ratings" numbers with Slate TV critic and the host of Decoder Ring, WillaPaskin. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses their own sexual educationexperiences.…

If you've noticed your friends have been a little more "tidy" than usual, oryour thrift store a bit better stocked, it might be because of Netflix. Thestreaming series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo has spurred an organizationalrenaissance. Or at least a conversation about one.

This week's book, which can be enjoyed by kingkillers and non-kingkillersalike, manages to be filled with meta-references to fantasy fiction withoutbeing annoying, which is rare enough to be the stuff of fantasy all by itself.

Odysseus is still old and Telemachus still wants to help kill suitors! Inthese episodes of our show-within-a-show, we cover books 16-19 of EmilyWilson's translation of The Odyssey. We've got beggars, sad dogs, Instagramfilters, and destructive nannies. What more could you want? Remember, somePatreon supporters get these episodes early every mon ...…

Alfonso Cuarn directed the award-winning film Gravityin 2013, and won anOscar for it. Now he's back with a movie that's equally ambitious, and muchmore personal. Roma is inspired by Alfonso Cuarn's childhood, and the movietells the story of Cleo, a nanny and housekeeper in 1970's Mexico City.

Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Sam Adams discuss the dueling Fyre Festivaldocumentaries on Netflix and Hulu with Slate writer Shannon Palus, Glenn Closebest actress vehicle The Wife, and the 2019 Academy Award Nominations. In SlatePlus, Shannon Palus returns to talk about the cultural significance of musicfestivals with Dana and Sam.…

Despite how firm our opinions often seem when we first declare them, therehave been times when they've changed. During our recent live show at theBrooklyn Podcast Festival, we took a moment to talk about some things we havedifferent feelings on now then we once did.

Louise Erdirch's National Book Award-winning novel The Round House is thestory of a thirteen-year-old boy seeking justice for a terrible crime committedagainst his mother. Unfortunately, arcane laws and good old-fashioned racismstand in his way. It's a powerful book about one young man's growth, about thelimits of and hopes for tribal law, and ...…

In 2000, director M. Night Shyamalan presented Unbreakable, the story of twomen whose epic tales of good and evil collided. Then came 2016's Split, astealth sequel. Now, Shyamalan wraps up the trilogy with Glass.

In 2000, director M. Night Shyamalan presented Unbreakable, the story of twomen whose epic tales of good and evil collided. Then came 2016's Split, astealth sequel. Now, Shyamalan wraps up the trilogy with Glass.

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the Golden Globs-conquering film Green Book with Vanity Fair's K. Austin Collins, Netflix'sTidying Up with Marie Kondo, and the art of the pan and the state of the badreview in criticism. In Slate Plus, a bonus question left over from our holidaycall-in show.…

The Masked Singerisn't your everyday singing competition. Based on a SouthKorean format, each week we learn the identity of the elaborately costumed"celebrity" who gets voted off. So far, we've unmasked football player AntonioBrown, and comedian Tommy Chong.

The Masked Singerisn't your everyday singing competition. Based on a SouthKorean format, each week we learn the identity of the elaborately costumed"celebrity" who gets voted off. So far, we've unmasked football player AntonioBrown, and comedian Tommy Chong.

If you can't stand how hot these werewolves are, get out of the kitchen! Thisweek we head back to Forks for the third of the four main Twilight books, andwhile we had kind of made our peace with reading these in our New Moon episode,we question the wisdom of that decision this time around.

After winning an Oscar in 2017 for Moonlight, director Barry Jenkins is backwith If Beale Street Could Talk. This time, he adapts a James Baldwin novel forthe screen.

After winning an Oscar in 2017 for Moonlight, director Barry Jenkins is backwith If Beale Street Could Talk. This time, he adapts a James Baldwin novel forthe screen.

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the court farce TheFavourite, the awards frontrunner Roma, and the year in movies and Slate'sMovie Club. In Slate Plus: the panel discuss their favorite European film.

The Golden Compass has cute soul-Pokmon, multiple universes, and armoredbattle bears, so what's not to like?

Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody unexpectedly won big. So did thanking yourparents and going on just a little too long. It's the wee hours of Mondaymorning, and we are wrapping up this year's big winners and big surprises.

Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody unexpectedly won big. So did thanking yourparents and going on just a little too long. It's the wee hours of Mondaymorning, and we are wrapping up this year's big winners and big surprises.

How is sex different than love? Is privacy a necessity for human identity? Forpolitical identity? DOES GOD POOP? With the help of Milan Kundera, we attemptto answer these questions and more in this bonus episode on his classic novelThe Unbearable Lightness of Being. Also, be sure to listen post-outro toexperience the horrors of a Google Hangout ...…

The sci-fi series Black Mirror has always been about changing technology andits usually dark implications for the future. Its latest episode, Bandersnatch,is itself the result of new technology developed at Netflix. As you watch it,you make your own on-screen choices that determine which of several possibleendings you reach.…

The sci-fi series Black Mirror has always been about changing technology andits usually dark implications for the future. Its latest episode, Bandersnatch,is itself the result of new technology developed at Netflix. As you watch it,you make your own on-screen choices that determine which of several possibleendings you reach.…

Dana Stevens hosts a selection of a few of our favorite Slate Plus bonussegments. You'll hear Steve, Julia and Dana on being reunited with favoritechildhood books, the great book vs. movie debate, the pain of writing a bookwith Sam Anderson, and whether to power through a book you don't like withWilla Paskin.…

Fox canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine at the end of its fifth season, but much toour delight, NBC picked it back up again. It's coming back for a sixth seasonstarting on January 10th, and we thought that would make it just the right timeto revisit our conversation about it.

Fox canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine at the end of its fifth season, but much toour delight, NBC picked it back up again. It's coming back for a sixth seasonstarting on January 10th, and we thought that would make it just the right timeto revisit our conversation about it.

This week we're joined by friend of the show (and one half of the hitnewsletter Two Bossy Dames) Sophie Brookover to talk about Vladimir Nabokov'sepic literary troll novel Pale Fire. The author may be dead and the reader ismost certainly bad, but that doesn't mean we can't have a great time talkingabout Vera Nabokov, John Shade stans, and botch ...…

Today, we look back on our 2018 resolutions to see how we fared, and make somenew ones for the year to come. We also make our fearless pop culturepredictions for the next 12 months, and see how last year's predictions pannedout.

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens gather around the holidayhearth to answer listener questions in our annual call-in special! They answerquestions about hobbies, British imports (with guest June Thomas), how havingchildren has changed their cultural diet, and much more. Due to some technicaldifficulties, we connected to Julia for ...…

The animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse focuses on one of the Spider-People who has come along in the years since the world first met Peter Parker,in 1962. In the film, Miles Morales is a Brooklyn teenager who acquires spider-powers at the same time he discovers that there are other versions of himselfacross alternate dimensions.…

The animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse focuses on one of the Spider-People who has come along in the years since the world first met Peter Parker,in 1962. In the film, Miles Morales is a Brooklyn teenager who acquires spider-powers at the same time he discovers that there are other versions of himselfacross alternate dimensions.…

The whole team at Overdue wishes you and yours a very horny Christmas and asultry New Year with Stefanie London's A Dangerously Sexy Christmas, a bookthat is equal parts dangerous AND sexy!

It's the end of the year, and that makes it the perfect time to talk about thethings we loved the most in 2018. From Black Panther, to Crazy Rich Asians, tothe viral moments you might have missed, we are rounding up our fifteenfavorites of the year. So get ready for a whole lot of recommending.

It's the end of the year, and that makes it the perfect time to talk about thethings we loved the most in 2018. From Black Panther, to Crazy Rich Asians, tothe viral moments you might have missed, we are rounding up our fifteenfavorites of the year. So get ready for a whole lot of recommending.

It's the end of the year, and that makes it the perfect time to talk about thethings we loved the most in 2018. From Black Panther, to Crazy Rich Asians, tothe viral moments you might have missed, we are rounding up our fifteenfavorites of the year. So get ready for a whole lot of recommending.

In 1964, the original Mary Poppins made Julie Andrews a movie star andintroduced a generation to Dick Van Dyke's regrettable Cockney accent. Now,Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda head up Mary Poppins Returns.

The Favourite, set in the early 1700s, tells the story of Britain's Queen Anneand two women who are jostling for her favor. Rachel Weisz plays the Queen'sclose adviser Sarah, and Emma Stone plays an ambitious servant named Abigailwho has her eye on a bigger prize.

What's warm and fuzzy, emotionally manipulative, and desperate for attentionalmost every hour of every day? Linda's dog, sure. But also the HallmarkChannel's endless supply of holiday movies and the competitors nipping at theirheels.

You can't have an abundance of Christmas songs without also having anabundance of opinions about Christmas songs songs we love, songs we hate,songs we love when they're sung by one person, but hate when they're sung byanother. This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, we've convened a special panel totackle our favorite songs for the season.…

Wreck It Ralph was a hit when it came out in 2012. Ralph Breaks theInternetpicks up where that film left off, and is even more ambitious than itspredecessor. This time, Ralphtravels to the Internet which gives the moviea lot of material to work with.