Slate Presents: One Year podcast

Slate Presents: One Year

The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were the moments that transformed politics, culture, science, religion, and more? And how does the nation’s past shape our present?

The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were the moments that transformed politics, culture, science, religion, and more? And how does the nation’s past shape our present?

 

#72

Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 6. What Hath We Wrought?

The 2004 presidential race would be the first fully Fox News election—a contest that was f... more

23 Oct 2024

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:01

23 Oct 2024


#71

Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 5. Ludacris Has Been Fired

As Fox News gathered strength, progressive activists turned to comedian Al Franken and fle... more

16 Oct 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:35

16 Oct 2024


#70

Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 4. Beacon of Truth

After 9/11, the Fox News Channel rallied a huge portion of the country around the Bush adm... more

09 Oct 2024

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:12

09 Oct 2024


#69

Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 3. The Other Guy’s Hamburger

For a decade and a half, CNN was peerless and ambitious, and it understood its place in th... more

02 Oct 2024

57 MINS

57:09

02 Oct 2024


#68

Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 2. A Network for Normal People

Before he ran Fox News, Roger Ailes launched a very different kind of channel. America’s T... more

25 Sep 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:05

25 Sep 2024


#67

Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 1. We Report. You Can Suck It.

When the Fox News Channel launched in 1996, critics called it disorganized, incompetent, a... more

18 Sep 2024

57 MINS

57:24

18 Sep 2024


#66

1990: The Angry Death of Kimberly Bergalis

Before 1990, there had never been a documented case of a patient getting HIV from a health... more

21 Dec 2023

56 MINS

56:03

21 Dec 2023


#65

1990: Art on Trial

Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous photographers in the world—and one of the m... more

14 Dec 2023

58 MINS

58:14

14 Dec 2023


#64

1990: Bush vs. Broccoli

In March 1990, a story broke that shocked the nation: George H.W. Bush had banned broccoli... more

07 Dec 2023

40 MINS

40:44

07 Dec 2023


#63

1990: Mandrake the Magician

A middle-aged single dad in Chicago was outraged by all the cigarette billboards popping u... more

30 Nov 2023

50 MINS

50:46

30 Nov 2023


#62

1990: Pizzastroika

Pizza Hut’s adventure in the Soviet Union was unlike any restaurant opening before or sinc... more

22 Nov 2023

57 MINS

57:07

22 Nov 2023


#61

Slow Burn S6 Ep. 1: The Tape

On the night of March 2nd, 1991, at a remote intersection just outside of L.A., four polic... more

03 Nov 2021

45 MINS

45:09

03 Nov 2021