Where did all the rockstar authors go?

In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2025, this episode was first published in September.Was there another man involved in plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands in 2001? And why did British polic ...  Show more

In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2025, this episode was first published in April.Romance fraud is at an all time high, low-hanging fruit in the growing world of online scams. But what are the methods? Who falls ...  Show more

Amol and Nick review the year in news, featuring the biggest moments and their favourite interviews from the Today programme in 2023. They’re joined by some familiar voices including Chris Mason, Martha Kearney and friend of the pod, statistician Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter. Wit ...  Show more

After 148 days on strike, writers of movies and television are returning to work on Wednesday

 with an agreement in hand that amounts to a major win for organized labor in Hollywood.

John Koblin, a media reporter for The Times, explains why the studios acquiesced t ...

It’s nearly the end of 2023, so time to take a stroll down memory lane and look at what happened in politics over the past year. Adam Fleming is joined by all the Newscast hosts: Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. You can join our Newscast online community here: h ...  Show more

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate staff writers Rebecca Onion and Heather Schwedel dive into girls’ and women’s magazines. Many outlets like Sassy and CosmoGirl have been shuttered or moved to online-only editions. With the recent resurrection of teen magazine icon Atoos ...  Show more