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Best of 2025: INVESTIGATION: The 9/11 suspect - part 1

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

Best of 2025: Romance fraud: the cost of loving

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

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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