Slow Burn
Slate Podcasts
Slow Burn
Slate Podcasts
Wednesday 05 May 2021 : To start a war of choice, you need a casus belli—a case for war. Why did the Bush administration settle on weapons of mass destruction as...
Wednesday 28 April 2021 : Just hours after 9/11, American decision makers had already started thinking about attacking Iraq. When the anthrax attacks began a month...
Wednesday 21 April 2021 : Eighteen years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq. It’s a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed...
Thursday 15 April 2021 : In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq without provocation. Most Americans supported the war—as did most politicians and intellectuals,...
Friday 29 January 2021 : We're excited to introduce you to I Spy, a production of Foreign Policy. Each week on I Spy, a former intelligence operative from somewhere...
Thursday 29 October 2020 : A few excerpts from Season 4's bonus interviews, and a special Slow Burn announcement. Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn...
Wednesday 22 July 2020 : In the fall of 1991, David Duke looked like a real threat to become the governor of Louisiana. On the sixth and final episode of Slow Burn's...
Wednesday 15 July 2020 : Edwin Edwards was a towering force in Louisiana politics. Buddy Roemer dethroned him and promised to modernize the state. In 1991, David...
Wednesday 08 July 2020 : David Duke wasn’t content being a state representative. He wanted to go national, and in 1990 he expanded his base of white voters to try...
Wednesday 01 July 2020 : In 1989, a Black 12-year-old girl in New Orleans found the David Duke phenomenon, and Duke himself, hard to comprehend. So she called Duke...
Wednesday 24 June 2020 : In 1989, David Duke got a foothold in American politics. To build on that victory, he’d have to fend off a Republican official determined...
Wednesday 17 June 2020 : David Duke dreamed of becoming the charismatic leader who’d bring racism to the masses. He tried to make that dream a reality by seizing...
Wednesday 10 June 2020 : In the first half of the 1980s, it looked like David Duke’s career as a professional racist was over. But the former Ku Klux Klan leader...
Monday 08 June 2020 : In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a white supremacist became an American political phenomenon. David Duke’s rise to power and...
Wednesday 18 March 2020 : Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, plus zero ads. Sign up now to listen and support the show. A special...
Friday 14 February 2020 : Slow Burn's Watergate season is now a TV docu-series, premiering Feb. 16 on Epix. Read more about it in this interview with host Leon...
Friday 27 December 2019 : Hey Slow Burn listeners. We have something special for you this week. It's an episode of Broken Record, a music podcast from Pushkin...
Friday 20 December 2019 : Slate Plus members get a bonus episode of Slow Burn every week. This is a preview of the bonus episodes released this season:—interviews...
Wednesday 18 December 2019 : Questions have swirled around the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls ever since their deaths. Who killed them, and why? How come no...
Wednesday 11 December 2019 : In this week's episode: After Tupac’s murder: Revenge killings in Compton, a day of atonement in Harlem, and Biggie Smalls risks...
Wednesday 04 December 2019 : In this episode: In the summer of 1996, Tupac Shakur seemed to be on the verge of a decision—about what kind of career he wanted to have,...
Saturday 30 November 2019 : Slate Plus members get a bonus episode of Slow Burn every week. To listen to the rest of the bonus episodes this season, sign up for Slate...
Wednesday 27 November 2019 : In this episode: Tupac claims—loudly, publicly, and with very little evidence—that he’s been sleeping with Faith Evans, Biggie’s...
Wednesday 20 November 2019 : In this episode: Gangsta rap becomes a huge money maker. Civil rights activist C. Delores Tucker and conservative culture warrior Bill...
Wednesday 13 November 2019 : In this episode: Biggie releases “Who Shot Ya,” an instant hip-hop classic that Tupac takes as a personal affront. Tupac calls out...
Slow Burn
Slate Podcasts
S5 Ep. 3: Mushroom Clouds
To start a war of choice, you need a casus belli—a case for war. Why did the Bush administration settle on weapons of mass destruction as...
S5 Ep. 2: Terror
Just hours after 9/11, American decision makers had already started thinking about attacking Iraq. When the anthrax attacks began a month...
S5 Ep. 1: The Exile
Eighteen years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq. It’s a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed...
Season 5 Trailer
In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq without provocation. Most Americans supported the war—as did most politicians and intellectuals,...
Introducing: I Spy
We're excited to introduce you to I Spy, a production of Foreign Policy. Each week on I Spy, a former intelligence operative from somewhere...
S4 Extra: What We Can Learn From 1991
A few excerpts from Season 4's bonus interviews, and a special Slow Burn announcement. Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn...
S4 Ep. 6: A Concerned Citizen
In the fall of 1991, David Duke looked like a real threat to become the governor of Louisiana. On the sixth and final episode of Slow Burn's...
S4 Ep. 5: The Road to Hell
Edwin Edwards was a towering force in Louisiana politics. Buddy Roemer dethroned him and promised to modernize the state. In 1991, David...
S4 Ep. 4: A Silent Army
David Duke wasn’t content being a state representative. He wanted to go national, and in 1990 he expanded his base of white voters to try...
Cold Call
In 1989, a Black 12-year-old girl in New Orleans found the David Duke phenomenon, and Duke himself, hard to comprehend. So she called Duke...
S4 Ep. 3: The Nazi and the Republicans
In 1989, David Duke got a foothold in American politics. To build on that victory, he’d have to fend off a Republican official determined...
S4 Ep. 2: Robe and Ritual
David Duke dreamed of becoming the charismatic leader who’d bring racism to the masses. He tried to make that dream a reality by seizing...
S4 Ep. 1: White Knight
In the first half of the 1980s, it looked like David Duke’s career as a professional racist was over. But the former Ku Klux Klan leader...
Season 4 Trailer
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a white supremacist became an American political phenomenon. David Duke’s rise to power and...
S3 Live: Party & Bullshit
Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, plus zero ads. Sign up now to listen and support the show. A special...
Announcement: Slow Burn's Watergate Season on TV
Slow Burn's Watergate season is now a TV docu-series, premiering Feb. 16 on Epix. Read more about it in this interview with host Leon...
Introducing: Broken Record
Hey Slow Burn listeners. We have something special for you this week. It's an episode of Broken Record, a music podcast from Pushkin...
S3 Epilogue: Got a Story to Tell
Slate Plus members get a bonus episode of Slow Burn every week. This is a preview of the bonus episodes released this season:—interviews...
S3 Ep. 8: Dead Wrong
Questions have swirled around the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls ever since their deaths. Who killed them, and why? How come no...
S3 Ep. 7: To Live and Die in LA
In this week's episode: After Tupac’s murder: Revenge killings in Compton, a day of atonement in Harlem, and Biggie Smalls risks...
S3 Ep. 6: Til Somebody Kills You
In this episode: In the summer of 1996, Tupac Shakur seemed to be on the verge of a decision—about what kind of career he wanted to have,...
S3 Ep. 5 Plus: "East vs. West"
Slate Plus members get a bonus episode of Slow Burn every week. To listen to the rest of the bonus episodes this season, sign up for Slate...
S3 Ep. 5: Wrath of a Menace
In this episode: Tupac claims—loudly, publicly, and with very little evidence—that he’s been sleeping with Faith Evans, Biggie’s...
S3 Ep. 4: Against Those Thugs
In this episode: Gangsta rap becomes a huge money maker. Civil rights activist C. Delores Tucker and conservative culture warrior Bill...
S3 Ep. 3: What's Beef?
In this episode: Biggie releases “Who Shot Ya,” an instant hip-hop classic that Tupac takes as a personal affront. Tupac calls out...
