Slow Burn

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179 Episodes

  1. One Year: Anita Bryant's War on Gay Rights

    Published: 9/07/2021
  2. The Road to the Iraq War | 8. Shock and Awe

    Published: 16/06/2021
  3. The Road to the Iraq War | 7. Judy

    Published: 9/06/2021
  4. The Road to the Iraq War | 6. Big, if True

    Published: 2/06/2021
  5. The Road to the Iraq War | 5. Four Dicks (and Vice President Cheney)

    Published: 26/05/2021
  6. Extra: More on the Road to Iraq

    Published: 19/05/2021
  7. The Road to the Iraq War | 4. Fighting Words

    Published: 12/05/2021
  8. The Road to the Iraq War | 3. Mushroom Clouds

    Published: 5/05/2021
  9. The Road to the Iraq War | 2. Terror

    Published: 28/04/2021
  10. The Road to the Iraq War | 1. The Exile

    Published: 21/04/2021
  11. Season 5 Trailer: The Road to the Iraq War

    Published: 15/04/2021
  12. Introducing: I Spy

    Published: 29/01/2021
  13. S4 Extra: What We Can Learn From 1991

    Published: 29/10/2020
  14. S4 Ep. 6: A Concerned Citizen

    Published: 22/07/2020
  15. S4 Ep. 5: The Road to Hell

    Published: 15/07/2020
  16. S4 Ep. 4: A Silent Army

    Published: 8/07/2020
  17. Cold Call

    Published: 1/07/2020
  18. S4 Ep. 3: The Nazi and the Republicans

    Published: 24/06/2020
  19. S4 Ep. 2: Robe and Ritual

    Published: 17/06/2020
  20. S4 Ep. 1: White Knight

    Published: 10/06/2020

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In Slow Burn’s 10th season, host Josh Levin takes you back to a crucial inflection point in American history: the moment between 2000 and 2004 when Fox News first surged to power and a whole bunch of people rose up to try and stop it.You’ll hear from the hosts, reporters, and producers who built Fox News, many who’ve never spoken publicly. You’ll also hear from Fox’s biggest antagonists—the political operatives, journalists, and comedians who attacked it, investigated it, and tried to mock it into submission. And you’ll hear from Fox’s victims, who are still coming to terms with how a cable news channel upended their lives. Want more Slow Burn? Join Slate Plus to immediately access all past seasons and episodes of Slow Burn (and your other favorite Slate podcasts) completely ad-free. Plus, you’ll unlock subscriber-exclusive bonus episodes that bring you behind-the-scenes on the making of the show. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Subscribe” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Season 9: Gays Against Briggs A nationwide moral panic, a California legislator who rode the anti-gay wave, and the LGBTQ+ people who stepped up and came out to try and stop him. Season 8: Becoming Justice Thomas Where Clarence Thomas came from, how he rose to power, and how he’s brought the rest of us along with him, whether we like it or not. Winner of the Podcast of the Year at the 2024 Ambies Awards. Season 7: Roe v. Wade The women who fought for legal abortion, the activists who pushed back, and the justices who thought they could solve the issue for good. Winner of Apple Podcasts Show of the Year in 2022. Season 6: The L.A. Riots How decades of police brutality, a broken justice system, and a video tape set off six days of unrest in Los Angeles. Season 5: The Road to the Iraq War Eighteen months after 9/11, the United States invaded a country that had nothing to do with the attacks. Who’s to blame? And was there any way to stop it? Season 4: David Duke America’s most famous white supremacist came within a runoff of controlling Louisiana. How did David Duke rise to power? And what did it take to stop him? Season 3: Biggie and Tupac How is it that two of the most famous performers in the world were murdered within a year of each other—and their killings were never solved? Season 2: The Clinton Impeachment A reexamination of the scandals that nearly destroyed the 42nd president and forever changed the life of a former White House intern. Season 1: Watergate What did it feel like to live through the scandal that brought down President Nixon?

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