Slate (magazine)

==Podcasts==
{{see also|Panoply Media}}

According to NiemanLab, ''Slate'' has been involved in [[podcast]]s "almost from the very beginning" of the medium.<ref name="NJLab" /> Its first podcast offering, released on July 15, 2005,<ref>{{cite web |title= Slate's Podcasting Guide |url= http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/podcasts/2005/07/slates_podcasting_guide.html |website= Slate|access-date= August 3, 2012}}</ref> featured selected stories from the site read by Andy Bowers, who had joined ''Slate'' after leaving [[NPR]] in 2003.<ref name="NJLab">{{cite web |website= [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]]|title=Slate doubles down on podcasts, courting niche audiences and happy advertisers |url= http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/06/slate-doubles-down-on-podcasts-courting-niche-audiences-and-happy-advertisers/ |last= Phelps |first= Andrew |date= June 4, 2012 |access-date= April 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite news |url= http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/slates-podcast-audience-has-tripled-in-a-year-and-its-bet-on-audio-over-video-continues-to-pay-off/ |title= Slate's podcast audience has tripled in a year, and its bet on audio over video continues to pay off |last= Owens |first= Simon |date= February 6, 2015 |work= [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism|NiemanLab]] |access-date= February 6, 2015}}</ref> By June 2012, ''Slate'' had expanded their lineup to 19 podcasts, with ''Political Gabfest'' and ''Culture Gabfest'' being the most popular.<ref name="NJLab" /> This count had shrunk to 14 by February 2015, with all receiving six million downloads per month.<ref name=":3" /> The podcasts are "a profitable part of [''Slate'''s] business"; the magazine charges more for advertising in its podcasts than in any of its other content.<ref name="NJLab" />

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* ''Amicus'' – legal commentary
* ''Audio Book Club''
* ''Culture Gabfest''
* ''Daily Podcast'' – some of everything
* ''Decoder Ring'' – with Willa Paskin
* ''The Waves'' (formerly ''DoubleX'') – women's issues
* ''Hang Up and Listen'' – sports
* ''Hit Parade'' – pop music history
* ''If Then'' – technology, Silicon Valley, and tech policy
* ''Lexicon Valley'' – language issues
* ''Manners for the Digital Age''
* ''Mom and Dad Are Fighting'' – parenting
* ''Money'' – business and finance
* ''One Year'' – discussion of affairs from a given year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/one-year/ |title=One Year |work=Slate|date=November 17, 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Slate Political Gabfest|''Political Gabfest'']]
* ''Spoiler Specials'' – film discussion
* ''[[Studio 360]]'' – pop culture and the arts, in partnership with [[Public Radio International]]
* ''[[The Gist]]''
* ''[[Thirst Aid Kit]]''
* [[Slow Burn (podcast)|''Slow Burn'']]
* ''Video Podcast''
* ''Trumpcast''
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''Slate'' podcasts have gotten longer over the years. The original ''Gabfest'' ran 15 minutes; by 2012, most ran about 45 minutes.<ref name="NJLab" />