Slate: Notes on a Scandal
Mar 9, 2010
Notes on a Scandal: Why pledges to “clean up Washington” never work, by Christopher Beam
Notes on a Scandal: Why pledges to “clean up Washington” never work, by Christopher Beam
In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk about one-and-done college stars, UConn women’s hoops, baseball’s next statistical revolution, and athletes who play despite health risks.
Slate’s Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Health care reform, New York State politics, and the Supreme Court takes on the second amendment
The Big Money presents The Disrupters, a new podcast that zeroes in on companies like Facebook, Google, Hulu and Apple as they change the face of American business. Chadwick Matlin hosts.
In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk about Canada’s Olympic hockey win, the end of the Vancouver Games, the NFL’s scouting combine, and a push for increased HGH testing.
In this week’s Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the singer song-writer Joanna Newsom, the new NBC show “The Marriage Ref” and ten rules for writing fiction.
Going for the Green: Can Vail’s ski resort cut its energy use 10 percent? By Daniel Gross
Hanna Rosin and Jessica Grose of DoubleX and Margaret Talbot of The New Yorker discuss South Korean skater Kim Yu-Na’s Bond girl routine, Michelle Obama’s childhood obesity campaign, and Judith Warner’s new book on medicating children, We’ve Got Issues.
Slate’s Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. This week: Obama’s health care meeting, a verdict on Bush Administration lawyers and torture, and the trials of Toyota
In this week’s Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss this Esquire profile of film critic Roger Ebert, the new animated HBO incarnation of The Ricky Gervias Show, and ChatRoulette the international chat room that pairs you and your webcam with a total stranger.