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Grasping for the Ferguson Effect [09 Jun 2015|12:26am]

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gist/2015/06/the_gist_heather_mac_donald_on_the_ferguson_effect_and_crime_statistics.html

Listen to Episode 273 of Slate’s The Gist:
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Separated at Birth [09 Jun 2015|07:45am]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/06/how_india_and_pakistan_became_enemies_excerpt_from_nisid_hajari_s_midnight.html

Excerpted from Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition by Nisid Hajari, out now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Meals on Wheels [09 Jun 2015|01:00pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/dear_prudence/2015/06/dear_prudence_the_ceo_is_eating_my_lunch_literally.html

Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is online weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up below to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie’s Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.)
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Our Segregated Summers  [09 Jun 2015|02:27pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/06/mckinney_texas_police_misconduct_at_swimming_pool_party_america_s_ugly_history.html

On Friday, a group of black teenagers went to community pool in McKinney, Texas. They were there for a pool party, advertised on social media. At some point, not long after they arrived, nearby residents—who were white—began to harass the swimmers. When one woman told the teens to “go back to Section 8 housing,” a fight broke out. Another resident called the police, who—according to one witness—began to arrest the black teenagers, ignoring the white swimmers in the group.
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Our Segregated Summers  [09 Jun 2015|02:27pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/06/mckinney_texas_police_misconduct_at_swimming_pool_party_america_s_ugly_history.html

On Friday a group of black teenagers went to a community pool in McKinney, Texas. They were there for a pool party, advertised on social media. At some point, not long after they arrived, nearby residents—who were white—began to harass the swimmers. When one woman told the teens to “go back to Section 8 housing,” a fight broke out. Another resident called the police, who—according to one witness—began to arrest the black teenagers, ignoring the white swimmers in the group.
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Tour the $367 Million Jet Soon to be Air Force One [09 Jun 2015|03:58pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2015/06/air_force_one_the_367_million_boeing_747_8_is_selected_as_the_next_presidential.html

This video originally appeared on Business Insider.
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Tour the $367 Million Jet Soon to Be Air Force One [09 Jun 2015|03:58pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2015/06/air_force_one_the_367_million_boeing_747_8_is_selected_as_the_next_presidential.html

This video originally appeared on Business Insider.
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Jurassic Park Science [09 Jun 2015|04:02pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2015/06/jurassic_park_science_review_phil_plait_on_how_spielberg_s_dinosaur_blockbuster.html

The Jurassic Park movie franchise is based on the irresistible idea that some part of dinosaurs survived: If an insect made a meal of dino blood, and was then trapped in amber, the genetic blueprint of the dinosaur could be partially recovered.
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Jurassic Park Science [09 Jun 2015|04:02pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2015/06/jurassic_park_science_review_phil_plait_on_how_spielberg_s_dinosaur_blockbuster.html

The Jurassic Park movie franchise is based on the irresistible idea that some part of dinosaurs survived: If an insect made a meal of dino blood, and was then trapped in amber, the genetic blueprint of the dinosaur could be partially recovered.
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Chuck Todd on Cynicism in the Political Landscape [09 Jun 2015|05:06pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/the_moment/2015/06/chuck_todd_gets_candid_about_politics_washington_and_the_death_of_his_father.html

Listen to this episode of The Moment with guest Chuck Todd:
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There Is No Perfect Personal Finance Victim [09 Jun 2015|05:11pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bills/2015/06/lee_siegel_op_ed_blaming_personal_finance_victims_for_their_moral_failings.html

You can’t say Lee Siegel wasn’t asking for it. A longtime cultural and literary critic, Siegel authored an opinion piece in the New York Times on Sunday in which he expressed pride in defaulting on student loans decades ago. Faced with debt he felt he could not repay without changing professions, the writer walked away from his obligations. It was, he writes, “the only way I could survive without wasting my life in a job that had nothing to do with my particular usefulness to society.”
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Coach Spotify [09 Jun 2015|05:20pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/06/spotify_running_the_new_music_streaming_feature_is_nifty_but_stifling.html

It’s a cool summer evening, and I’m striding along the Hudson River in New York’s West Village, testing whether Spotify and I can keep pace with each other. At the end of May, the popular streaming-music service unveiled Spotify Running, promising to deliver “a non-stop mix of music you love—all perfectly in time with your run.” Running is one of several new updates to Spotify’s streaming app, which has also added podcasts, video clips, and more human-curated playlists in recent weeks—features presumably designed to keep Spotify ahead of the competition. With big-name pop stars like Taylor Swift fleeing Spotify, and Jay Z and Apple making their own forays into the streaming business, Spotify has its work cut out for it. So for its latest app enhancement, the company has begun targeting the vast cult of runners. Which is to say, people like me.
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The “Calm Before the Storm” Transcript [09 Jun 2015|05:22pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/amicus/2015/06/obamacare_abortion_and_gay_marriage_all_teed_up_at_scotus_amicus_transcript.html

We’re posting transcripts of Amicus, our legal affairs podcast, exclusively for Slate Plus members. What follows is the transcript for Episode 19, in which Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick chats about the biggest decisions of the Supreme Court’s 2014 term and checks in with SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein about what’s at stake. Lithwick also chats with Jessica Mason Pieklo, senior legal analyst at RH Reality Check about some of the big abortion cases that might soon be headed to court. To learn more about Amicus, click here.
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Granny Chic [09 Jun 2015|05:39pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/06/gray_hair_don_t_care_why_so_many_young_women_are_going_gray.html

“I get weird looks from women in the age range where they’re just discovering their first grays, but older women—especially those with a whole head of gray—just love it," Anna Muselmann says of her hair. At 22, she’s not prematurely graying; she dyed her brown hair a milky gray in April. “It’s funny to pass grandmas on the street and realize we have the same hair,” she says.
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Menstrual Cups Are a Feminist Issue [09 Jun 2015|05:50pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/06/menstrual_cups_are_a_feminist_issue_they_re_healthy_eco_friendly_and_good.html

Women’s bodies are gross. Or, at least, that’s the core message of most “feminine hygiene” products. Pads and tampons provide “powerful protection” from menstrual blood. One company’s Amazon product description boasts that their pads help “channel fluid deep inside the pad and away from you.” Others market how “discreet” they are. Some products even come scented.
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Menstrual Cups Are a Feminist Issue [09 Jun 2015|05:50pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/06/menstrual_cups_are_a_feminist_issue_they_re_healthy_eco_friendly_and_good.html

Women’s bodies are gross. Or, at least, that’s the core message of most “feminine hygiene” products. Pads and tampons provide “powerful protection” from menstrual blood. One company’s Amazon product description boasts that their pads help “channel fluid deep inside the pad and away from you.” Others market how “discreet” they are. Some products even come scented.
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The Macho Primary [09 Jun 2015|06:00pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/06/the_most_macho_republican_presidential_candidate_who_is_the_manliest_gop.html

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Scott Walker, Easy Rider [09 Jun 2015|09:52pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/podcast_for_america/2015/06/scott_walker_at_a_cattle_call_the_bernie_sanders_poll_and_republican_family.html

Listen to Episode 4 of Podcast for America!
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Sleeping: You’re Doing It Wrong [09 Jun 2015|11:14pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gist/2015/06/maria_konnikova_explains_how_many_hours_of_sleep_we_need_each_night_on_the.html

Listen to Episode 274 of Slate’s The Gist:
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Poor Judgment [09 Jun 2015|11:31pm]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/06/marco_rubio_s_personal_finances_aren_t_the_problem_what_is_troubling_is.html

On Tuesday, we learned Sen. Marco Rubio is bad with money.
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