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A 19-Year Veteran of the Butterball Turkey Talk Line on How Callers Have Changed This Year

Heather Schwedel

Nov 25, 2020 6:52 PM
An Interview With the Owner of the Sex Shop Next to Four Seasons Landscaping

Rachelle Hampton

Nov 09, 2020 7:40 PM
In Kentucky, a Dog Named Wilbur Has Won a Heated Race to Be a Town’s Mayor

Jane C. Hu

Nov 04, 2020 5:44 PM
Perhaps You’d Like to Read Some Weird International News That Has Nothing Do With the U.S. Election

Rachelle Hampton

Nov 03, 2020 8:16 PM
Who’s Worse: the Person Who Shows Up to the Gate 15 Minutes Before a Flight, or the Early Airport Person?

Slate Staff

Nov 03, 2020 1:17 PM
Which Is Better: Showering and Dirty Clothes, or No Shower and Clean Clothes?

Slate Staff

Oct 30, 2020 3:59 PM
What the Hell Is the “Life Is Good” Brand Doing About 2020?

Cleo Levin

Oct 30, 2020 1:04 PM
Honestly, Is Kim Kardashian Any Worse Than the NBA?

Heather Schwedel

Oct 27, 2020 10:07 PM
That New York Post Story Raises One Legitimate Question: Is Hunter Biden Hot?

Heather Schwedel

Oct 15, 2020 7:20 PM
The Year’s Most Coveted Halloween Decoration Is Actually Worth the Hype

Heather Schwedel

Oct 14, 2020 5:38 PM
What Was Your Last Night Out Before Lockdown?

Laura Bennett

Sept 11, 2020 5:19 PM
What Happened to All Those Pandemic Victory Gardens?

Rebecca Onion

Sept 06, 2020 6:00 AM
Could the Planets Hold Clues to Earthly Crimes? Forensic Astrologers Are on the Case.

Rachael Allen

Sept 03, 2020 5:50 AM
Pornhub’s “Black Lives Matter” Genre and the Industry’s Brash Racism

Gail Dines and Carolyn M. West

July 09, 2020 1:52 PM
The Life-Threatening “Ride” That Action Park Actually Decided to Abandon

Andy Mulvihill and Jake Rossen

July 01, 2020 5:50 AM
I Walked All 1,114 Blocks of My ZIP Code Just to Catalog How People Style Their House Numbers

Dan Kois

June 25, 2020 11:21 AM
Should You Play a Slur in Scrabble? Players Are Having a Heated Debate.

Stefan Fatsis

June 18, 2020 10:25 PM
What Makes the Global Party Circuit Tick? This Model-Turned-Sociologist Got Herself on the List.

Rebecca Onion

June 12, 2020 2:29 PM
How Can You Make It Safe to Go to the Gym Now?

Heather Schwedel

June 08, 2020 2:25 PM
Amusement Parks Are Getting Very Creative in Their Reopening Plans

Dan Kois

May 28, 2020 1:07 PM