SLOW BURN

On Slate’s Slow Burn podcast, Leon Neyfakh excavates the strange subplots and forgotten characters of recent political history—and finds surprising parallels to the present. Season 1 captured what it felt like to live through Watergate; Season 2 does the same with the saga of Bill Clinton’s impeachment.

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Slow Burn Season 2, Episode 5: Tell-All

Leon Neyfakh

Sept 18, 2018 6:03 PM
Season 2, Episode 4: Alone, Together

Leon Neyfakh

Sept 05, 2018 1:06 PM
Season 2, Episode 3: Cred

Leon Neyfakh

Sept 04, 2018 2:56 PM
Season 2, Episode 2: There There

Leon Neyfakh

Aug 31, 2018 4:21 PM
Deal or No Deal? Read a Transcript of Slow Burn, Episode 1.

Leon Neyfakh

Aug 14, 2018 9:52 AM
The Clinton Impeachment Saga Was Crazier Than We Remember. Welcome to Slow Burn Season 2.

Leon Neyfakh

Aug 08, 2018 5:55 AM
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Watch Slate’s Slow Burn Event, Live at the Watergate Hotel
Feb 08, 2018 11:47 AM
Nixon’s Downfall Was Not Inevitable

Leon Neyfakh

Feb 02, 2018 9:36 AM
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This Family’s Watergate Scrapbook Tells the History of Nixon’s Downfall in Charming Detail
Jan 31, 2018 2:35 PM
How Watergate Became the Greatest Show on Earth, in Episode 4 of Slow Burn

Leon Neyfakh

Dec 19, 2017 9:00 AM
The Campaign That Led to Nixon’s Re-election—and the Watergate Scandal

Leon Neyfakh

Dec 15, 2017 2:59 PM
Why Did It Take So Long Before Anyone Cared About Watergate?

Leon Neyfakh

Dec 12, 2017 6:00 AM
How Nixon Blocked Congress’ Investigation Into Watergate, in Episode 2 of Slow Burn

Leon Neyfakh

Dec 05, 2017 6:00 AM
Watergate Was a Terrible Danger to American Democracy—and Dick Cavett Misses It Like Hell

Jeffrey Bloomer and Leon Neyfakh

Nov 28, 2017 6:07 AM
Watergate Was Way Stranger Than You Realized. Slate’s New Podcast Shows What It Was Like to Live Through It.

Leon Neyfakh

Nov 28, 2017 5:45 AM