Slow Burn
by Slate Podcasts
Activeen·221 episodes
historysocietyculturedocumentarynewspolitics
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<p>Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present. Through archival tape and first-person interviews, the series uncovers the surprising events and little-known characters lurking within the biggest stories of our time.</p><br><p>Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Slow Burn and your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe from the Slow Burn show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen.</p><br><p><strong>Season 11: Becoming Justice Gorsuch</strong></p><p>How Neil Gorsuch laid the foundation for a SCOTUS supermajority and then became its most unexpected wild card.</p><br><p><strong>Season 10: The Rise of Fox News</strong></p><p>How a cable news channel became a cultural and political force—and how a whole bunch of people rose up to try and stop it.</p><br><p><strong>Season 9: Gays Against Briggs</strong></p><p>A nationwide moral pani