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Death, Sex & Money - AI Confessions: A Chatbot Saved My Life

This week and next, we’re talking to listeners about how chatbots are impacting their personal lives. Anna talks to a parent getting tips on how to raise a teenager, an American abroad who turned to ChatGPT for grief counseling, a therapist who says Claude is better than a lot of her peers, and a husband who says AI broke up their marriage.  Podcast production by Zoe Azulay Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, Slate Plus [http://slate.com/dsmplus]! Members get ad-free podcasts, bonus content on lots of Slate shows, and full access to all the articles on Slate.com. Sign up today at slate.com/dsmplus [http://slate.com/dsmplus]. And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/deathsexmoney/?hl=en] and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our new email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is deathsexmoney@slate.com. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hang Up and Listen - The Quarterback Bargain Bin

Hosts Alex Kirshner [https://www.splitzoneduo.com/], Lindsay Gibbs [https://lindsaygibbs.com/], and Ben Lindbergh [https://www.theringer.com/authors/ben-lindbergh] discuss the unusually high number of NFL teams that are seeking new quarterbacks via trades and free agency amid a weak draft class. Later: Why the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks could be left out of March Madness despite an undefeated regular season. Finally, Lindsay breaks down some of the stranger aspects of the WNBA’s collective-bargaining process—and the behind-the-scenes contributions of Kelsey Plum and Breanna Stewart. In this week’s bonus episode for Slate Plus members, the hosts turn to the Celtics’ improbable (and slightly annoying) dominance despite missing their best player for most of the season.  Quarterback merry-go-round: (10:34): Tua to Atlanta? Miami Redhawks (26:36): 31-0. WNBA CBA (41:52): A Union divided? (Note: time codes are only accurate for Slate Plus members, who listen ad-free.) Get more Hang Up and Listen with Slate Plus! Join for weekly bonus episodes of Hang Up and Listen and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the Hang Up and Listen show page on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hang-up-and-listen/id327595087] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/65uyYjdz34l1411uDzmKlA], or visit slate.com/hangupplus [https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=Hang_Up&utm_source=episode_summary] for access wherever you listen. You can email us at hangup@slate.com [hangup@slate.com]. Podcast production and editing by Kevin Bendis, with production assistance from Joel Meyer. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

ICYMI - Anthropic Isn't Woke

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Slate editor Tony Ho Tran to talk about everyone’s sudden obsession with Anthropic, the AI company that refused to allow the Trump administration to use it for potential domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. Now, the right is branding them as “woke,” and the left is rushing to download Claude, Anthropic’s AI chatbot. Both sides, however, are wrong. An AI company will never be the leader of the #resistance, and stanning them for this choice risks normalizing all of AI’s other problems. This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Culture Gabfest - Elvis Has Entered the Building Edition

On this week’s show, Steve is joined by June Thomas, author of A Place of Our Own [https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-place-of-our-own-six-spaces-that-shaped-queer-women-s-culture-june-thomas/ed5d453217061908?ean=9781541601741&next=t], and Michael Schulman, author of Her Again [https://bookshop.org/p/books/her-again-becoming-meryl-streep-michael-schulman/8ae171fb846a352a?ean=9780062342850&next=t] and Oscar Wars [https://bookshop.org/p/books/oscar-wars-a-history-of-hollywood-in-gold-sweat-and-tears-michael-schulman/242024714473b452?ean=9780062859020&next=t], for some rollicking Gabfest discourse. First up, they get all shook up by EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, the concert documentary directed by Baz Luhrmann from archival Elvis performance footage. Does the master of cinematic spectacle bring the King back to life? Next, they turn to The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, the new sitcom from 30 Rock co-creator Robert Carlock starring Tracy Morgan. Finally, they examine the uncanny and profound phenomena of posthumously-published celebrity interviews—including Eric Dane and Jane Goodall—of Netflix’s Famous Last Words specials. Existential bravery or exploitative trash? They discuss. In an exclusive bonus episode for Slate Plus subscribers, the panel weighs in on the best casting Oscar race. Endorsements Michael: The audiobook of the memoir I Regret Almost Everything [https://www.audible.com/pd/I-Regret-Almost-Everything-Audiobook/B0DJRNN8F3?srsltid=AfmBOoqaLDbBDYcQPL4CEI6SiYk5_vIwwtU5dmXd8IjhH_NivVF3hgvV] by Keith McNally as narrated by the incomparable Richard E. Grant. June: Two niche podcasts featuring conversations with authors of biography including Bio [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/biographers-international-organization/id1454551787], the official podcast of the Biographers International Organization, and Biographers in Conversation [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/biographers-in-conversation/id1733592433]. Also, jumping on the Richard E. Grant train, the BBC parody cooking series Posh Nosh [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAF2737A03726005C] starring Grant and Arabella Weir. Steve: The recent essay “The Stony Dark Within [https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/25/the-stony-dark-within-rilke/]” by Joy Williams about Rainer Maria Rilke in the New York Review of Books. -- Email us your thoughts at culturefest@slate.com [culturefest@slate.com].  Podcast production by Benjamin Frisch. Production assistance by Daniel Hirsch. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

ICYMI - Our Celebrity GoFundMe Dystopia

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by journalist Lorena O’Neil [https://www.lorenaoneil.com/] to talk about the rise in celebrities’ families using GoFundMe to fundraise after their deaths. In her piece for Rolling Stone [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/james-van-der-beek-eric-dane-gofundme-financial-support-1235522277/], Lorena spoke to experts about why GoFundMes like Eric Dane’s and James Van Der Beek’s are becoming so common, but also why we feel so weird about it. If healthcare can financially devastate both celebrities and regular people alike, then who is really to blame?  This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Kate Lindsay. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.