Slate Presents: The Queen | The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
By Slate Podcasts
The people and struggles that changed America—one year at a time. In each episode, host Josh Levin explores a story you may have forgotten, or one you’ve never heard of before. What were the moments that transformed politics, culture, science, religion, and more? And how does the nation’s past shape our present?
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Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 6. What Hath We Wrought?
Some of the people who built Fox News now wonder how much they’re to blame for what it’s become. -
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 5. Ludacris Has Been Fired
For the American left, Fox News was an enemy to be destroyed—but maybe also emulated. -
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 4. Beacon of Truth
The Daily Show Ridiculed Fox News. And Fox News Loved It. -
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 3. The Other Guy’s Hamburger
Life at CNN was pretty darn sweet. Then came Fox News. -
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 2. A Network for Normal People
The Fox News story began with the death of a dream. -
Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News | 1. We Report. You Can Suck It.
How Fox News went from bumbling to seemingly invincible. -
1990: The Angry Death of Kimberly Bergalis
A young woman claimed she got HIV from her dentist. Was she right? -
1990: Art on Trial
Inside the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that sparked a First Amendment showdown in Cincinnati. -
One Year: 1990 - Bush vs. Broccoli
When the president declared war on a vegetable, the country lost its mind. -
1990: Mandrake the Magician
How a single dad with a secret identity took on Big Tobacco.
