Slow Burn
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In the early 1970s, the future of abortion in America was far from settled. Roe v. Wade would change everything, though few knew it at the time. For the seventh season of Slate’s Slow Burn, host Susan Matthews explores the path to Roe—a time when more Republicans than Democrats supported abortion rights. You’ll hear the forgotten story of the first woman ever to be convicted of manslaughter for having an abortion, the unlikely Catholic power couple who helped ignite the pro-life movement, and a rookie Supreme Court justice who got assigned the opinion of a lifetime.
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S4 Ep. 1: White Knight
Slow Burn
06/10/20 • 51 min
3.0
In the first half of the 1980s, it looked like David Duke’s career as a professional racist was over.
But the former Ku Klux Klan leader had a comeback plan: He was going to keep quiet about his
most hateful beliefs—and run for the Louisiana House of Representatives.
On the first episode of Slow Burn’s fourth season: the campaign that changed David Duke’s life,
and that made him a threat to take control of Louisiana.
Season 4 of Slow Burn is produced by Josh Levin and Christopher Johnson. Mixing by Paul
Mounsey. Slow Burn’s production assistant is Madeline Ducharme and Sophie Summergrad is
the podcast’s assistant producer.
Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, early access to episodes 2 and 3, plus zero ads. Sign up now to listen and support the show.
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Martha
Slow Burn
11/28/17 • 30 min
4.0
People called her crazy, and to be fair she must have seemed crazy. But she was onto something. How Martha Mitchell, the celebrity wife of one of Nixon’s closest henchmen, tried to blow the whistle on Watergate—and ended up ruining her life.
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S6 Ep. 1: The Tape
Slow Burn
11/03/21 • 45 min
5.0
On the night of March 2nd, 1991, at a remote intersection just outside of L.A., four police officers surrounded an unarmed Black man. They struck him 56 times with their batons before arresting him.
Across the street, standing on his second-floor balcony, a bystander named George Holliday recorded the scene on his home video camera.
This is what happened after the camera stopped rolling.
Season 6 of Slow Burn is produced by Joel Anderson, Jayson De Leon, Ethan Brooks, Sophie Summergrad, and Jasmine Ellis.
Mixing by Merritt Jacob.
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S6 Ep. 8: Damages
Slow Burn
12/29/21 • 53 min
5.0
After the largest civil disturbance in American history, Los Angeles faced a daunting task. Dozens of people had been killed and thousands injured. The city had sustained more than a billion dollars in property damage. And the riots had exposed that much of the population faced grinding poverty and hostile policing.
Los Angeles would need to be rebuilt in more ways than one. The question was, what type of city did the people of Los Angeles want? And were they capable of building it?
Season 6 of Slow Burn is produced by Joel Anderson, Jayson De Leon, Ethan Brooks, Sophie Summergrad, and Jasmine Ellis.
Mixing by Merritt Jacob.
To listen to these interviews in full, learn more about the making of this season, skip all the ads, and support Slow Burn, sign up for Slate Plus now. It's only $1 for your first month.
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06/24/20 • 56 min
4.0
In 1989, David Duke got a foothold in American politics. To build on that victory, he’d have to
fend off a Republican official determined to bring him down.
In the third episode of our series: the people who tried to stop David Duke’s rise, and the ones
who accommodated him.
Season 4 of Slow Burn is produced by Josh Levin and Christopher Johnson. Mixing by Paul
Mounsey. Slow Burn’s production assistant is Madeline Ducharme and Sophie Summergrad is
the podcast’s assistant producer.
Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, plus zero ads. Sign up now to listen and support the show.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S6 Ep. 5: The System
Slow Burn
12/08/21 • 45 min
5.0
A year after they were caught on tape beating Rodney King, four LAPD officers went on trial. None were convicted.
How did the prosecution make its case against the cops? How did the officers hold up under questioning? And what happened when the verdict was announced?
Season 6 of Slow Burn is produced by Joel Anderson, Jayson De Leon, Ethan Brooks, Sophie Summergrad, and Jasmine Ellis.
Mixing by Merritt Jacob.
To listen to these interviews in full, learn more about the making of this season, skip all the ads, and support Slow Burn, sign up for Slate Plus now. It's only $1 for your first month.
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S3 Ep. 1: Against the World
Slow Burn
10/30/19 • 35 min
5.0
On the first episode of Slow Burn’s third season: How a violent robbery severed Tupac’s friendship with Biggie Smalls and sparked a bicoastal beef that consumed the world of hip-hop.
In November 1994, while on trial for sexual abuse, Tupac Shakur is shot five times in a New York recording studio. In the aftermath, he starts to suspect that his erstwhile friend Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls, might be involved. It was the start of a beef that would consume the world of hip-hop and end with both men dead.
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S4 Ep. 2: Robe and Ritual
Slow Burn
06/17/20 • 53 min
5.0
David Duke dreamed of becoming the charismatic leader who’d bring racism to the masses. He
tried to make that dream a reality by seizing on America’s most powerful symbol of white
supremacist terror.
On the second episode of Slow Burn’s fourth season: what David Duke’s years as a leader in the
Ku Klux Klan reveal about his beliefs and ambitions, and why Duke decided to leave the Klan
behind.
Season 4 of Slow Burn is produced by Josh Levin and Christopher Johnson. Mixing by Paul
Mounsey. Slow Burn’s production assistant is Madeline Ducharme and Sophie Summergrad is
the podcast’s assistant producer.
Slate Plus members get bonus episodes of Slow Burn every season, early access to episode 3, plus zero ads. Sign up now to listen and support the show.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S6 Ep. 6: No Peace
Slow Burn
12/15/21 • 45 min
5.0
In March 1991, Black people in Los Angeles had seen the videotape of Rodney King being beaten. In November, they’d seen Soon Ja Du sentenced to probation for killing 15-year-old Latasha Harlins. On April 29, 1992, a jury failed to convict the officers who beat King. That was the last straw.
Season 6 of Slow Burn is produced by Joel Anderson, Jayson De Leon, Ethan Brooks, Sophie Summergrad, and Jasmine Ellis.
Mixing by Merritt Jacob.
To listen to these interviews in full, learn more about the making of this season, skip all the ads, and support Slow Burn, sign up for Slate Plus now. It's only $1 for your first month.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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12/05/17 • 33 min
4.0
In 1973, the Senate Watergate hearings gripped the nation. But the first congressional hearings on the scandal took place a year earlier—and featured an angry Texan shouting at four empty chairs.
Slate Plus members get a bonus episode of Slow Burn every week. Find out more at slate.com/slowburn.
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