Slate Debates

368 Episodes

1. What Had Happened Was Storytelling

   Published: 1/24/2017
2. Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read

   Published: 1/10/2017
3. Away in a Penthouse, the Little Lord Jesus

   Published: 12/27/2016
4. What "The Wizard of Oz" Can Tell Us About "Arrival"

   Published: 12/13/2016
5. Black Like Us

   Published: 11/29/2016
6. Language Lessons of Past Presidents

   Published: 11/15/2016
7. Whither Didst Thou Go?

   Published: 11/1/2016
8. Why Do People Talk Like That in Old Movies?

   Published: 10/18/2016
9. Billy and Me Went to the Store. Deal With It.

   Published: 10/4/2016
10. What Is a Dictionary, Really?

    Published: 9/20/2016
11. The Invisible Language of Nursery Rhymes

    Published: 9/6/2016
12. Word Sex

    Published: 8/23/2016
13. Should Shakespeare Get a Modern English Update?

    Published: 8/8/2016
14. Are Emoji a Language?

    Published: 7/26/2016
15. Finding Life in a Dead Language

    Published: 7/12/2016
16. Rules Are Made to Be Spoken

    Published: 6/29/2016
17. The Tragedy of English Spelling

    Published: 6/14/2016
18. Your Brain on Profanity

    Published: 5/31/2016
19. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot!

    Published: 5/17/2016
20. The Blaccent: What Does It Mean to Sound Black?

    Published: 5/3/2016