Slow Burn (podcast)

Slow Burn
Cover art for the second season
Presentation
Hosted by
  • Leon Neyfakh (seasons 1-2)
  • Joel Anderson (seasons 3,6,8)
  • Josh Levin (seasons 4, 10)
  • Noreen Malone (season 5)
  • Susan Matthews (season 7)
  • Christina Cauterucci (season 9)
Genre
FormatAudio
LanguageEnglish
LengthTypically 45 to 60 minutes
Production
ProductionAndrew Parsons
No. of episodes
  • Main series: 45[1]
  • Bonus: 9
Publication
Original releaseNovember 28, 2017
Related
Adaptations
Websiteslate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s1/watergate

Slow Burn is a narrative podcast produced by Slate Plus, a division of Slate. The first two seasons of the podcast are hosted by Leon Neyfakh;[1] the third and sixth seasons of the show are hosted by Joel D. Anderson;[2] and the fourth and fifth seasons are hosted by Josh Levin and Noreen Malone, respectively.

The first season is about the Watergate scandal featuring interviews with people involved in the story. The second is about the Impeachment of Bill Clinton featuring an interview with Linda Tripp, among others. The third season covers the growing tension between rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. in the 1990s.[3] The fourth season covers the rise and fall of David Duke as a political figure in Louisiana in the 1980s and 1990s. Its fifth season explored the road to the Iraq war and debuted on April 21, 2021.[4] The sixth season, beginning on November 3, 2021, covered the police beating of Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots.[5] The seventh season was about Roe v. Wade and the politics of abortion in the 1970s.[6] Its eighth season, which premiered on May 31, 2023, is about the nomination and confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.[7]

The podcast premiered on November 28, 2017, and became "one of the top shows on Apple Podcasts."[8]

  1. ^ a b "Slow Burn". Slate Magazine. 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "'Slow Burn' Season 3 Turns Its Investigative Eye To The Murders Of Biggie And Tupac". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  3. ^ Anderson, Joel (2019-10-29). "Slow Burn". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  4. ^ Blistein, Jon (15 April 2021). "'Slow Burn' Examines the Lead-Up to the Iraq War in Season Five Trailer". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ Gustavo Arellano (2021-12-29). "Almost 30 years later, a podcast remembers when L.A. seethed — and burned". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  6. ^ "Slow Burn Season 7". Slate Magazine. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  7. ^ Staff, Slate (2023-02-24). "Announcing Slow Burn Season 8". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  8. ^ "Have you heard 'Slow Burn'? Slate's Watergate podcast is hot right now". USA Today.