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Slate V: a video-only online magazine. Each weekday, Slate V adds a new video featuring the irreverent Slate take on the news, politics, the arts, business, and more.
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Summary Judgment for July 25
from Slate V Videocast on July 25, 2008
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Mark Jordan Legan sums up what the critics are saying about some of the big weekend movies: Step Brothers,The X-Files: I Want To Believe, and American Teen.
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Bushisms: American Head Count
from Slate V Videocast on July 24, 2008
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A video version of George W. Bush's accidental wit and wisdom. In this episode, the president shows off his deft command of the latest census data.
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Can Ants Solve Traffic Jams?
from Slate V Videocast on July 22, 2008
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As roads and highways become ever more clogged, Danielle Parsons tells us how researchers are studying ways to learn from nature's own traffic-flow experts: ants.
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Hollywood Autograph Convention
from Slate V Videocast on July 17, 2008
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Where do diming Hollywood stars and D-list celebrities go to reconnect with fans? Slate V visits the Hollywood Collectors Show, the latest stop in our "Conventional Wisdom" series.
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Open Book: Junot Diaz
from Slate V Videocast on July 15, 2008
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Slate V's new interview series features writers discussing their craft. In this episode, Junot Díaz reveals how his immigrant experience and obsessive reading habits shaped his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
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Summary Judgment July 11
from Slate V Videocast on July 11, 2008
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Mark Jordan Legan sums up what the critics are saying about some of the big holiday weekend movies: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Meet Dave, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
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ViceCapades: Absinthe
from Slate V Videocast on July 10, 2008
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Follow Samantha Henig on her journeys into vice subcultures. In this episode, Henig visits an absinthe bar to see whether the so-called "green fairy" lives up to its mystique.
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Predator Politicians
from Slate V Videocast on July 09, 2008
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Hollywood has launched its fair share of actors into the political arena over the years. Now, the obscure 1980s action film "Predator" is about to unleash its third cast member on the road to public office.
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Calories on the Menu
from Slate V Videocast on July 02, 2008
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New York City has mandated that chain restaurants begin listing calorie information on their menus. Christopher Flavelle asks diners in Times Square whether the new menus are likely to change their eating habits.
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Sex Differences: The Science
from Slate V Videocast on July 01, 2008
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Emily Bazelon talks with Amanda Schaffer, writer of a new Slate series on what we really know about the biological and cognitive differences between the sexes.
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Worst Weekend Weather
from Slate V Videocast on June 27, 2008
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If the weekend weather forecast in your area has you down, Slate V offers this as tonic: AccuWeather.com senior meteorologist Jim Kosek's riff on the worst weather of the upcoming weekend.
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Can Apes Really Talk?
from Slate V Videocast on June 26, 2008
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A group of researchers in Iowa is convinced of the extraordinary linguistic capabilities of apes. Contributor Jon Cohen pays a visit and tries to talk to the animals.
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Pin the Flag on Obama
from Slate V Videocast on June 25, 2008
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Barack Obama has produced his first general-election campaign ad. Slate's John Dickerson counts the ways the ad tries to show Obama's love of country.
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The Worst Beach Movies Ever Made
from Slate V Videocast on June 25, 2008
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Sex, monsters, a beach that devours people alive, O.J.'s houseguest. All this and more can be found in one of Hollywood's oldest genres, the beach movie. Mark Jordan Legan introduces us to some of the worst ever made.
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Summary Judgment for June 20
from Slate V Videocast on June 20, 2008
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Mark Jordan Legan sums up what the critics are saying about some of this week's new movie releases: Get Smart, The Love Guru, and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.
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California Gay-Marriage Rush
from Slate V Videocast on June 19, 2008
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California law allowing same-sex marriage went into effect on June 17, and gay couples all over the state lined up to get married. Slate V visited a West Hollywood group-wedding party.
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RIP, Mushroom-Cloud Man
from Slate V Videocast on June 18, 2008
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Tony Schwartz, the man credited with the most famous political ad of all time, died this week. Slate V asked David Schwartz (no relation) of the Museum of the Moving Image to size up the pioneering adman's legacy.
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Mad-Lib Political Ads
from Slate V Videocast on June 17, 2008
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Discover the world of low-cost, do-it-yourself political ads. David Roth sets out to create his very own TV ad with help from Spot Runner. All David needs is a catchy slogan, a few snapshots, and $499.
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