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Magic + Loss

The Best of Slime

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Virginia Heffernan
Jun 10, 2022
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Today's slime toys are not your kid brother's ooey-gooey, neon-green puddles: they're unicorn-colored, calming, ASMR wonders. This week on This is Critical, science journalist Daniel Engber joins Virginia to dig into a contemporary cultural history of slime — and why it's more relevant today than anyone could have predicted.

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