How To! | Be an Ethical Hater

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Our series on embracing your inner antihero continues with a look at superheroes who definitely don’t wear capes: ethical haters. Slate culture writer Scaachi Koul sits down with How To!’s Carvell Wallace for a conversation about the power of haterade—and why “hating up” distinguishes ethical haters from run-of-the-mill, establishment negativity. Links Mentioned: Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul Scaachi’s Substack, Hater Nation Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler Scamfluencers Missed our first installment? Check out How To Get Sweet, Sweet Revenge. Next week: How to gossip! (But we didn’t tell you that...) How are you exploring your inner antihero? How can we help you? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. This episode was produced by Sophie Summergrad. Our technical director is Merritt Jacob and our supervising producer is Joel Meyer. Get more of How To! with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of How To! and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the How To! show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus for access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.6	I'm okay with disliking stuff and somebody else disagreeing with me, and I can still sit in a room with you, as long as the thing we're not disliking is like someone's humanity.
1:09.3	Welcome to how to. I'm Carver Wallace. You know, every once in a while,
1:13.7	I find myself thinking about the time Michelle Obama delivered the line, when they go low,
1:19.2	we go high to thunderous applause at the 2016 Democratic Convention. I think it sticks in my mind now
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