Josh Levin

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Joshua Benjamin Levin (born March 15, 1980) is an American writer and the national editor at Slate magazine. Levin also hosts the magazine's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen.

Biography

Early life

Levin was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Brown University, where he earned degrees in computer science and history.[2]

Career

After graduating from Brown University, Levin began his journalism career as an intern at the Washington City Paper in Washington, D.C. He joined Slate in 2003, where he is currently national editor.[3]

In addition to writing and editing, he hosted SlateTemplate:'s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen with the journalist Stefan Fatsis and Joel Anderson.[4]

During R. Kelly's 2008 trial for child pornography, Levin coined the term "Shaggy Defence" to describe the Kelly's lawyers.[5] The term was based on Shaggy's song "It Wasn't Me" and its lyrics and, is used to describe denying an allegation, despite strong evidence to the contrary.[6]

In 2013, for Slate, Levin wrote an article on Linda Taylor, a woman that was dubbed by the Chicago Tribune and Ronald Reagan as a "welfare queen."[7][8] The article, which explored Taylor's history of criminal acts, some allegedly neglected by the authorities and more serious than those for which she was convicted,[7] was praised by media sources.[9][10] The Washington Monthly described Levin's article as "the most fascinating true crime read of the year."[8]

In 2019, Levin wrote The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. The book expanded upon the life of Linda Taylor and her repeated acts of fraud and theft.[11] The book won the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography).[12] Levin also hosted the Slate podcast, The Queen, a four-episode mini series about Linda Taylor and Reagan Era politics, along with two bonus episodes.[13][14] The Queen was at one time in the process of being adapted into a feature film, to be directed by Bertie Ellwood.[15]

Awards

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  1. ^ Script error: No such module "cite tweet".
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Josh Levin (Tumblr page)". Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Who We Are". Slate. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hang Up and Listen podcast". Slate. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Levin, Josh (2008-05-21). "Day 1: Unveiling the "Shaggy Defense"". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Levin, Josh (2010-06-07). "The Shaggy Defense: America's Favorite New Legal Term". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Levin, Josh. "The Real Story of Linda Taylor, America's Original Welfare Queen". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Slate.com's Josh Levin has published the most fascinating true crime read of the year — and it has an important public policy twist". Washington Monthly. 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jones, Allie. "Everyone Missed the Real Story of Chicago's 'Welfare Queen'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Truth Behind The Lies Of The Original 'Welfare Queen'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Levin, Josh (2019). The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind An American Myth. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-51330-2.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beth Parker (March 12, 2020). "Announcing the 2019 Award Winners". bookcritics.org. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Queen". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Queen Explores the Life of Linda Taylor, America's Original "Welfare Queen"". Podcast Review. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Queen - Production and Contact Info". IMDbPro. July 17, 2025. Archived from the original on July 31, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Awards: Media Reporting/Criticism 2004". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved 31 March 2010.[permanent dead link]

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