This year, the nine justices will address gender-affirming care, ghost guns, and, of course, the November election.
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Political Gabfest: JD Vance's Damning Non-Answer
VP candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance have a “nice” debate; Israel and Hezbollah and Iran fire missiles and 2,000 Lebanese die; and New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty
49 min
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What Next: Vance and Walz Debate
Was that a vision of MAGA-after-Trump?
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What Next: How To Debate JD Vance, From His Las...
To prepare, find someone you’re ready to absolutely loathe, to play Vance.
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What Next: Will Eric Adams Cost the Dems the Ho...
New York Democrats remain in disarray.
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Political Gabfest: North Carolina Crazies
Kamala Harris v. Donald Trump and Tim Walz v. JD Vance, Josh Stein v. Mark Robinson in North Carolina, and College v. Careerism
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What Next: Will North Carolina Pick The President?
The Democrats thought the state was in play. And that was before the Mark Robinson scandal broke.
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What Next TBD: Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answe...
How a rightwing provocateur entered the chat, right into the former president’s inner circle.
22 min
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Slate Money: The Fed Rate Cut is a New Beginning
The Money team discusses the Federal Reserve interest rate cut, Trump’s tax cut campaign blitz, and Axel Springer’s media empire shakeup.
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Political Gabfest: Who Is Responsible For Polit...
Who is inciting political violence? And who is suffering the consequences?
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What Next: The View from Springfield, Ohio
Trump’s words dropped like a bomb on the town. And now residents are left to sort through the wreckage.
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What Next: When Cops Police Your Vote
Election integrity, or voter intimidation?
26 min
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What Next: The Kamala Endorsement (Taylor’s Ver...
If Taylor delivers the Swifties, can it sway the election?
26 min
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A Word: How Kamala Harris Stumped Trump
Even Fox panned Donald Trump’s disastrous debate.
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Political Gabfest: Donald Trump Takes The Bait
Kamala Harris sinks Donald Trump in the presidential debate; Taylor Swift jumps into campaign politics and endorses Harris; and Professor Nathaniel Persily dives deep on election integrity
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What Next: Trump and Harris, Head to Head
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump make their cases to the nation.
24 min
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Political Gabfest: Why Isn’t Harris Doing Better?
Kamala Harris is beating Donald Trump in national polls – but just barely; Israelis are demanding a hostages-ceasefire deal; and Russia and China are interfering in U.S. politics.
55 min
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What Next: Could Arlington Cost Trump Military ...
We’ve reached that stage where the candidates try to prove they’re the ones who truly love the military.
24 min
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Hear Me Out: Presidential Pardons Need Reform
But yes, they’re a force for good, too.
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Political Gabfest: Will Harris and Trump Actual...
A campaign potpourri of the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate, endorsements, and issues; the return of Special Counsel Jack Smith and the federal cases against Trump; and the national housing shortage with Conor Dougherty
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Care & Feeding: Gus Walz Loves His Dad. Here’s ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on the beautiful, the bad, and the ugly.
49 min
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What Next: JD Vance’s Anti-Rizz
Sure, he’s not great in front of a crowd, but he’s also bad one-on-one.
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Hear Me Out: There’s No Lesser-Evil Candidate
There’s the billionaire class, and then there’s the rest of us.
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What Next: Is Kamala Harris Progressive?
Her latest ads show Kamala running to the middle. Do progressives care?
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What Next: The Georgia Election Laboratory
Rapidly changing “election integrity” laws are actually decreasing voters’ trust—and that may be the point.