Slate Election

The latest on the upcoming election from Slate's network of shows.

News
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Political Gabfest: 15 Percent of Black Voters S...
Kamala Harris makes her pitch to Black and Hispanic men; Republican senators in Nebraska, Texas, and Florida are in surprisingly close races; and when conspiracies win, hurricane victims lose on disaster relief.
58 min
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What Next: Kamala’s Bid for Black Men’s Votes
Harris’s town hall with Charlamagne Tha God was part of her outreach to a demographic that Democrats once considered a lock.
25 min
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What Next: Gambling on Elections, What Could Go...
Polymarket has people putting their money where their political predictions are.
23 min
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What Next TBD: Trump’s Crypto Gurus
How two shady guys with a history of lawsuits, debts and prison time ended up running the new Trump family crypto venture.
19 min
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Political Gabfest: Is The Blue Wall Cracking?
With Election Day in sight, the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is too close to call; legal experts are worried about a Trump win; and Hurricanes Helene and Milton prove climate change is real.
59 min
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What Next: Getting Out Of Lebanon
Instead of a formal evacuation, Americans in Lebanon are being told to book flights. It’s not going well.
26 min
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What Next: The Supreme Court’s Back. Uh Oh.
This year, the nine justices will address gender-affirming care, ghost guns, and, of course, the November election.
25 min
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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?
25 min
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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.
25 min
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What Next: Will Eric Adams Cost the Dems the Ho...
New York Democrats remain in disarray.
22 min
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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
58 min
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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.
25 min
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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.
45 min
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Political Gabfest: Who Is Responsible For Polit...
Who is inciting political violence? And who is suffering the consequences?
58 min
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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.
28 min
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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
70
A Word: How Kamala Harris Stumped Trump
Even Fox panned Donald Trump’s disastrous debate.
30 min
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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
62 min
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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.
34 min