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What Next TBD | Is Elon Musk Unstoppable?
Inside the DOGE assault on the federal government.
23 min
927
Politcal Gabfest | Elon Musk’s DOGE Rampage
Musk’s DOGE rampages through federal agencies; the gap widens between US prosperity and quality of life; and states confront immigration with their own aggressive approaches.
65 min
928
Care & Feeding | Are Kids Worried About the News?
Slate’s parenting podcast on current events (sorry).
41 min
929
What Next | Guantanamo Bay’s Comeback Is a Warning
The government keeps finding uses for a difficult-to-scrutinize detention camp offshore.
23 min
930
Culture Gabfest: Noah Wyle Lures Us Into The Pitt
This week, the hosts discuss The Pitt, September 5, and cruelty as the style of the GOP.
61 min
931
ICYMI: Will Memes Save 2025?
Meme historian Aidan Walker on which memes changed the internet and why Distracted Boyfriend deserves a closer look.
43 min
932
Outward | Creating A Home for Trans Surgery Rec...
Jules Gill-Peterson sits down with Owen Dempsey from Quest Healing House, a post-op recovery home by and for transmasculine people
39 min
933
What Next | DOGE V. USAID
Is the shuttering of USAID—a small department in the context of the federal budget—just a practice run for something bigger from this administration?
26 min
934
How To! | Rebuild Your Life After a Wildfire
Laurel Braitman on grief, hope, and finding meaning in the ashes.
52 min
935
Death, Sex & Money | The “Chest-Clenching Fear”...
Tasha Adams was relieved when her ex-husband, Stewart Rhodes, received an 18-year sentence for his involvement in the January 6 Capitol riots. Then Trump won again.
52 min
936
What Next | Are Airplane Crashes Inevitable?
The safety systems are there, but is the political will to keep them healthy?
24 min
937
Hang Up | Luka’s A Laker
“Yes, this is real.”
72 min
938
Care & Feeding } Come Join the Internal Rage Club
Slate’s parenting podcast on your thoughts.
44 min
939
What Next | Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda
Can a wave of the president’s pen undo what years of activism have built?
28 min
940
What Next TBD | The DeepSeek Panic
How one app brought the US-China A.I. war out into the open.
22 min
941
Slate Money | The Federal Employee ‘Buyout’ Mak...
Federal employees are sent a resignation offer, Invidia’s stock drops thanks to Deepseek, and bookstores are booming.
47 min
942
ICYMI: So You’ve Fallen For A Smear Campaign
How Justin Baldoni’s PR team has used fandom tactics in its battle against Blake Lively.
31 min
943
Amicus | Trump’s American Takeover
Autocracy doesn’t always start with tanks in the streets.
52 min
944
Dear Prudence | I Hate Getting Gifts. My Spouse...
Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Tuck Woodstock.
32 min
945
What Next TBD | RFK Jr. Is a Feature, Not a Bug
The vaccine skeptic’s nomination reveals the Trump 2.0 approach to public health.
23 min
946
Hit Parade | The Freewheelin’ Edition Part 2
A Complete Unknown depicts Bob Dylan’s ’60s cultural explosion—but all his chart-topping albums came decades later.
56 min
947
Political Gabfest | Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road
Chaos and confusion reigns as the White House freezes and thaws federal grants; surprise app DeepSeek overturns assumptions in the AI sector; and Jonathan Rauch writes on Christianity and democracy.
72 min
948
Care & Feeding | Should We Pull Out Of Preschool?
Slate’s parenting podcast on weaponized accidents.
48 min
949
What Next | Was Tulsi Gabbard Always Like This?
Of all of Trump’s cabinet nominees, the betting lines say she has the worst odds of being confirmed.
25 min
950
Decoder Ring | Jump, Jive and Fail: The ’90s Sw...
Why the swing revival sizzled and then fizzled almost as quickly as it started.
59 min