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What Next: America’s Avocados; Mexico’s Problem.
The American love of guacamole is tied to water shortages, cartel violence, and even earthquakes across the border.
23 min
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What Next: Olympic Gymnastics is Back. But Is I...
The problem has always been bigger than Larry Nassar.
24 min
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Hear Me Out: Pop Stars Run Politics Now
They’re everywhere, they’re so Julia.
38 min
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Hang Up: Simone’s Back (and Calf)
Gymnastics writer Rebecca Schulman joins to assess whether a calf injury might derail Simone Biles’ quest for redemption.
50 min
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What Next: The DEI Smear Against Kamala Harris
New candidate, same old playbook.
24 min
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What Next TBD: The Panopticon Olympics
Even the most advanced surveillance network couldn’t stop an attack on the Games’ first day.
25 min
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Well, Now - Gut Check: How to Master Your Micro...
If the gut microbiome is a product of your life choices, what makes a healthy one?
36 min
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Amicus: Judge David Tatel and a New Perspective...
David S. Tatel explains how SCOTUS went astray, and the lessons he learned during his time on the bench.
63 min
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What Next TBD: Is Silicon Valley Trump-Vance Co...
Or will a Californian on top of the Democratic ticket win back tech’s votes?
20 min
260
A Word: Kamala Harris: Veep to Victory?
How the growing K-Hive supercharged a young campaign.
41 min
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Political Gabfest: The Coronation of Kamala Harris
President Joe Biden drops out of the race; Kamala Harris goes from Veep to nominee; and the fallout of the Secret Service following the Donald Trump assassination attempt.
54 min
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What Next: Could Biden's Court Reforms Actually...
How to build in some checks when everything’s out of balance.
22 min
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Outward: “Bathroom Bills” Return with Nico Lang
Bryan digs into the recent return of trans-exclusionary “Bathroom Bills” with reporter Nico Lang
33 min
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What Next: Why the Secret Service Director Resi...
A lack of transparency seems baked right into the agency’s name. So how should Congress hold the agency accountable?
21 min
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What Next: Kamala Harris: Meme Queen to Madame ...
How what she’s been—prosecutor, senator, vice-president, meme—sheds light on what may be.
25 min
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What Next: Joe Biden Passes the Baton
How to build in some checks when everything’s out of balance.
25 min
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What Next TBD: The Conspiracy Theory Election
Misinformation from all sides is dominating this election, making it impossible to tell what’s real and what’s fake.
20 min
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Well, Now: How Nick Cannon Got Celebrities to O...
From Howie Mandel to Lamar Odom, high-profile men open up about their struggles with anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction on the new Prime show Counsel Culture.
51 min
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Slate Money: Did Y2K Finally Happen?
The Money gang discusses the global tech disruption, why Silicon Valley likes Trump, and the decline of DEI.
55 min
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Amicus: SCOTUS Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
One of the world’s most respected jurists compares the US Supreme Court to the most widely cited western democratic high court - Canada’s
62 min
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A Word: Trump’s Race Card
Can African Americans fit in a M.A.G.A.-fied Republican Party?
32 min
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What Next TBD: America’s Tech Trustbuster
AAG Jonathan Kanter talks A.I., rent-pricing software, and how he envisions fair competition.
29 min
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Political Gabfest: “Fight, Fight, Fight”
J.D. is Donald Trump’s VP pick and now Republicans can’t wait for November
43 min
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What Next: What Republicans Really Want
At the RNC, union leaders are taking the stage, abortion is less an issue than an afterthought, and GOP election officials are publicly silent about mistrust in the electoral process.
27 min
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What Next: How to End One-Party Rule
Gerrymandered into a GOP stronghold, Democrats have fought to bring Wisconsin back into play.
28 min