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What Next | How Closed Is the Border?
Trump’s executive orders will narrow the legal paths to America. So does that mean more illegal immigration?
23 min
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Outward | Meta’s New Rules: Embracing Homophobi...
WIRED writer Kate Knibbs breaks down the recent changes at Meta with Christina Cauterucci
28 min
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What Next | Can Trump Actually Do All That?
Sorting through how much of that was legal—and how little was legally binding.
25 min
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Hang Up | The Buckeyes Are Champs Again
How the Scarlet and Gray from Ohio State snapped a ten-year title drought.
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Slate Money | Money Talks: The Cost of Caring
Professor Harold Pollack joins Slate Money co-host Emily Peck to discuss the finances of long-term caregiving.
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How To! | Harness Your Citizen Superpowers
Eric Liu on turning fear into fuel for community-based action in the Trump era.
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What Next | Hello Trumpworld
New faces, names you remember—and those you tried to forget.
23 min
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Slate Money | Oligarchy in the USA
Biden warns of an American oligarchy, the FDA is suing John Deere, and Hindenburg shuts down.
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Amicus | The New Constitutional (dis)Order
The law as we have known it is fundamentally shifting. Just look at the TikTok ban, or the presumptive attorney general.
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TBD | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta-Morphosis
Is this a pivot? Or was the Meta CEO always this way?
23 min
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Political Gabfest | Every Single Trump Pick Wil...
Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees go to the Senate; Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report goes public; and President Joe Biden bids farewell.
58 min
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What Next | What the Ceasefire Is and Isn’t
An end to the war? A win for Biden? For Trump? A map to peace?
22 min
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What Next | Does Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Report Mat...
The Special Counsel says Trump would have been convicted if he wasn’t elected President.
26 min
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What Next | Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship?
As far as laws go, this one seems pretty settled. But it’s Trump we’re talking about here.
24 min
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What Next | Who’s to Blame for the LA Fires?
How a global problem looks on a regional scale.
24 min
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What Next TBD | Why Tech Is Bending the Knee
Meet the man running Trump's FCC.
22 min
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Slate Money | The Dire Costs of the LA Fires
The wildfires in LA raise insurance and labor issues, Meta takes a MAGA turn, and NYC has implemented congestion pricing.
48 min
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Amicus | TikTok Is Cooked, Trump Is Sentenced
The Supreme Court had a very busy end of week, what comes next is anyone's guess
56 min
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Amicus | Preview: Trump’s Racking Up Supreme Co...
Trump’s accountability evasion litigation enters a new era: erasing the record.
6 min
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Political Gabfest | One Measly Report
The Donald Trump legal wars end with barely a whisper; billionaires capitulate to MAGA; and the LA wildfires continue.
60 min
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What Next | Greenland’s a Distraction
Sen. Chris Murphy rewrites the opposition party playbook.
22 min
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What Next | Blake Lively Vs. Hollywood
Sorting through the grievances and counter-suits.
25 min
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Slate Money | Money Talks: Selling The Dream
Jane Marie joins Emily to deep dive on MLMs.
37 min
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How To! | Become an Expat
Jen Barnett of Expatsi on leaving the U.S. and living abroad.
39 min
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What Next | Justin Trudeau Steps Down
The incumbent curse comes to Canada.
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