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What Next TBD: Tesla vs. the Swedes
The “move fast and break stuff” mentality has hit an organized labor stronghold.
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What Next: The Real Goal of Trump's Indignant T...
Taking the stand in New York and attacking the judge doesn’t seem like a way to win this trial. Maybe he’s not trying to win this one.
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What Next: Israeli Life Will Never Be the Same
One month after Hamas' attack, a documentarian is grappling with her subjects' pain—and her own.
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What Next: Abortion on a Red-State Ballot
Ohio voters decide today whether to enshrine the right to abortion in their state constitution.
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What Next: Mitt Romney Reflects, Regrets, and R...
The author of the new biography explores the rift between the GOP and its one-time presidential nominee.
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The Waves: Penis Politics
Why macho men run amok on the campaign trail
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The Waves: The Golden Bachelor Recap - Hometown...
The hometown dates have arrived, and Gerry travels the country to meet the families of the last three women. The stakes are high, and deep feelings get revealed.
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A Word: A F—ing Funny Lady
The comedy star sounds off in her new book “Leslie F—ing Jones: A Memoir”
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Political Gabfest: Could Nikki Haley Actually Win?
In the presidential races, Nikki Haley gains, Ron DeSantis is stuck, and Dean Phillips begins his campaign; the Supreme Court hears its first but not last social-media cases of the term; and David Leonhardt writes about the American Dream.
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Slate Money: The Crypto Crimes of Sam Bankman-F...
SBF is guilty. Does he deserve 110 years in prison?
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What Next TBD: Sam Bankman-Fraud
The disgraced crypto mogul faces up to 110 years behind bars. Will the industry ever recover?
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Amicus: The Right to Bear Arms and Terrorize Yo...
Gun safety advocate Shannon Watts on why the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment absolutism is particularly deadly for women
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What Next TBD: Biden Goes After AI
What the new executive orders on artificial intelligence will—and won’t—address.
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What Next: Can Hamas Actually Be Destroyed?
What Hamas’s history tells us about Gaza’s future.
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What Next: How to Catch an Insurrectionist
The online community helping—and in some ways surpassing—the FBI.
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What Next: Can Threat Assessment Stop Mass Shoo...
In Lewiston, warnings were everywhere—why did it happen anyway?
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What Next: What Survived in Lahaina, Maui
A Hawaiian businesswoman and her community are searching for normal after August wildfires.
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A Word: Sidelined by Racism?
Football journalist Jim Trotter says his tough questions cost him his job.
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The Waves: The Golden Bachelor Recap - WTH, Ger...
It’s the most important rose ceremony to date as Gerry has to decide which women he wants to move onto hometown dates.
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The Waves: Get on the WNBA Train Already!
Women’s sports are increasing in popularity. Here’s what you need to know to not get left behind.
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Slate Money: Why Dimes Shouldn’t Exist
Slate Money is a cashless podcast now
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Political Gabfest: The “Live from Madison!” Edi...
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers joins the hosts on stage; Mike Johnson is the new Speaker of the House; and Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, and more are the latest witnesses against Donald Trump.
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What Next TBD: SBF Takes the Stand
It’s a high risk move, but he’s running out of options.
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Amicus: Watching Trump Shrink in Court
As a slew of flipping alleged co-conspirators reveal, inside a courtroom may be the only place where the Venn diagram between LOL hilarious and actual meaningful democratic accountability overlaps.
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What Next TBD: Self-Driving Cars Crash Into Rea...
If autonomous vehicles aren’t safe in California, where ARE they safe?
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