Go-go, Washington’s DC’s signature music finds a new home.
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Slate Money | The Week of Minor Apocalypses
The UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death has highlighted healthcare outrage, South Korea and France have government meltdowns, and headlights are too damn bright.
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Amicus | Meet Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s New Ro...
Why Trump’s pick for the non-vacant position to lead the FBI is a seriously scary proposition.
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What Next TBD | The Influencer Administration
Trump is packing his administration with social media stars who are selling products, promoting brands and communicating with the public in unprecedented ways.
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Political Gabfest: Is The Democratic Party Doomed?
President Joe Biden pardons son Hunter while President-Elect Donald Trump might un-nominate Pete Hegseth; Democrats ponder what-next; and SCOTUS considers treatment for transgender children.
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What Next | Even Trump Loyalists Are Scared Of ...
Members of the last Trump administration cringed at the idea of Patel helping to lead the FBI or the CIA—but there’s no one to say no this time.
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What Next | Martial Law (Briefly) in South Korea
The declaration barely lasted a few hours, but could have lasting effects on the nation’s democracy.
21 min
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What Next | Did Biden Break the Presidential Pa...
If he wasn’t Hunter Biden, he wouldn’t be pardoned. But if he wasn’t Hunter Biden, would he have been tried in the first place?
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What Next: The House’s Gift to Trump
Under an unimpeachable name, the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act” hides something pernicious.
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Well, Now | More Than Hot Flashes: Breaking the...
A new PBS documentary demystifies and destigmatizes a period of life millions experience worldwide.
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What Next: TBD | When Your Flight’s GPS Gets Sp...
Drone warfare is commonplace. Commercial planes are collateral damage.
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Slate Money: Conceptual Art is Literally Bananas
rump has picked his treasury and commerce secretaries, everyone is too confused by the $6.2 million banana, and Warren Buffet explains his will.
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Amicus | The Right’s About-Turn on Parental Rights
Next week’s trans healthcare ban case at SCOTUS reveals the conservative legal movement’s deepest hypocrisies.
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What Next TBD | The Post-Election Social Media ...
Is this the end of having one, shared “digital public square”?
24 min
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A Word: Trump’s Team America: The Sequel
What a cabinet of D.E.I. haters and cable news blowhards could mean for Black America.
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Political Gabfest: Are These Trump Tariffs for ...
Donald Trump’s tariff threat will get real for the next Treasury Secretary; the incoming Federal Communications Commission Chair might endanger free speech; and the “bro-economy” could create financial havoc.
49 min
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What Next: Which Came First, the Bird Flu or th...
Bird flu has made the leap to mammals and the impact is already at the grocery store.
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Outward: Sarah McBride’s Win and the Rise of An...
Sarah McBride’s win is inspiring, but it comes as anti-trans politics reach unprecedented levels
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What Next | A New Strategy for Banning Abortion
The latest attempt to ban medication for abortions uses some old, ugly arguments in a new, ugly way.
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Slate Money Talks | RIP DEI?
Simone Foxman joins to discuss the conservative backlash to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs in corporate America.
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What Next | When Jesus Is on the Curriculum
The Texas State Board of Education takes a particular—and potentially unconstitutional—point of view of religion and history.
22 min
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Well, Now: Creating an Exercise Routine That’s ...
Retired professional volleyball player Gabby Reece gives realistic tips on incorporating performance-level fitness to any exercise routine.
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A Word | A Mother of a Crisis
Opening the book on untold stories of pregnancy loss.
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What Next: TBD | Is Sickle Cell Anemia…Cured?
The new treatment is painful and expensive. It could also be life-saving.
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Slate Money | Is Bluesky the New Old Twitter?
Bluesky is flying high, Adani is busted for fraud, and being “anti-woke” is now a business strategy.