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What Next TBD: Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
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Political Gabfest: The Disinhibited Fascist
Donald Trump might be a fascist…but should we call him out on it?
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What Next: Abortion Is on the Ballot. Republica...
After losing so many state votes, the GOP is now fighting direct democracy itself.
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Slate Money Talks | How Did Trump Scam America?...
Authors Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig discuss how Trump faked it until he made it.
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What Next: When It Comes to the Border, Has Tru...
In a dramatic shift of opinion, Americans across the political spectrum have soured on immigration.
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Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News - Ep. 6: What H...
Some of the people who built Fox News now wonder how much they’re to blame for what it’s become.
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Outward | The Supreme Court Takes on Trans Righ...
Outward’s own Jules Gill-Peterson takes us behind her contributions to an amicus brief for an upcoming Supreme Court case that will have a massive impact on trans healthcare rights
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What Next: Why Killing Sinwar Won’t End the War
Does the death of Hamas’s leader make a ceasefire—and a return of the remaining hostages—more likely?
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Hang Up: The Liberty Bring Ticker-tape Back to ...
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What Next: Should the Menendez Brothers Be Free?
Why their case is back in the news and your feeds after more than three decades.
24 min
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Well, Now: Can Kids Be Healthy at Any Size?
Underweight and overweight kids are at higher risk for psychological harm. What’s the answer to proper nutrition in a world still full of weight stigma?
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What Next TBD: How Secure Is Our Election?
Why you can be confident in America’s electoral integrity, even as confidence in American democracy is plummeting.
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Slate Money: China Needs a Stimulus Bazooka
The Money team discusses China’s efforts to supercharge its flagging economy, the secretive billionaires of Boar’s Head, and the dreams and schemes of Fox News.
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Amicus | How To Steal A Presidential Election
You asked, we answered. Can republicans use the law to subvert this year’s election? What can be done to stop that?
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A Word: Snitch Nation
Can conservatives score Culture War wins with citizen spies?
24 min
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What Next TBD | The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
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Political Gabfest: 15 Percent of Black Voters S...
Kamala Harris makes her pitch to Black and Hispanic men; Republican senators in Nebraska, Texas, and Florida are in surprisingly close races; and when conspiracies win, hurricane victims lose on disaster relief.
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What Next: Kamala’s Bid for Black Men’s Votes
Harris’s town hall with Charlamagne Tha God was part of her outreach to a demographic that Democrats once considered a lock.
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Outward | The WNBA’s Very Big Year: New Fandom,...
Guest host Daisy Rosario talks to queer sports reporter Frankie de la Cretaz about the WNBA’s biggest season and what it means for the lesbian and queer fans who’ve been there the whole time.
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What Next: Overdose Deaths Are Going Down. Why?
New research from the CDC indicates the number of both fatal and non-fatal overdoses has been going down.
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Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News - Ep. 5: Ludacr...
For the American left, Fox News was an enemy to be destroyed—but maybe also emulated.
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What Next: Gambling on Elections, What Could Go...
Polymarket has people putting their money where their political predictions are.
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What Next: An Extremely Online Hurricane Season
After the storms came the flood of rumors, A.I. images, and straight-up B.S.
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Well, Now: Are Supplements Actually Worth It?
Before you buy the latest celebrity-branded gummy vitamin, arm yourself and your medicine cabinet with the facts.
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What Next TBD | 23andMe...And a Looming Data Di...
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
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