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What Next | Who Killed the Penny? She Did.
Nickels, consider yourselves warned.
22 min
27
Sudan on the Brink
How an isolationist United States leaves more space for conflict, and less humanitarian aid.
26 min
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What Next | Have the Epstein Files Broken MAGA?
Wait—Trump didn’t just wriggle out of this one?!
27 min
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What Next | The National Guard Is Asking Questions
The crackdown is still searching for a crisis.
24 min
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What Next: TBD | How Meta Profits Off Fraud
There’s a big financial incentive for Facebook and Instagram to tolerate scammers.
28 min
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Slate Money | The Correct Opinion on 50-Year Mo...
44 min
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Amicus | He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Amid unprecedented attacks on courts and judges, two champions for justice speak out.
75 min
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What Next: TBD | Data Centers on the Ballot
A.I. companies are leading the data-center boom. Voters seem less enthused.
21 min
34
Political Gabfest | Who Really Won the Shutdown?
Democrats cave to end government shutdown as public pain starts swamping healthcare message; affordability politics take center stage; and the Epstein scandal flares back to life with a vengeance despite the best efforts of the White House.
58 min
35
What Next | Wikipedia Enters the Culture Wars
A user base with a commitment to the truth is what makes Wikipedia work—and what makes it a target.
22 min
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What Next | No, Women Didn't Ruin the Workplace
“Are workplaces too girly?” and other questions asked bravely by the New York Times.
28 min
37
ICYMI | Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?
Alex Warren was an OG TikTokker. Now he’s nominated for a Grammy.
40 min
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What Next | How To Lose a Government Shutdown
Senate Democrats are letting the GOP off the hook in exchange for a promise for a future vote and a resolution that lasts until January?
23 min
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Slate Money | Money Talks: Beyond The Pink Tax
38 min
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Hang Up | Mamdani and the Knicks
How New York’s favorite team influenced the recent mayoral race.
60 min
41
What Next | Is Special Ed Getting Left Behind?
Federal funding that helps schools educate all children has stalled in the government shutdown—and it may never come back.
24 min
42
What Next: TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Tri...
Post-DOGE, Musk’s empire is looking a little shaky, if still extremely lucrative for the man himself.
27 min
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Slate Money | Meta’s Instascam Ads
50 min
44
Amicus | When Tariffs Crashed Into SCOTUS
SCOTUS has let this president do pretty much anything. Are tariffs really where they draw the line?
61 min
45
What Next: TBD | The Nick Fuentes Problem
What’s the difference between being a party with Nazis and being in a Nazi party?
21 min
46
Political Gabfest | Spectacular Night for Democ...
Democrats sweep races up and down the ballot across the country; the Supreme Court hears arguments on the legality of Trump’s tariffs; and the Trump administration plays chicken with SNAP benefits.
55 min
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What Next | Trump’s Tariffs Have a Constitution...
It’s tough to carve out something that looks plausibly legal, even to this Supreme Court.
24 min
48
What Next | The Andrew Formerly Known as a Prince
Stripping the problematic royal of his title isn’t justice, but at least it’s something.
22 min
49
What Next | She Won the Election. The GOP Won’t...
Election Day only matters if you get to take office.
23 min
50
Hang Up | A World Series for the Ages
How the Dodgers won one of the greatest showdowns in baseball history.
75 min