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What Next: Marvel’s Disastrous Year
The commercially-declining MCU ends 2023 with its rising star found guilty of reckless assault and harassment.
20 min
502
What Next: When a Miscarriage Becomes a Crime
How an anti-abortion legal strategy turned a miscarriage into “abuse of a corpse.”
20 min
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What Next: Oh the Humanities!
It’s been three months since West Virginia University cut more than two dozen programs. We go inside an academic culling.
23 min
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Slate Money Goes to the Movies: This Is Spinal Tap
Slate Money turns it to 11 with music industry veteran Paula Scher
36 min
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What Next: Where Do Returned Gifts Go?
Sending something back has never been more convenient. But easy returns have hidden costs.
20 min
506
What Next TBD: The Case Against CLEAR
What place does a private company have in a mandatory government service?
22 min
507
A Word: “Good” Hair; Bad Health
Why popular hair products could be fueling cancer in Black women.
26 min
508
The Waves: In Defense of Lean In Feminism
Sheryl Sandberg didn’t get feminism right ten years ago. That doesn’t mean she was wholly wrong.
27 min
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Amicus: Texas Abortion Laws’ Cruel Outcomes
The results of overturning Roe have reached their awful, logical conclusion.
57 min
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Slate Money: Is Starbucks Still a Union Buster?
Slate Money talks the Fed’s falling interest rates, Starbucks’ labor woes, and star pitcher Shohei Ohtani’s lavish retirement plan.
41 min
511
Political Gabfest: Is Harvard Antisemitic?
University presidents go to Congress and fail antisemitism test; Special Counsel Jack Smith asks a Trump question of the U.S. Supreme Court; and abortion rights are obstructed by the Texas Supreme Court.
59 min
512
What Next TBD: Shein’s Newest Offering? An IPO
Shein has already faced criticism over its labor practices and environmental impact. What will it mean if the company goes public?
24 min
513
What Next: What Texas Abortion Laws Leave Unsaid
The State Supreme Court decides what constitutes “life-threatening.”
25 min
514
What Next: Some Israeli Hostages Came Home. His...
The Gaza ceasefire came and went; his son is still held by Hamas.
26 min
515
Hear Me Out: Race Isn’t Real. The Census Should...
Checking a box is oversimplifying.
39 min
516
What Next: Pilots' Hidden Mental Health Crisis
Under current regulations, seeking help for mental health can cost pilots their ability to work.
21 min
517
What Next: War in Gaza; Violence in the West Bank
Violent assaults by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank have doubled since October 7.
17 min
518
The Waves: We See Dead Girls
From Twin Peaks to Mare of Easttown to all the true crime documentaries in between, pop culture has a thing for dead woman stories.
33 min
519
What Next TBD: Musk's War on Free Speech
He may not like what you have to say—and he'll file frivolous lawsuits to discourage you from saying it.
28 min
520
A Word: Is “The Talk” Too Much?
Black parents have long warned kids about police violence. Does it help?
25 min
521
Amicus: Billionaires Had a Bad Week at the Supr...
Are oligarchs getting the return they deserve on their SCOTUS investments?
45 min
522
Slate Money: The War on Self-Checkouts
Slate Money talks high-tech Christmas shopping, airline mergers, and the podcast biz.
47 min
523
Political Gabfest: Should Liz Cheney Run?
Liz Cheney wrote a book; Chris Christie is still running for President; and Purdue Pharma might go bankrupt so the Sacklers don’t have to.
53 min
524
What Next TBD: Spotify Unwrapped
2023 wraps up…with layoffs.
24 min
525
What Next: Pickleball vs. Everybody
The turf war raising a racket for park departments across the country.
24 min