626
Political Gabfest: Should Secretary of Defense ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin goes AWOL; students remain chronically absent from school; and Donald Trump claims presidential immunity as a blanket excuse.
61 min
627
What Next TBD: Boeing’s Max Mess
A door flew off at 16,000 Feet. But Boeing's problems are bigger than just that.
31 min
628
What Next: 2024’s Primary Season is Already Chaos
Our primary process is in shambles – but the outcome has never been in doubt.
22 min
629
Outward: Trans Activist Raquel Willis is Blooming
Jules Gill-Peterson interviews Raquel Willis about her new memoir The Risk It Takes to Bloom
40 min
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What Next: The NRA’s Wayne’s World Era is Over
Its membership is dwindling; its long-time leader is gone, and an election looms.
20 min
631
Hear Me Out: Trump Voters Are Not Delusional
Writing them off is missing the point.
38 min
632
How To!: Keep Caring Amid Endless Crises
Nadia Bolz-Weber on grace, compassion, and spheres of influence.
35 min
633
Money Talks by Slate Money: Glossier’s Glamorou...
Author and journalist Marisa Meltzer spills the tea on beauty entrepreneur Emily Weiss.
36 min
634
What Next: The Anti-Defamation League at War
Is the ADL’s support for Israel conflicting with its mission?
23 min
635
What Next: GOP Bets It All on the Border
A partial government shutdown is just 10 days away.
15 min
636
What Next TBD: Tesla's Cybertruck Problem
Is it safe for anyone?
21 min
637
A Word: A Multiverse of Problems
Comic book movies boosted Hollywood diversity. Could a box office slump threaten that?
37 min
638
Slate Money: Is Billionaire Charity a Sham?
Slate Money debates the value of philanthropy from the mega-rich, Joe Biden’s manufacturing push, and the private equity in healthcare.
44 min
639
Political Gabfest: Who Wants to Be President of...
What we can expect for the 2024 presidential election; who would ever want to be a university president; and how we should discuss the drop in homicide
57 min
640
What Next TBD: Why the New York Times Sued OpenAI
Media are determined not to make the same mistake this time.
25 min
641
Introducing: Well, Now
We all want to feel well, but what does that actually look like?
1 min
642
What Next: 22 States Hiked the Minimum Wage. No...
Who is helped by a rising minimum wage—and who is left behind?
22 min
643
What Next: How Ukraine Loses The War
Far from the battlefield, the outcome could be determined by American voters.
20 min
644
What Next: The Murder of Wadee Alfayoumi
A Muslim-American family grapples with the aftermath of the unthinkable.
23 min
645
What Next: The Renewable Energy Shell Game
The cheap, easy, and likely counterproductive path to “going green” that the federal government is hooked on.
21 min
646
The Waves: The Year in Celebrity Memoirs
From Prince Harry to Britney Spears, we look back at the biggest bombshells that hit the shelves this year
44 min
647
What Next TBD; Who’s Afraid of A.I.? | 2023 In ...
Real harm from A.I. doesn’t have to look like Skynet—it’s already happening.
30 min
648
Slate Money: America’s Boring Superweapon
Mundane bank protocols keep the world economy under the US thumb.
49 min
649
Political Gabfest: Live From New York! It’s Con...
Emily and David finish 2023 pondering conundrums with Wesley Morris from The New York Times.
58 min
650
Amicus: The Very Worst of SCOTUS 2023
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Stern join forces for their second annual barrel-scraping rundown of the Supreme Court’s worst moments of the past year.
53 min