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Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
This week, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here, Trump’s disruptions at the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, and an exclusive interview with Oscars CEO Bill Kramer.
66 min
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What Next TBD | Cracking the Egg Crisis
An eggsplanation.
18 min
53
Slate Money | Trump Math & Techno-Fascism
Trump proposes a gold card, Musk resembles a techno-fascist, and black plastic spatulas are actually fine.
46 min
54
Amicus | When the Lawyers are Lawless
We’re now a country where you don’t know if you’re being arrested or kidnapped (and that’s the point).
44 min
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What Next TBD | The DOGE Resistance
Lawsuits, protests and Elon Musk's Achilles Heel
24 min
56
Political Gabfest | So Europe is Our Enemy Now?
The transatlantic alliance is over and mobster tactics reign; the House GOP budget resolution portends likely Medicaid cuts to fund tax breaks for the rich; and Trump makes aggressive moves against the press
67 min
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What Next | Will Gaza’s Ceasefire Last?
Is the next step a negotiation for Gaza’s future—or a return to war?
25 min
58
What Next | The DOGE Backlash Begins
Even in deep-red districts, constituents were letting politicians know how they felt about DOGE’s cuts—and they were not happy.
24 min
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What Next | Barron Mania
Who is Trump’s youngest son? Turns out, he’s whatever you want him to be.
21 min
60
Hang Up | A Reckoning for Luis Rubiales
Luis Rubiales’ trial and its broader impact on Spanish and European soccer.
54 min
61
What Next | What If America Went on Strike?
It’s happened before. It's worked in other countries. And what else can we do?
22 min
62
Culture Gabfest: Congratulations! You Finally G...
This week, the hosts discuss the return of Severance, the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film No Other Land, and Buzzfeed’s new social media platform BF Island.
55 min
63
What Next TBD | $Trump
Crypto poured money into the campaign, now the first family is cashing in.
21 min
64
Slate Money | The Consequences of Getting on Eu...
Trump alienates the EU, Intel may break-up, and Quince is dominating the dupe market.
44 min
65
Amicus | Long Live The King?
Spotting the difference between “muscular unitary executive” and “monarchy” is getting tougher by the day.
52 min
66
What Next TBD | Elon's Endgame
He's slashing the federal workforce. He's gutting programs he doesn't like. But at the end of the day, what does he want?
30 min
67
Political Gabfest | The “Justice Department is ...
The bonfire of Justice Department resignations amid the corrupt bargain of Eric Adams; Musk and DOGE and the palantír of the IRS and Social Security; and how progressives broke the government.
63 min
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What Next | Why This Trump Nominee Has Union Su...
What kind of Secretary of Labor would Lori Chavez-DeRemer be?
24 min
69
What Next | A Measles Outbreak and Wake-Up Call
How a disease that was considered “eliminated” in 2000 came roaring back.
24 min
70
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Disappearing Dat...
What Next: TBD’s Lizzie O'Leary explains why the government data that’s being deleted is crucial to the economy.
24 min
71
What Next | How Eric Adams Got His Charges Dropped
Cooperation between the NYC mayor and the Trump administration has led to mass resignations in the Justice Department.
24 min
72
Culture Gabfest: The SNL 50th Anniversary Indus...
This week, the hosts discuss SNL’s 50th anniversary, Flow, and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
70 min
73
What Next TBD | Can You Pay Attention, Please?
Chris Hayes discusses his new book that calls attention “the world’s most endangered resource.”
23 min
74
Slate Money | Is Bribery Back?
Trump suspends enforcement of the FCPA, inflation won’t die, and Musk takes $80 million from NYC.
40 min
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Amicus | The Gangster Presidency
The DoJ’s Eric Adams shakedown sets off a series of defiant and courageous resignations.
72 min