51
What Next | South Park Understands the Assignment
MAGA’s not offended, of course, but not for want of effort.
29 min
52
What Next | Gutting Our National Parks
“America’s best idea” slams into some of its worst tendencies.
25 min
53
What Next: TBD | Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
No singer, no songwriter, all slop…but paid equally.
26 min
54
ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Cl...
Two podcast hosts versus one Slate writer…
47 min
55
Amicus | Who Gets Left Out of Originalism?
How and why an incomplete history of our country gets told in the courtroom.
36 min
56
What Next: TBD | What Happened After Meta Fired...
The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well.
25 min
57
Political Gabfest | Putting the BS in BLS
A less-than-rosy revised jobs report leads Trump to cry foul and fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; the Texas GOP’s gerrymandering effort ignites a nationwide redistricting arms race; and self-appointed loyalty enforcer Laura Loomer gains increasing access to the president.
66 min
58
What Next | Donald Trump Vs. Reality Itself
You can’t change the weather by firing the weatherman. The rain will fall.
23 min
59
What Next | A Rabbi’s Plea for Peace
More than a thousand Jewish leaders want an end to starvation in Gaza. She’s one of them.
27 min
60
What Next | Don’t Mess With Texas’s Election Maps
The Lone Star State’s attempt to tip the House of Representatives to the GOP could have nationwide repercussions.
24 min
61
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Fabulous Wealth ...
28 min
62
Hang Up | Trump vs. the IOC
International athletes keep getting caught up in Trump’s immigration policies. Could kicking out athletes draw the ire of the Olympic Committee – and imperil L.A. 2028?
52 min
63
What Next | Was Democracy Voted Out?
Is America still a democracy? Was it ever?
22 min
64
What Next: TBD | The A.I. Data Center Push That...
The Trump administration touted Stargate as a 500 billion dollar investment in American data centers. So far, it hasn't panned out.
24 min
65
Slate Money | The Nespresso Tariffs
53 min
66
ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
The Tea app betrayed the women it was supposed to keep safe.
40 min
67
Amicus | Don’t Give Up on the Law Just Yet
A new book profiles three heroic judges who might just restore your faith in the courts.
48 min
68
What Next: TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper...
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
69
Political Gabfest: Gaza is Starving
60 min
70
What Next | How Elon Musk Colonized NASA
They used to go to the moon. Now they rely on contractors.
28 min
71
What Next | Why Are So Many Institutions Caving...
Jerome Powell can stay and fight, or take the road of less resistance and quit.
25 min
72
What Next | Trans and Shut Out in Trump’s America
Clinics for trans youth are closing, incorrect passports have been issued, and trans people are having to make emergency health care plans, even in blue states.
25 min
73
Hang Up | Chaos Inside the NFLPA
55 min
74
What Next | Why The Shelves Aren't Empty (Yet)
It doesn’t mean the economy’s doing all that great.
27 min
75
What Next: TBD | Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
29 min