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Political Gabfest | Humvees on the National Mall
54 min
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What Next | In Gaza, Journalism Is a Death Sent...
Targeting journalists is a war crime. Does Israel care?
25 min
53
What Next | Why Washington, D.C.
Thanks to quirks of the district, Trump gets to watch the troops he deployed right out the window.
25 min
54
ICYMI | Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatri...
How a TikTok series became more like a ‘Black Mirror’ episode.
41 min
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What Next | South Park Understands the Assignment
MAGA’s not offended, of course, but not for want of effort.
29 min
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What Next | Gutting Our National Parks
“America’s best idea” slams into some of its worst tendencies.
25 min
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What Next: TBD | Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
No singer, no songwriter, all slop…but paid equally.
26 min
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ICYMI | Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Cl...
Two podcast hosts versus one Slate writer…
47 min
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Amicus | Who Gets Left Out of Originalism?
How and why an incomplete history of our country gets told in the courtroom.
36 min
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What Next: TBD | What Happened After Meta Fired...
The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well.
25 min
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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
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What Next | Donald Trump Vs. Reality Itself
You can’t change the weather by firing the weatherman. The rain will fall.
23 min
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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
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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
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Slate Money | Money Talks: The Fabulous Wealth ...
28 min
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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
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What Next | Was Democracy Voted Out?
Is America still a democracy? Was it ever?
22 min
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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
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Slate Money | The Nespresso Tariffs
53 min
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ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
The Tea app betrayed the women it was supposed to keep safe.
40 min
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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
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What Next: TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper...
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
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Political Gabfest: Gaza is Starving
60 min
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What Next | How Elon Musk Colonized NASA
They used to go to the moon. Now they rely on contractors.
28 min
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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