51
Sudan on the Brink
How an isolationist United States leaves more space for conflict, and less humanitarian aid.
26 min
52
What Next | Have the Epstein Files Broken MAGA?
Wait—Trump didn’t just wriggle out of this one?!
27 min
53
What Next | The National Guard Is Asking Questions
The crackdown is still searching for a crisis.
24 min
54
What Next: TBD | How Meta Profits Off Fraud
There’s a big financial incentive for Facebook and Instagram to tolerate scammers.
28 min
55
Slate Money | The Correct Opinion on 50-Year Mo...
44 min
56
Amicus | He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Amid unprecedented attacks on courts and judges, two champions for justice speak out.
75 min
57
What Next: TBD | Data Centers on the Ballot
A.I. companies are leading the data-center boom. Voters seem less enthused.
21 min
58
Political Gabfest | Who Really Won the Shutdown?
Democrats cave to end government shutdown as public pain starts swamping healthcare message; affordability politics take center stage; and the Epstein scandal flares back to life with a vengeance despite the best efforts of the White House.
58 min
59
What Next | Wikipedia Enters the Culture Wars
A user base with a commitment to the truth is what makes Wikipedia work—and what makes it a target.
22 min
60
What Next | No, Women Didn't Ruin the Workplace
“Are workplaces too girly?” and other questions asked bravely by the New York Times.
28 min
61
ICYMI | Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?
Alex Warren was an OG TikTokker. Now he’s nominated for a Grammy.
40 min
62
What Next | How To Lose a Government Shutdown
Senate Democrats are letting the GOP off the hook in exchange for a promise for a future vote and a resolution that lasts until January?
23 min
63
Slate Money | Money Talks: Beyond The Pink Tax
38 min
64
Hang Up | Mamdani and the Knicks
How New York’s favorite team influenced the recent mayoral race.
60 min
65
What Next | Is Special Ed Getting Left Behind?
Federal funding that helps schools educate all children has stalled in the government shutdown—and it may never come back.
24 min
66
What Next: TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Tri...
Post-DOGE, Musk’s empire is looking a little shaky, if still extremely lucrative for the man himself.
27 min
67
Slate Money | Meta’s Instascam Ads
50 min
68
Amicus | When Tariffs Crashed Into SCOTUS
SCOTUS has let this president do pretty much anything. Are tariffs really where they draw the line?
61 min
69
What Next: TBD | The Nick Fuentes Problem
What’s the difference between being a party with Nazis and being in a Nazi party?
21 min
70
Political Gabfest | Spectacular Night for Democ...
Democrats sweep races up and down the ballot across the country; the Supreme Court hears arguments on the legality of Trump’s tariffs; and the Trump administration plays chicken with SNAP benefits.
55 min
71
What Next | Trump’s Tariffs Have a Constitution...
It’s tough to carve out something that looks plausibly legal, even to this Supreme Court.
24 min
72
What Next | The Andrew Formerly Known as a Prince
Stripping the problematic royal of his title isn’t justice, but at least it’s something.
22 min
73
What Next | She Won the Election. The GOP Won’t...
Election Day only matters if you get to take office.
23 min
74
Hang Up | A World Series for the Ages
How the Dodgers won one of the greatest showdowns in baseball history.
75 min
75
What Next | The Redistricting Arms Race Is On
Trump wants to hold the House, but do state-level GOP operatives have the stomach for unpopular, undemocratic new maps?
25 min