951
What Next: Biden’s Commitment Problem
It’s not that Trump has an inside track—both candidates are looking at a hard road ahead.
23 min
952
What Next: What Happened to Nex Benedict?
A 16-year-old trans student is dead after a fight in a school bathroom. Why?
24 min
953
Hear Me Out: Horse Race Journalism Is Good, Act...
Giddy up, voters.
41 min
954
What Next: War in Ukraine, Two Years In
Ukraine is running low on supplies, soldiers, and—crucially—support.
18 min
955
What Next: Will Trump Take Over the RNC?
Cash-poor, on a losing streak, and firmly behind Trump, is now the time for national Republicans to change leadership?
21 min
956
Well, Now: Is it Burnout? Or, Do You Have a Bus...
Chronic stress creates inflammation in the brain–leading to anxiety, inability to focus and difficulty sleeping. One neurologist says the way to fix it is by curing our ‘busy brains.’
34 min
957
Diversity in the Diaspora
More Afro-Latinos are rejecting stereotypes about their racial identity.
38 min
958
What Next TBD: Alabama’s IVF Mess
How legal personhood for embryos will make having children harder.
24 min
959
Slate Money: Is Capital One’s Discover Deal Doo...
The Money crew discusses the potential Capital One/Discovery merger, the 800-pound Nvidia gorilla, and America’s car wash epidemic.
38 min
960
Amicus: A Series of Lawsuits That We Call an El...
How to fix the laws, and the gaps in the law, that are breaking American democracy.
51 min
961
What Next TBD: The Coasts are Sinking
As sea levels rise, the ground below us sinks.
16 min
962
What Next: The Basketball Phenom Shaking Up the...
Caitlin Clark, the NCAA women’s basketball all-time leading scorer is changing the sport, one logo-shot at a time.
17 min
963
What Next: Why a Hi-Tech Gun Safety Tool Isn’t ...
New technology, same problems.
20 min
964
Hear Me Out: Un-Cancel Woodrow Wilson
It’s time to reassess what a great president looks like.
41 min
965
What Next: Who’s Left to Help Migrants?
Nearly 40,000 people have arrived in Denver—and about two dozen have taken shelter at a local church.
22 min
966
What Next: Alexei Navalny Is Dead. Is His Movem...
Putin’s fiercest foe died in an Arctic Circle penal colony at age 47.
20 min
967
A Word: Ghost in the Medical Machine
Artificial Intelligence plays a growing role in health care. Is medical racism growing with it?
23 min
968
What Next TBD: Apple Vision Pro: The Ultimate S...
When you look through these smart goggles, they look back—and can tell what you’re seeing.
25 min
969
Political Gabfest: Well-Meaning, Elderly Man Wi...
Special Counsel wanders off-topic on President Joe Biden’s memory; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s impeachment and the lack of vote on Ukraine aid; and Democrat Tom Suozzi re-blues New York’s 3rd Congressional District.
49 min
970
Amicus: Fani Willis and a Tale of Two Ethics Vi...
Ethics for thee but not for me in the many trials of Donald Trump
50 min
971
Slate Money: America is Beating Everyone
The Money squad explains why the U.S.’s post-COVID economy is doing so well, TikTok’s big feud with Universal Music, and Lyft’s very expensive typo.
45 min
972
What Next TBD: Warfare Enters the A.I. Era
How an invasion became an innovation hub for private tech companies - and the future of war.
24 min
973
What Next: The Attack on Rafah
Gazans were told to head south. Now that’s where the bombs are falling.
21 min
974
What Next: The American Oligarch Class
Who needs a Swiss bank account when you’ve got a Delaware shell corporation?
23 min
975
What Next: The Fight for George Santos’s Seat
What today’s special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional district tells us about what to expect in the fall.
24 min