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Political Gabfest | Fat Generals
Hegseth and Trump strut in a theatrical flex over an audience of distinguished military leaders; the government shuts down as both sides dig in; and Russia wages unsettling hybrid warfare with drones over Europe.
62 min
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What Next | Actually the Government Shut Down M...
Time to find out if claiming you have total power over the government means that people blame you when it shuts down.
30 min
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What Next | The Department of War…From Within
A meeting with the top brass that didn’t even need to be an email.
26 min
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What Next | Trump’s Revenge Tour Is Here
How the president’s flimsy case against the former FBI director is going to make accountability that much harder in the future.
25 min
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Slate Money | Money Talks: How Basquiat's Art B...
58 min
81
Hang Up | America's Trumpy Ryder Cup Flop
Kevin Van Valkenburg on the embarrassing, raucous, and painfully American display that was the Ryder Cup
66 min
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What Next | The Gaza Flotilla That’s Under Attack
Explosions have rocked the boats while they are still days away from Gaza’s shore.
25 min
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What Next: TBD | Trapped in a Tesla
Teslas are trapping passengers inside after crashes. Regulators are starting to notice.
24 min
84
Slate Money | Three-Headed AI Unicorn
53 min
85
ICYMI | Jimmy Kimmel & The Death Of Free Speech...
Reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death are being censored, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
48 min
86
Amicus | “Color-Blind” Admissions Continue to H...
America looks very different two years after the end of affirmative action.
80 min
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What Next: TBD | How Trump Got Obsessed with A...
Thanks to RFK Jr., Trump can capitalize on an issue he’s cared about for decades.
28 min
88
Political Gabfest | Tough It Out, Pregnant Ladies!
67 min
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What Next | Jimmy Kimmel Got His Job Back. She ...
Karen Attiah, an award-winning opinion journalist was fired from the Washington Post for social media posts about Charlie Kirk and America’s gun violence epidemic.
23 min
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What Next | A Surgeon in Gaza’s “End Game”
How a surgeon has seen the situation on the ground devolve for Palestinians.
29 min
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Culture Gabfest: Jimmy Kimmel Is Back—Sort Of— ...
On this week’s show, the panel takes up HBO’s Task, the indie birding doc Listers, and the cancelling and subsequent uncancelling of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
57 min
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What Next | Trump’s Attack on Visas
Foreign workers are choosing between a narrowing path to legal visas, risking deportation, or simply leaving Americans to pick their own produce.
27 min
93
What Next | How Big Media Obeys in Advance
When you’re an authoritarian, they do it to themselves.
25 min
94
What Next: TBD | Is A.I. Taking Your Job?
For young workers, it might be time to worry.
27 min
95
Slate Money | The Nerds' Last Stand at the Fed
38 min
96
Amicus | Free Speech Is The Enemy of Free Speec...
The First Amendment is being hollowed out in the wake of the assassination of right-wing podcaster and organizer, Charlie Kirk. This law professor saw it coming.
49 min
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What Next: TBD | A Very Online Shooter
The memes that came before, and the memes that were made after.
32 min
98
Political Gabfest | The Domestic Terrorist
62 min
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What Next | Trump’s Getting His Economy. Yikes.
The Fed cut rates, but it won’t be enough to save the economy from what this administration is doing.
22 min
100
What Next | Can Kash Patel Survive This?
The Patel era is less about investigations and more about posting stuff Trump likes.
26 min