1001
Slate Money: Microchips and Child Care
Slate Money talks child care in the CHIPS Act, ESG investing, and mortgages.
42 min
1002
The Waves: It’s OK to Hate Your Spouse (Sometimes)
Ask Polly author Heather Havrilesky on why a dull marriage might, actually, be good for you.
32 min
1003
What Next TBD: What Would Convince a Lab Leak S...
Why one virologist doesn’t find the Department of Energy’s assessment convincing.
29 min
1004
What Next: Will SCOTUS Kill Student Loan Relief?
The judicial and executive branches are facing off due to the legislative branch’s chronic dysfunction.
27 min
1005
What Next: Why Insulin Prices Keep Rising
It's gotten so bad, more than a million Americans have had to ration their intake.
23 min
1006
What Next: When Politicians Need Mental Healthcare
John Fetterman isn’t the first elected official to struggle and seek treatment.
25 min
1007
What Next: Beijing’s Crackdown on Hong Kong Dis...
A new law is set to silence a generation of political dissidents.
23 min
1008
What Next TBD: Is a 25-Year-Old’s Brain Mature?
How the new science of brain development isn’t just changing policy, but how we live.
21 min
1009
A Word: Ranching, Racism, and Rumors
Black ranchers in Colorado claim racist neighbors and cops are targeting them.
19 min
1010
Amicus: SCOTUS on the Internet: “It’s Complicated”
Two big tech cases before the US Supreme Court this week promised justices tackling the thorny issues of content moderation, liability, and internet platforms, but instead delivered confusion and dodges.
50 min
1011
What Ballet’s Best Choreographer Destroyed
Ballet’s most famous choreographer left an amazing legacy–and many hurt women in his wake.
26 min
1012
Slate Money: Homebuilders are Doing Great
Slate Money talks new home sales, employment for people with disabilities, and SBF.
46 min
1013
What Next TBD: Why A.I. Says the Darndest Things
Microsoft is working out the kinks of their chatbot in real time, and we're the guinea pigs.
25 min
1014
Political Gabfest: What Tucker Carlson is Sayin...
Anne Applebaum on the year of war on Ukraine; the smoking gun Fox News text messages; and Section 230 at the Supreme Court.
56 min
1015
What Next: Ukraine’s War Is Its New Normal
So long as Putin is alive, there's no end in sight.
20 min
1016
What Next: When an Earthquake Hits a Civil War
Where Turkey, Syria, borders, and fault lines all intersect.
26 min
1017
What Next: The Ohio Trainwreck Blame Game
How a train carrying vinyl chloride opened a new front in the culture war.
25 min
1018
A Word: Lights, Camera, Diversity in Action
A path for Black scribes to rewrite the Hollywood script.
28 min
1019
What Next TBD: The Baby-Sleep Industrial Complex
Is the Snoo a life-saving necessity, or $1700 luxury item for bougie babies?
28 min
1020
The Waves: The Inherent Fear in Being a Woman
The dread you feel walking alone at night is part nature, and part nurture.
33 min
1021
Slate Money: Rihanna for World Bank President
Slate Money talks World Bank leadership, train derailments and bad ads.
45 min
1022
What Next TBD: What Made the Balloon Drama Pop ...
Blown cover or just blown off course?
32 min
1023
President Nikki Haley?
Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign; taking the “affirmative” out of affirmative action; and Amanda Ripley on the congressional committee that got things done.
52 min
1024
What Next: Will Abortion Pills Be Banned?
How far can anti-abortion activists push against FDA-approved medication?
23 min
1025
What Next: Is Nikki Haley the GOP’s Future?
Can the former governor and ambassador to the UN define herself apart from Donald Trump—without alienating the Republican base?
19 min