1026
What Next: Why Evan Gershkovich Went to Russia
His latest appeal was rejected. What happens now?
22 min
1027
What Next TBD: "Crap Apps": Why Weather Apps Suck
Why our smartphone forecasts are so mercurial.
21 min
1028
A Word: Home is Where the Hurt Is
Many Black Americans believe spanking kids is rooted in African culture. It’s not.
24 min
1029
Political Gabfest: Was Fox News Punished Enough?
Fox News pays Dominion Voting $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit; House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plays a political game of chicken with the debt ceiling; and detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in a Russian court.
50 min
1030
Amicus; Justice Roberts’ Unfunny Stalking Jokes...
A cyber-stalking case highlights whose safety matters to SCOTUS when it comes to free speech
58 min
1031
Slate Money: Elon’s Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the biggest business, tech and finance stories of the week.
50 min
1032
What Next TBD: Will A.I. Close Off the Internet?
As A.I. companies are sucking up as much data as they can to train their systems, social platforms are starting to put their most valuable resource behind a paywall.
22 min
1033
What Next: So Fox News, What Did We Learn?
With an audience this big—and fiercely loyal—who needs the truth?
23 min
1034
What Next: Dianne Feinstein's Last Stand
Can the Democrats afford to let the California senator finish her term?
20 min
1035
What Next: Fox News Goes to Court
Can Dominion prove “actual malice”?
28 min
1036
What Next: He Couldn’t Teach ‘Slavery Was Wrong...
More teachers are leaving their jobs as a wave of restrictive legislation targets educators across the country.
25 min
1037
A Word: The Color of Money
How financial planning can help Black taxpayers close the racial wealth gap.
21 min
1038
What Next TBD: Will Banning Social Media Help K...
What the science says about Utah’s social media ban for teens.
29 min
1039
Amicus: Anti-Abortion Lawyers Love this Zombie Law
The Comstock Act is a 19th century vice law some hope could criminalize abortion nationwide
31 min
1040
The Waves: How to Survive in Hollywood
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Caroline Aaron discusses her career as a character actress.
26 min
1041
Slate Money: The China Problem
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers go over China’s expanding role in the international debt market.
49 min
1042
What Next TBD: How Gamers Leaked Classified Pen...
How highly classified documents from the Pentagon ended up in a small Discord server.
30 min
1043
Political Gabfest: That Shoddy Abortion Pill Ru...
Federal judges limit the availability of mifepristone; the Republican Tennessee state legislature expels two Democratic representatives; and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has an ethics problem again.
50 min
1044
What Next: Do Abortion Pills Actually Need FDA ...
A judge has revoked FDA approval of mifepristone. But the FDA could fight back - in more ways than one.
22 min
1045
What Next: Narcan Over the Counter
How the emergency overdose treatment came to be—and came to be so necessary.
25 min
1046
Hear Me Out: Don’t Celebrate the Trump Indictment
If you’re banking on a legal slam dunk and a president behind bars… we have some bad news.
32 min
1047
What Next: Tennessee’s House Divided
Days of public protest, open shouting from the Rotunda, and expulsions that broke on color lines.
27 min
1048
What Next: Clarence Thomas’s Friends in High Pl...
Who is Harlan Crow and why is he the justice’s vacation benefactor?
26 min
1049
What Next TBD: Why Flying Is So Bad Now
A series of near misses, antiquated tech and a shortage of airline employees are exposing the cracks in our air travel system.
28 min
1050
A Word: The Battle for Eatonville
Classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God immortalized Eatonville, Florida. Will the town survive?
24 min