1051
Slate Money: Chip War
Chris Miller joins Slate Money to talk about microchips.
43 min
1052
Amicus: The Dobbs Leak Investigation
Jodi Kantor on the tipping scales of secrecy and privacy at the High Court.
34 min
1053
The Waves: How a Man Writes Women Protagonists
Should authors steer clear of man characters with genders different from their own?
36 min
1054
A Word: The Fire This Time?
Does Tyre Nichols’ death prove “the reckoning” failed?
29 min
1055
What Next TBD: Will Google Get Broken Up?
The tech giant's online ad business has printed money for more than a decade. The Justice Department is coming for it.
24 min
1056
Political Gabfest: DeSantis University
The rise of Marjorie Taylor Greene; Ron DeSantis’ anti-anti-racist academics; & the bipartisan bashing of monopolist Ticketmaster.
50 min
1057
What Next: Election Deniers Shot at Her
A New Mexico state senator woke up to bullet holes in her daughter’s room.
18 min
1058
What Next: The "Other NRA" Fighting Restaurant ...
Why the food-service industry is in turmoil—and how it can survive.
28 min
1059
What Next: Will the Debt Ceiling Cave in This T...
A divided Congress dusts off an old fight—and for what?
22 min
1060
What Next: Cities’ Wetter, Wilder Future
America already experiences an “urban flooding event” every 2 or 3 days—and more rain is coming.
22 min
1061
A Word: Haiti: Fear of a Black Republic
Historically, has American “help” pushed Haiti to the brink of failure?
26 min
1062
What Next TBD: Does Meta Even Care When Its Use...
The surest way to get your Instagram account back is to know somebody who works there.
26 min
1063
Slate Money: It’s Not TV
Felix Gillette joins to talk about his new book on HBO.
51 min
1064
The Waves: Exercise Shouldn’t (Always) Feel Pun...
It’s okay to slow down. Plus, why your yoga class costs so much.
29 min
1065
Political Gabfest Reads: Two Horrifying Days in...
Shahan Mufti discusses his new book, American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C.
32 min
1066
What Next TBD: An Antivax Dog Whistle Goes Viral
A data scientist and epidemiologist is just answering questions.
26 min
1067
Political Gabfest: Does Alito Hate Sotomayor?
Biden’s document debacle; SCOTUS justices’ open animosity; and Davos during “polycrisis”
48 min
1068
What Next: Latin America’s Lost Decade
In the 2000s, citizens grew accustomed to rising prosperity; they’re still looking for leaders who can deliver it.
25 min
1069
What Next: The Spike at the End of “Zero COVID”
The people and the economy seemed ready to be done with restrictions—but was the country ready to fully open?
24 min
1070
What Next: Hospice for Profit
End-of-life care is full of people looking for a big return on little effort.
26 min
1071
A Word: Shut Up and Teach?
Florida’s anti-”woke” law is already scaring educators into silence.
20 min
1072
What Next TBD: Tesla’s No Good, Very Bad Year
Elon Musk promised an “epic end of year” to Tesla investors in 2022. But the stock crashed instead. What happened?
28 min
1073
Amicus: The Labor Case Before SCOTUS Has Big I...
Another precedent-busting case at SCOTUS, this time targeting unions and the right to strike
68 min
1074
Slate Money: Is Inflation Ova?
Slate Money talks about soaring egg prices, gas stoves and Columbia Business School’s new campus.
41 min
1075
The Waves: Who’s Getting Rich Off Menopause?
Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, Naomi Watts and more are taking menopause mainstream. And companies are looking to cash in.
32 min