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What Next: What If Gaza Boils Over?
Could Israel vs. Hamas become a regional conflict?
20 min
1102
What Next: Trump’s Second Term
A senior national security official compared an experienced President Trump to the velociraptors learning to open doors in Jurassic Park.
20 min
1103
Hear Me Out: It’s Time To Sunset Social Security
It’s a transfer of wealth, and not to the people who need it.
43 min
1104
What Next: How the Israel-Gaza War Rages in Ame...
A conversation over a broken discourse.
29 min
1105
What Next: The Rise of a Red State Democrat
Kentucky's Andy Beshear won reelection decisively. What can other Dems learn from his victory?
22 min
1106
What Next TBD: Will A.I. Take My Job?
A newsroom finds itself wondering if these mysterious new contributors are even real people.
18 min
1107
The Waves: How to Be a Woman in Music
Singer and writer Dessa unpacks not getting paid when she should, the benefits of being a woman in the indie music scene, and writing about heartache.
35 min
1108
Black Voters, Blue Waves?
Despite their role in Tuesday’s Democratic wins, will Black voters back Biden in 2024?
22 min
1109
The Waves: The Golden Bachelor Recap - The Wome...
The Golden Bachelor finale is fast approaching, but first we need to hear from the women Gerry dated–and dumped–along the way.
41 min
1110
Political Gabfest: Was That A Great Or Terrible...
Democrats win on Election Day 2023; President Joe Biden is losing in the polls; and gun control might defeat the 2nd Amendment at the Supreme Court.
57 min
1111
Amicus: Dunking On Trump's Lawyers Might Not Be...
The lawyering may be bad and the dunking may be fun, but both things miss the point.
60 min
1112
Slate Money: Unraveling a Wall Street Legend
Unraveling the myth of Wall Street legend Ray Dalio with author Rob Copeland. Plus the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and WeWork’s bankruptcy.
43 min
1113
What Next TBD: Tesla vs. the Swedes
The “move fast and break stuff” mentality has hit an organized labor stronghold.
23 min
1114
What Next: The Real Goal of Trump's Indignant T...
Taking the stand in New York and attacking the judge doesn’t seem like a way to win this trial. Maybe he’s not trying to win this one.
24 min
1115
What Next: Israeli Life Will Never Be the Same
One month after Hamas' attack, a documentarian is grappling with her subjects' pain—and her own.
23 min
1116
What Next: Abortion on a Red-State Ballot
Ohio voters decide today whether to enshrine the right to abortion in their state constitution.
19 min
1117
What Next: Mitt Romney Reflects, Regrets, and R...
The author of the new biography explores the rift between the GOP and its one-time presidential nominee.
30 min
1118
The Waves: Penis Politics
Why macho men run amok on the campaign trail
40 min
1119
A Word: A F—ing Funny Lady
The comedy star sounds off in her new book “Leslie F—ing Jones: A Memoir”
31 min
1120
The Waves: The Golden Bachelor Recap - Hometown...
The hometown dates have arrived, and Gerry travels the country to meet the families of the last three women. The stakes are high, and deep feelings get revealed.
31 min
1121
What Next TBD: Sam Bankman-Fraud
The disgraced crypto mogul faces up to 110 years behind bars. Will the industry ever recover?
27 min
1122
Slate Money: The Crypto Crimes of Sam Bankman-F...
SBF is guilty. Does he deserve 110 years in prison?
56 min
1123
Amicus: The Right to Bear Arms and Terrorize Yo...
Gun safety advocate Shannon Watts on why the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment absolutism is particularly deadly for women
43 min
1124
Political Gabfest: Could Nikki Haley Actually Win?
In the presidential races, Nikki Haley gains, Ron DeSantis is stuck, and Dean Phillips begins his campaign; the Supreme Court hears its first but not last social-media cases of the term; and David Leonhardt writes about the American Dream.
57 min
1125
What Next TBD: Biden Goes After AI
What the new executive orders on artificial intelligence will—and won’t—address.
28 min