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Political Gabfest: Go Ahead, Call It A Bailout
The Silicon Valley Bank bailout; DeSantis advocates abandoning Ukraine; and free speech fights on campus.
62 min
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What Next TBD: Where Is Silicon Valley Going to...
The easiest money is gone for the industry.
25 min
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What Next: Is the SAT Done For?
Colleges are dropping the test requirement to create fairer admissions processes—but what will take its place?
25 min
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Hear Me Out: Coming March 21
Slate’s political and cultural discussion podcast, with veteran journalist and author Celeste Headlee.
1 min
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What Next: Why Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed
There’s plenty of blame to go around—and Congress should get its share.
26 min
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What Next: How Anti-Trans Legislation Cost Rura...
It was already difficult to recruit physicians to rural areas before Gov. Kristi Noem made anti-trans laws her hallmark.
26 min
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What Next: A Disability Rights Icon’s Long Legacy
Judy Heumann changed the world for disabled people—and her mentees are the future of this on-going movement.
25 min
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What Next TBD: Would You Let A.I. Date For You?
Would your personal profile benefit from an impersonal touch?
26 min
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A Word: Screaming in Color
Has diversity slayed Hollywood’s racial horror rule?
29 min
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Amicus: Lessons from The Trump Years for SCOTUS
Understanding the FedSoc’s SCOTUS takeover and why the rest of us have a rule of law problem.
46 min
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Slate Money: The Banks Special
Slate Money talks retail bank products, neobanks, and the Wells Fargo scandal.
42 min
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The Waves: Hollywood Needs an Overhaul
The Academy does need a “crisis team.” Just not for the reasons they think they do.
28 min
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What Next TBD: When Meta Tells Law Enforcement ...
What does Big Tech need to do to protect users in Post-Roe America?
22 min
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Political Gabfest: Another Florida Man Is Runni...
Ron DeSantis’ pre-campaign, the end of pandemic-era medicaid & food supports, and legal fights over medication abortion.
49 min
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What Next: Does Steven Spielberg Have an Oscars...
It’s hard to call the most commercially-successful director of all time “underappreciated” but Spielberg’s relationship with the Academy hasn’t been particularly rosy.
25 min
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What Next: Why Child Labor is an Immigration Issue
Hillary Scholten, a freshman House representative sees this exploitation as yet another reason for urgent, comprehensive reform.
22 min
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What Next: Food Stamps Face Their Biggest-Ever Cut
COVID-era funding has already lapsed in 18 states. Food banks in the remaining 32 are bracing for impact.
21 min
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What Next: The Fight To Return Native Remains t...
UC Berkeley alone still holds the remains of 10,000 people.
21 min
1194
A Word: De La Soul is Alive
The “Me Myself and I” trio’s music –now streaming– exemplified the best of rap’s collective spirit.
28 min
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What Next TBD: The Hollywood Weight Loss Wonder...
Are diabetics competing with celebs for Ozempic?
28 min
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Slate Money: Microchips and Child Care
Slate Money talks child care in the CHIPS Act, ESG investing, and mortgages.
42 min
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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
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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
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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
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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