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Amicus | Dear Justice Kavanaugh, “I’m American,...
Why Brett Kavanaugh’s unconstitutional freestyling on racial profiling just landed all of us in deep trouble.
47 min
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What Next: TBD | You Can't Escape the Charlie K...
Content moderation is dead, algorithms are designed to serve you horrific videos - is this the future of life online?
32 min
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Political Gabfest | Assassination of Charlie Kirk
59 min
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What Next | How the Supreme Court Legalized Rac...
According to the court, college admissions offices can’t consider race. ICE, however…
26 min
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What Next | Trump Blew Up 11 People. Is That Le...
The president takes the “because I say so” theory of authority into international waters.
28 min
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ICYMI | Does SNL Need Internet Comedians?
And do internet comedians need SNL?
40 min
107
What Next | The Democrats Have Leverage. Will T...
Rep. Jamie Raskin and the Democrats are considering all of their options for stopping Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
23 min
108
Hang Up | When Trump Took Center Court
The president stole the spotlight – and tested the audience's patience – at the U.S. Open.
60 min
109
What Next | Can You Get a COVID Vaccine?
RFK Jr. undid in one summer something decades in the making.
24 min
110
What Next: TBD | End of an Electric Avenue
Are Americans ready and willing to pay full-price for an electric vehicle?
20 min
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Slate Money | What Do You Pay the Man Who Has E...
45 min
112
ICYMI | The Gaylor Fandom Is Going Through It
Taylor Swift’s most misunderstood fandom is bearing the brunt of her engagement.
48 min
113
Amicus | How To Fix Our Broken Constitution
Historian Jill Lepore explains how the power to change the law through constitutional amendments was always intended to keep Americans from killing each other.
52 min
114
What Next: TBD | Is the A.I. Bubble Bursting?
An “A.I. hater” makes the case.
31 min
115
Political Gabfest | CDC DOA
Major courtroom losses pile up for the Trump administration; RFK Jr. dismantles US public health in real-time; and Democrats face government shutdown political calculus again as Congress returns.
57 min
116
What Next | Decorator-In-Chief
Turning the White House to Mar-A-Lago North.
23 min
117
What Next | Can Congress Stop Trump's Takeover?
You’re a coequal branch of government! Act like it!
26 min
118
What Next | Presidency for Sale
Trump's not being particularly sly about profiting from his office this term. But how much has he made so far?
24 min
119
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Paradoxes of Pat...
36 min
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What Next: TBD | A24 Meets A.I.
Risk alienating your “auteurs”—or risk being left behind?
22 min
121
Slate Money | Sycophantic Suck-Up Machines
52 min
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ICYMI | Gavin Newsom’s Sh*tposting
The California governor is now tweeting like Trump.
42 min
123
Amicus | Is The National Guard Coming To Your C...
The legal loopholes that enabled Trump to call in the troops, and what can stop him.
54 min
124
What Next: TBD | The Great Celebrity Spotify Pl...
What the “Panama Playlists” revealed, other than JD Vance’s taste.
23 min
125
Political Gabfest | Dial M for Mortgage Fraud
Fed governor Lisa Cook resists Trump’s attempt to fire her and smash Fed independence; an executive order expands the National Guard’s law enforcement role; and the Trump administration assaults wind energy.
63 min