RFK Jr. undid in one summer something decades in the making.
24 min
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What Next: TBD | End of an Electric Avenue
Are Americans ready and willing to pay full-price for an electric vehicle?
20 min
103
Slate Money | What Do You Pay the Man Who Has E...
45 min
104
ICYMI | The Gaylor Fandom Is Going Through It
Taylor Swift’s most misunderstood fandom is bearing the brunt of her engagement.
48 min
105
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
106
What Next: TBD | Is the A.I. Bubble Bursting?
An “A.I. hater” makes the case.
31 min
107
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
108
What Next | Decorator-In-Chief
Turning the White House to Mar-A-Lago North.
23 min
109
What Next | Can Congress Stop Trump's Takeover?
You’re a coequal branch of government! Act like it!
26 min
110
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
111
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Paradoxes of Pat...
36 min
112
What Next: TBD | A24 Meets A.I.
Risk alienating your “auteurs”—or risk being left behind?
22 min
113
Slate Money | Sycophantic Suck-Up Machines
52 min
114
ICYMI | Gavin Newsom’s Sh*tposting
The California governor is now tweeting like Trump.
42 min
115
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
116
What Next: TBD | The Great Celebrity Spotify Pl...
What the “Panama Playlists” revealed, other than JD Vance’s taste.
23 min
117
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
118
What Next | Could Artificial Blood Save Lives?
The hunt for a shelf-stable, life-saving substitute for human blood.
23 min
119
What Next | What the John Bolton Raid Means
Scooch over, National Guard, and make room for a “chilling effect” descending on Washington.
24 min
120
What Next | The Man Behind Trump’s Firing of Li...
Meet the president's attack dog.
27 min
121
What Next | The Womanosphere Wants To Make Amer...
Is the future of MAGA female?
27 min
122
What Next: TBD | Trump Vs. Cancer Research
Wait, it’s ‘Vs. Cancer,’ right? No? Wow.
26 min
123
Slate Money | ATM Scam Summer School
53 min
124
Amicus | Punished For Their Pregnancies
Women are being prosecuted for “crimes” against fetuses and even embryos. Meet the lawyer who’s fighting back.
45 min
125
What Next: TBD | The CDC Under Fire
A widespread suspicion of public health—something HHS head RFK Jr. does nothing to tamp down—has metastasized into something much more dangerous.