101
What Next TBD | The DeepSeek Panic
How one app brought the US-China A.I. war out into the open.
22 min
102
Slate Money | The Federal Employee ‘Buyout’ Mak...
Federal employees are sent a resignation offer, Invidia’s stock drops thanks to Deepseek, and bookstores are booming.
47 min
103
Amicus | Trump’s American Takeover
Autocracy doesn’t always start with tanks in the streets.
52 min
104
What Next TBD | RFK Jr. Is a Feature, Not a Bug
The vaccine skeptic’s nomination reveals the Trump 2.0 approach to public health.
23 min
105
Political Gabfest | Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road
Chaos and confusion reigns as the White House freezes and thaws federal grants; surprise app DeepSeek overturns assumptions in the AI sector; and Jonathan Rauch writes on Christianity and democracy.
72 min
106
What Next | Was Tulsi Gabbard Always Like This?
Of all of Trump’s cabinet nominees, the betting lines say she has the worst odds of being confirmed.
25 min
107
What Next | Trump’s DIY Government Shutdown
How Donald Trump’s freeze on federal funding flies in the face of the constitutional separation of powers.
24 min
108
Amicus | Extra: The Federal Funding Freeze
Trump’s chaotic and illegal order to freeze agency funding usurps Congress’s power and sets up a dangerous game of constitutional chicken at SCOTUS.
38 min
109
What Next | Who Will Mourn DEI?
An imperfect system for creating a fairer society became a boogeyman—and Trump’s attacks on it are turning government employees against each other.
26 min
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What Next | Trump’s Gift to Militias
For a brief moment, militias were pariahs to both parties. Then the GOP called J6ers “patriots.”
24 min
111
Culture Gabfest: Chalamet Goes Electric
This week, the hosts discuss A Complete Unknown, On Call, and David Lynch’s legacy.
74 min
112
What Next TBD | The A.I. Will See You Now
Doctors are increasingly using artificial intelligence to help with appointments. But do the risks outweigh the benefits?
20 min
113
Slate Money | Trump’s TikTok Backtrack
Tiktok is back (for now), Trump has a memecoin, and everyone is digital shoplifting.
45 min
114
Amicus | Trump’s Unconstitutional Rampage Again...
What’s a red flag, what’s a false alarm and what’s already a five alarm fire.
59 min
115
What Next TBD | Department of Government Elon
To trim government, first you must add to government, apparently.
19 min
116
Political Gabfest | This Time Trump Knows What ...
President Trump signs a flurry of executive orders; issues sweeping pardons for January 6 rioters; and enjoys a second inauguration chock full of symbolic elements.
68 min
117
Care & Feeding | We’re Moving Abroad To Escape ...
Slate’s parenting podcast on getting out of dodge.
56 min
118
What Next | How Closed Is the Border?
Trump’s executive orders will narrow the legal paths to America. So does that mean more illegal immigration?
23 min
119
What Next | Can Trump Actually Do All That?
Sorting through how much of that was legal—and how little was legally binding.
25 min
120
Outward | Meta’s New Rules: Embracing Homophobi...
WIRED writer Kate Knibbs breaks down the recent changes at Meta with Christina Cauterucci
28 min
121
Hang Up | The Buckeyes Are Champs Again
How the Scarlet and Gray from Ohio State snapped a ten-year title drought.
71 min
122
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Cost of Caring
Professor Harold Pollack joins Slate Money co-host Emily Peck to discuss the finances of long-term caregiving.
31 min
123
How To! | Harness Your Citizen Superpowers
Eric Liu on turning fear into fuel for community-based action in the Trump era.
41 min
124
What Next | Hello Trumpworld
New faces, names you remember—and those you tried to forget.
23 min
125
Slate Money | Oligarchy in the USA
Biden warns of an American oligarchy, the FDA is suing John Deere, and Hindenburg shuts down.
48 min