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What Next TBD: The Never-Ending Cancer Drug Sho...
This problem isn't new—and it's completely preventable.
31 min
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Amicus: The End of Affirmative Action
The six conservative justices say no more race-conscious college admissions, proffering irrational carve-outs and no clear path forward.
6 min
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What Next: Would You Join the Army for US Citiz...
The US Military is facing a recruitment crisis. But offering citizenship-for-service is not as straightforward as it sounds.
26 min
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What Next: Why We Have to Take RFK Jr. Seriously
An old-politics last name meets a dangerous new political moment.
21 min
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Amicus: Moore v Harper Was a Win for Democracy,...
Chief Justice John Roberts steps in again to defend US democracy’s status quo, with an added bonus of sticking it to federal defendant and former President Donald J Trump.
6 min
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Hear Me Out: Patriarchy Hurts All Of Us — Inclu...
Gender is a verb, and the system it creates is keeping (almost) everyone down.
33 min
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What Next: We Need to Talk About Kevin McCarthy
After a month of fights, strikes, censures, and name-calling, can Kevin McCarthy control his House?
21 min
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What Next: The Failed Coup in Russia
On Friday, a mercenary leader began a coup against Vladimir Putin. By Saturday, it was over. But experts say the ramifications - will last a lot longer.
24 min
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A Word: Black and Proud
25 min
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What Next TBD: Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?
Some patients claim it "quiets their brain." Researchers have been studying its effect on addiction for years. Does it actually work?
26 min
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Amicus: Supreme Court Politics One Year On Fro...
A year after SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade and wrought suffering and death, Democrats are still really bad at talking about Supreme Court politics.
59 min
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Slate Money: The NCAA is…What, Exactly?
Slate Money gets an update on college athletics after two years with Name, Image and Likeness rules
61 min
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Political Gabfest: Not THAT President Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. takes his presidential campaign online; Hunter Biden agrees to a plea deal; and Arkansas’s ban on medical care for transgender children is overturned while New York creates a shield for abortion-pill providers. Join Maryland Governor Wes Moore and us for Political Gabfest Live in Washington, D.C., Wednesday June 28, 7:30 p.m., Sixth & I. In-person and livestream tickets on sale now!
50 min
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What Next TBD: The U.S. vs Amazon Prime
Does Amazon make canceling a Prime subscription unnecessarily difficult? The FTC thinks so.
22 min
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What Next: Is Planned Parenthood Stepping Up?
A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, we ask the head of the nation’s largest abortion provider – now what?
21 min
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The Waves: A Year Without Roe
Since the 2022 Dobbs decision ending the right to an abortion, a lot has happened. And it’s worse than we predicted.
52 min
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Amicus: Samuel Alito and The Billionaire
Pre-butting his bought-and-paid-for Alaskan fishing adventure story in the Wall Street Journal is… A choice!
6 min
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Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas - Ep. 4: A N...
What if Anita Hill hadn’t been the only woman who testified against Clarence Thomas?
62 min
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What Next: Why There’s a Cop at Your Kid’s School
A new Texas law requires every public school to have an armed officer on campus. But will they really prevent school shootings?
18 min
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Hear Me Out: Descendants Of Slaves Don’t Need R...
Being stuck in the past might not help us make progress.
43 min
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What Next: They Pledged to Stop Sex Abuse. Inst...
One year after a massive sex abuse scandal, America’s largest Protestant denomination has a different concern: women in church leadership.
25 min
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What Next TBD: The George Soros Succession
Life imitates prestige television for George Soros, his sons, and—because of their billions—politics across the world.
24 min
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A Word: More Than A Hashtag
Police shooting survivor Leon Ford hated cops. Now he works with them.
37 min
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Amicus: SCOTUS Wants To Drain The Swamp, Too
Justice Alito’s opinion in Sackett clears the way for filling in. paving over, and otherwise threatening millions of acres of wetlands.
42 min
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Slate Money: Could Global Inequality Actually B...
Slate Money talks the decline in global economic inequality, tacky beach pictures, and what happened to the Instant Pot.
43 min