1326
Political Gabfest: What Is The Comstock Act?
John Durham’s report on the Russia-Trump FBI investigation; the Fifth Circuit argument in the abortion pill case and North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban; and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis v. Disney
53 min
1327
Amicus: E. Jean Carroll and the Lawyer Who Beat...
E. Jean Carroll and lawyer Roberta Kaplan tell Dahlia Lithwick how they won, and why they could be headed back to court.
50 min
1328
Slate Money: The Debt Ceiling is Dumb
Slate Money talks the debt ceiling, AI regulation, and greedflation.
47 min
1329
What Next TBD: Why Sports Are All in on Betting
The tech that turned sports gambling from an illegal vice to an inescapable cash cow.
24 min
1330
What Next: North Carolina’s Rush to Restrict Ab...
Its time as a regional outlier in reproductive freedom ends with an overridden veto.
23 min
1331
What Next: The Roots of Latino White Supremacy
When race cuts across ethnicity.
21 min
1332
Hear Me Out: Workplace DEI Trainings Do More Ha...
If you really want to make your workplace more inclusive, stop with the virtue signaling and actually do the work.
29 min
1333
What Next: How Erdogan Stays in Power
What the Turkish president’s history tells us about the upcoming run-off election.
22 min
1334
What Next: Trump Is Back. Is the Media Ready?
Making the right choice when it comes to good TV vs. good journalism.
23 min
1335
What Next TBD: Space After NASA
The passionate weirdos and hedge funds that want to boldly go where only governments have gone before.
30 min
1336
A Word: Dungeons, Dragons, and Diversity
How “blerds” and other geeks of color are diversifying hobby games.
32 min
1337
Political Gabfest: Donald Trump is Liable
Donald Trump is liable for sexual abuse and defamation and now owes E. Jean Carroll $5 million; Title 42 ends and now President Joe Biden must revise U.S. immigration policy; and the debt ceiling crisis is now imminent.
54 min
1338
Amicus: The Supreme Court's Dangerous Return to...
The Supreme Court’s revanchism and scandals are cratering its legitimacy at the very moment it needs it most.
45 min
1339
The Waves: What E. Jean Carroll Did For Women
She won her defamation case against Donald Trump. Will it have a lasting impact?
34 min
1340
What Next TBD: Who’s Afraid of A.I.?
Real harm from A.I. doesn’t have to look like Skynet—it’s already happening.
29 min
1341
What Next: Debt Ceiling Dinner Theater
Why does America have to keep having this fight?
21 min
1342
What Next: The Border's New Normal
Can the Biden administration live up to the campaign’s rhetoric when Title 42 lifts?
23 min
1343
What Next: Why Richard Glossip Has Escaped Exec...
Inside nearly a decade of delays, stays, and last meals.
24 min
1344
What Next: Can DeSantis Beat Disney?
What may have started as bluster and rhetoric is now a matter for the courts.
24 min
1345
What Next TBD: What's Going on at Meta?
Market instability, bad bets and low morale are putting Silicon Valley's poster child in uncharted territory. Can it claw its way back?
29 min
1346
A Word: Becoming “The Black Mozart”
Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr., star of “Chevalier,” on bringing forgotten virtuoso Joseph Bologne to film.
18 min
1347
Slate Money: Why The First Republic Failure Is ...
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers talk about the failure of First Republic Bank.
46 min
1348
Political Gabfest: E. Jean Carroll, ‘Why Didn’t...
The latest on the debt ceiling. E. Jean Carroll testifies in her lawsuit against Donald J. Trump. And Republican supermajorities defy the will of the people in state legislatures across the country.
50 min
1349
The Waves: How to Protect Your Kids From Diet C...
Virginia Sole-Smith’s new book makes the radical case for letting your kids be kids when it comes to food. With Mom and Dad Are Fighting’s Jamilah Lemieux.
35 min
1350
Amicus: Clarence Thomas and the Billionaires
As news of undisclosed gifts and payments to the Thomases mount, a network and a project becomes clear for all to see.
44 min