1426
What Next TBD: Did A.I. Write This Headline?
No, but Silicon Valley thinks it can.
31 min
1427
Slate Money: Chip War
Chris Miller joins Slate Money to talk about microchips.
43 min
1428
The Waves: How a Man Writes Women Protagonists
Should authors steer clear of man characters with genders different from their own?
36 min
1429
Amicus: The Dobbs Leak Investigation
Jodi Kantor on the tipping scales of secrecy and privacy at the High Court.
34 min
1430
A Word: The Fire This Time?
Does Tyre Nichols’ death prove “the reckoning” failed?
29 min
1431
What Next TBD: Will Google Get Broken Up?
The tech giant's online ad business has printed money for more than a decade. The Justice Department is coming for it.
24 min
1432
Political Gabfest: DeSantis University
The rise of Marjorie Taylor Greene; Ron DeSantis’ anti-anti-racist academics; & the bipartisan bashing of monopolist Ticketmaster.
50 min
1433
What Next: Election Deniers Shot at Her
A New Mexico state senator woke up to bullet holes in her daughter’s room.
18 min
1434
What Next: The "Other NRA" Fighting Restaurant ...
Why the food-service industry is in turmoil—and how it can survive.
28 min
1435
What Next: Will the Debt Ceiling Cave in This T...
A divided Congress dusts off an old fight—and for what?
22 min
1436
What Next: Cities’ Wetter, Wilder Future
America already experiences an “urban flooding event” every 2 or 3 days—and more rain is coming.
22 min
1437
What Next TBD: Does Meta Even Care When Its Use...
The surest way to get your Instagram account back is to know somebody who works there.
26 min
1438
A Word: Haiti: Fear of a Black Republic
Historically, has American “help” pushed Haiti to the brink of failure?
26 min
1439
Slate Money: It’s Not TV
Felix Gillette joins to talk about his new book on HBO.
51 min
1440
Political Gabfest Reads: Two Horrifying Days in...
Shahan Mufti discusses his new book, American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C.
32 min
1441
The Waves: Exercise Shouldn’t (Always) Feel Pun...
It’s okay to slow down. Plus, why your yoga class costs so much.
29 min
1442
What Next TBD: An Antivax Dog Whistle Goes Viral
A data scientist and epidemiologist is just answering questions.
26 min
1443
Political Gabfest: Does Alito Hate Sotomayor?
Biden’s document debacle; SCOTUS justices’ open animosity; and Davos during “polycrisis”
48 min
1444
What Next: Latin America’s Lost Decade
In the 2000s, citizens grew accustomed to rising prosperity; they’re still looking for leaders who can deliver it.
25 min
1445
What Next: The Spike at the End of “Zero COVID”
The people and the economy seemed ready to be done with restrictions—but was the country ready to fully open?
24 min
1446
What Next: Hospice for Profit
End-of-life care is full of people looking for a big return on little effort.
26 min
1447
What Next TBD: Tesla’s No Good, Very Bad Year
Elon Musk promised an “epic end of year” to Tesla investors in 2022. But the stock crashed instead. What happened?
28 min
1448
A Word: Shut Up and Teach?
Florida’s anti-”woke” law is already scaring educators into silence.
20 min
1449
Slate Money: Is Inflation Ova?
Slate Money talks about soaring egg prices, gas stoves and Columbia Business School’s new campus.
41 min
1450
Amicus: The Labor Case Before SCOTUS Has Big I...
Another precedent-busting case at SCOTUS, this time targeting unions and the right to strike
68 min