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Amicus | SCOTUS, Meet The Broligarchs
Kara Swisher with the briefing constitutional lawyers need to understand big tech’s federal government takeover.
61 min
127
What Next: TBD | Chatbots All The Way Down
Why AI companies are giving you the tech you want, but maybe not the tech you need.
22 min
128
What Next | Yes, Shelves Will Be Empty
The consequences of “Liberation Day” are about 5-7 weeks out. It’s going to get ugly.
26 min
129
What Next | The Arts of the Deal
How Trump is imposing his will on the arts, from the Kennedy Center outward.
26 min
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ICYMI: Kate Mackz Can’t Outrun Politics
24 min
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What Next | A Marco Rubio for All Seasons
The journey from “Little Marco” to Trump’s do-everything cabinet member.
26 min
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What Next | Trump v. the Judiciary
Time to find out how coequal these branches really are.
24 min
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What Next: TBD | How Elon Wields Power
You can’t run the country like a company. Musk is learning that the hard way.
30 min
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Slate Money | Everyone Cares About Power Grids ...
47 min
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ICYMI: The Harry Potter Fandom Faces Its Bigges...
49 min
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Amicus | The Un-American Project
The Trump administration can’t delete birthright citizenship or due process from the constitution. But they’re asking the courts to let them.
74 min
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What Next: TBD | Marc Andreessen’s New Deal
How the Silicon Valley kingmaker became a Washington mover and shaker.
22 min
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Political Gabfest | Only 100 Days
64 min
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What Next | Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Trumpism comes to Congress.
24 min
140
What Next | Inside the ICE Prison Holding Stude...
After visiting Rümeysa Öztürk in Louisiana, Rep. Ayanna Pressley has some recommendations for the Democrats.
25 min
141
ICYMI: This Book Drama Gets Hotter in the DMs
27 min
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Money Talks: The Family Squabble That Could Cha...
41 min
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What Next | Will HHS Survive RFK Jr?
100 days into this second Trump administration, RFK Jr.’s already spreading misinformation about autism—and failing to confront a deadly measles outbreak.
22 min
144
Hang Up | Shedeur: The Hype vs. Reality
68 min
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What Next | Are Public Schools the Supreme Cour...
Two cases regarding religion in the classroom could upend public education as we have known it.
27 min
146
What Next: TBD | Death of the Weather Forecast?
Climate and weather aren’t the same thing, but the Trump administration would have you understand neither one.
23 min
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Slate Money | Say Goodbye to Hollywood
45 min
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Amicus | The Anti-Trump Cases That Have Changed...
Key legal takeaways from 100 days of lawlessness.
68 min
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What Next: TBD | The Immigration Data Dragnet
25 min
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Political Gabfest: One Thing Even Trump Won’t Do
61 min