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What Next | The Struggle to Get Aid to Gaza
In 2025, it’s about to get a lot more difficult to distribute humanitarian assistance.
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What Next | The Trump Restoration
The good news is this year is ending, but alas, another is on its way.
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How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without ...
Mónica Guzmán breaks down the tape of one family’s contentious conversation.
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Hang Up | Who Gets Christmas: The NFL or NBA? W...
The franchises are battling it out for who gets to be the main event while viewers open presents.
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What Next | Jimmy Carter’s Legacy
White evangelicals are now a Republican constituency. But Carter—a Democrat—was the first one in the Oval office.
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What Next TBD | The Cost of Suicide Prevention ...
Is this the best way to address an urgent mental health crisis? The data isn’t there yet.
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Slate Money | The Truth Behind Donald Trump’s T...
Paul Krugman joins to talk us through tariffs, Biden’s economic legacy, and more.
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Amicus | Dead Amendment Walking
We answer your smart, incisive, sometimes panicked, questions about the courts, the law, and the constitution, as we slide into Trump 2.0
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What Next | 2024 in Review: What the WNBA Salar...
Caitlin Clark’s $76,000 pay is shocking—but the story is bigger than her.
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Political Gabfest | The “2024 Conundrums” Edition
Emily, John, and David end 2024 answering questions, big and small.
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What Next | 2024 in Review: Why Miss USA is Imp...
Miss USA’s resignation letter is vague. But the first letter of each sentence spells out “I am silenced.”
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What Next | 2024 in Review: Wait, Is JUUL Banne...
Through the haze of FDA review, bans that didn’t remove JUUL from the marketplace, and its provisional green light.
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How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without ...
Mónica Guzmán on aiming for understanding—not agreement.
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Hang Up | Rickey Henderson Was Ahead of His Time
Rickey Henderson reshaped the game in his image, and left a legacy that can’t be topped.
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What Next | 2024 in Review: Would You Die For M...
Contestants on his new show got more than they bargained for—it sounds like MrBeast did too.
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Well, Now: The Future of Wellness
How can we ensure healthy, well-balanced lives are attainable for all?
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What Next TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer
When everyone’s aiming for the same target, some convergence seems inevitable.
27 min
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Slate Money | Who Elected Elon?
Elon Musk tweets away a bipartisan spending bill, Brazil’s economy is in trouble, and Starbucks and Amazon workers strike.
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Amicus | Defamation Stations!
Journalism will need to lawyer up and build up courage if it’s going to survive Trump’s blizzard of litigation against the fourth estate.
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What Next TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!
Everyone please calm down.
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Political Gabfest | The Shutdown and the Great ...
The capitulation of media and corporate America to Donald Trump; the government shutdown and surrender of House Republicans; and the appeal of TikTok.
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What Next | Can More Grocery Stores Fix Food De...
If you build it, they still might not come.
22 min
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What Next | How Trump Got ABC to Pay Up
With Disney’s backing they could’ve fought this—so why didn’t they?
26 min
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What Next | How Shaboozey Broke the Mold
His hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is both trap-country and an old-fashioned radio hit.
25 min
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What Next | Make Hollywood Great Again
The Daily Wire isn’t content to just fester on YouTube anymore—and major movie studios are watching their success.
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