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Amicus | Playing Chicken With the Constitution
Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are revving up for a face off between the president and the courts.
71 min
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What Next: TBD | The U.S. vs Meta
The U.S. alleges Meta has a social media monopoly. Meta claims that in 2025, that's simply not true.
20 min
128
Political Gabfest | Trump vs. Harvard
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What Next | Should Hospitals Drug Test New Moms?
False positives are common. The legal consequences can be devastating.
24 min
130
What Next | When a State Tells Trump 'No'
Maine’s governor said she’d follow her state’s laws—then the federal government launched more than a half dozen investigations.
24 min
131
What Next | Trump’s Weaponized IRS
It's likely counter to the law and almost definitely going to cost us tax revenue.
25 min
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Slate Money | Money Talks: The Student Loan Par...
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Hang Up | Rory McIlroy Makes History
The golfer from Northern Ireland becomes only the sixth man ever to complete a Grand Slam.
67 min
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What Next | Project 2025’s Plan for Your Family
24 min
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What Next: TBD | TikTok: Somehow Also Affected ...
Like everything else, TikTok finds itself subject to changing winds of one President Trump.
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Slate Money | The Economy’s ‘One Guy Problem’
57 min
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Amicus | A Lawyer’s Guide to Not Caving to the ...
55 min
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What Next: TBD | Trump Tariffs Hit Mushroom Kin...
How Nintendo tried to save their console princess.
20 min
139
Political Gabfest | The Bond Market Shrieks
The ongoing fallout after Trump’s complex tariffs and partial retreat; the Supreme Court’s tepid responses to deportation cases leave questions open; and the NC GOP tries to steal a state Supreme Court seat.
56 min
140
What Next | Impeachment From the Bottom Up
"Hands Off" isn't specific enough. Tell them what you want.
23 min
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What Next | A Cancelled Actor Scripts His Comeback
What to make of Jonathan Majors’ return to the press circuit.
22 min
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Amicus | Sneak Preview: The Supreme Court Just ...
Five justices used an emergency ruling to reward Trump’s DOJ and severely restrict hundreds of detainees’ access to justice.
6 min
143
What Next | The Mass Grave in Gaza
In the days since the ceasefire fell apart, Gazans have faced bombardment, malnutrition, and a dire political plan for their future.
26 min
144
Hang Up| How UConn Reclaimed the Throne
55 min
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What Next | The Upside Of Tariffs
Make no mistake: this is gonna hurt.
26 min
146
Culture Gabfest | Seth Rogen’s Love/Hate Letter...
This week, the hosts discuss The Studio, Eephus, and Sunrise On The Reaping.
67 min
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What Next: TBD | Why Wall Street Can’t Quit Elon
Your 401k loves him too.
29 min
148
Slate Money | That Wack-Ass Tariff Formula
58 min
149
Amicus | He Was Deported by Administrative Erro...
Will the Trump administration follow a federal judge’s orders and bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home?
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What Next: TBD | Where DOGE Is Taking Us
What happens when you run the government like how Elon Musk runs a business?
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