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Political Gabfest | The Democrats Had A Good Day
Liberal handily wins the biggest electoral showdown of Trump 2.0 presidency so far; Trump imposes massive, nearly-universal tariffs; and the government refuses to fix mistakes in deporting alleged gang members.
61 min
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What Next | The Lives Ruined by Trump's Deporta...
The pretexts are flimsy; due process is absent, and mistakes have already been made.
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What Next | How the Supreme Court Could Gut Pla...
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Slate Money | Money Talks: The Campaign Against...
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What Next | Free Speech? Not If You’re A Foreig...
The administration is sending a message by detaining Rumeysa Ozturk and Mahmoud Khalil.
23 min
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Hang Up | The PGA Tour's Saudi Stalemate
LIV Golf and the PGA Tour’s divides deepen as Saudi Arabia continues to invest in the sport.
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What Next | Will Elon Musk Buy Another Election?
All eyes are on a State Supreme Court race in Wisconsin.
26 min
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What Next: TBD | This Is Your Brain On Ketamine
And Silicon Valley's too.
22 min
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Slate Money | Illegal Group Chats Are Everywhere
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Amicus | Trump’s Plan To Put A Chokehold On Vot...
The SAVE act plus this week’s executive order targeting voting are the biggest proposed restrictions on the right to vote in Congress’ history.
69 min
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What Next: TBD | We Made a Memecoin
Because—how hard could it be?
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Political Gabfest: Houthi PC Small Group
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What Next | The Group Chat Heard ‘Round the World
Former GOP congressman and Air Force vet Adam Kinzinger shares just how bad this Signal leak was.
25 min
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Culture Gabfest: Netflix’s Incel Tragedy Adoles...
This week, the hosts discuss Adolescence, Lady Gaga’s latest album MAYHEM, and Trump’s continued assault on public universities to remove DEI programs.
66 min
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What Next | What Happens To My Student Loans Now?
If your debt outlasts the Department of Education, alas, you’re not out of the woods yet.
24 min
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What Next | A Tea Party for the Democrats?
Bernie and AOC have crowds, but what’s their pitch?
23 min
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What Next | How Colleges Can Fight Back
Taking it from the quads to courts.
25 min
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Culture Gabfest: Cate Blanchett Is a Sexy Super...
This week, the hosts discuss Black Bag, Deli Boys, and the enduring legacy of Dave Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
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What Next TBD | Bezos 2.0
How the Amazon founder went from Trump critic to Trump donor.
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Slate Money | Who’s The Boss?
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Amicus | The Rule of Law Took A Very Dark Turn ...
From rendition flights to El Salvador, to USAID workers left stranded in dangerous places, the courts are tackling Trump’s wildest lawless acts, but meeting with denial and defiance.
73 min
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What Next TBD | Trump's War on Scientific Research
Cutting NIH grants–even temporarily–could have repercussions for years to come.
26 min
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Political Gabfest | The “Constitutional Crisis ...
The government responds defiantly to court orders in showdown over mass deportation; what the data say about why Trump won in 2024; and slow-motion capitulation in a long call between Trump and Putin.
62 min
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What Next | Trump’s Animal-Spirit Economy
Trying to make sense of Trumponomics.
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What Next | A "Made for TV" Deportation Policy
Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked an arcane law which was last used to justify Japanese internment. A judge tried to stop him—but he didn’t listen.
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