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What Next: Texas Democrats' Last Stand?
This walkout might be more delaying tactic than strategy.
25 min
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What Next: How Exxon Gets Its Way
Inside the oil giant’s lobbying practices.
22 min
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What Next: Drugs and the Olympics
Who is served by the current anti-doping system if it knocks out an athlete like Sha’Carri Richardson?
25 min
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A Word: The Cruelty Was the Point. Is It Still?
Adam Serwer on how Donald Trump’s weaponized cruelty outlasted his presidency.
22 min
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The Waves: Amy Coney Barrett Is Following in th...
The newest Supreme Court justice wants to be seen as a deeply academic thinker, but her shadow docket rulings reveal her long game.
35 min
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The Waves: Kyrsten Sinema Doesn't Care What You...
The Arizona senator has a lot of flashy outfits. Does she have a coherent message?
36 min
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A Word: Is Critical Race Theory Getting Canceled?
Ibram Kendi explains critical race theory, so even a racist can understand.
19 min
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A Word: No Whites Allowed?
Chicago’s mayor sparks fury by giving anniversary interviews only to reporters of color.
20 min
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After Trump Episode Six: Getting It Done
25 min
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What Next: The Palestinian Perspective
29 min
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After Trump Episode Five: Prosecuting a President
35 min
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After Trump Episode Four: Prosecuting a President
35 min
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What Next: Inside India’s COVID Wards
The country's hospitals are so overrun that people are turning to Twitter for emergency medicine.
28 min
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Amicus: The Verdict, the Video, and the Unreaso...
George Floyd’s murder and the history of bearing witness while Black in America.
64 min
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After Trump Episode Three: Obstruction & Pardons
32 min
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After Trump Episode Two: Enemy of the People
41 min
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Introducing: After Trump
Episode 1: Follow the Money
42 min
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What Next: The Bizarre Origin Story of the Gaet...
27 min
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A Word: Battling Georgia’s Backlash Against Bla...
Black voters matter in Georgia. That’s why Republicans want to stop them.
24 min
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What Next: One Colorado Man’s Crusade Against G...
What the Boulder shooting reveals about the fight for gun control measures in the state.
25 min
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What Next: Why Cuomo Won’t Resign
The New York governor faces compounding scandals.
28 min
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Introducing: A Word … with Jason Johnson
A new show from Slate.
25 min
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The Trumpcast Finale
63 min
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The Arc of History: An Update
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The Former MAGA Soldier Who Skipped the War
35 min