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1
What Next | The Scandal That Took Down Tim Walz
Before it became fodder for right-wing YouTubers, local journalists had been investigating welfare fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community.
27 min
2
What Next | The Jan 6ers: Where Are They Now?
The case that turned the Justice Department inside out.
25 min
3
Slate Money | Money Talks: Barbie’s Dirty Laundry
33 min
4
What Next | Don’t Call It a Regime Change
If Maduro is bad enough to warrant THAT, why is his vice president running Venezuela now?
26 min
5
What Next: TBD | Are We Over the Moon?
NASA had a goal of getting to the moon by 2027. It's 2026, and the agency is still far from reaching that.
33 min
6
Slate Money | Schrödinger’s Equities
47 min
7
ICYMI | Twitter Is Dead (Really, We Mean It)
A new location feature exposed the app’s smoke and mirrors.
48 min
8
Amicus | The Fast Track To Autocracy
Almost a year on, predictions from an expert on the law of autocracy about Trump’s American takeover have proven eerily prescient.
56 min
9
What Next: TBD | 2025: Dystopian Tech of the Year
Just when you thought wrap-around sunglasses were as bad as they could be…
24 min
10
What Next | 2025: The Music of the Year
Bad Bunny continued to dominate—but newcomers like Cameron Winter and his band Geese also shined.
41 min
11
Political Gabfest | Greatest Hits
52 min
12
What Next | 2025: The Advice of the Year
In a year when things felt out of control, this advice kept us grounded.
28 min
13
What Next | 2025: The Movie(s) of the Year
Two films especially felt like they couldn’t have come out at any other time.
31 min
14
What Next | 2025: The Game of the Year
One man’s presence loomed over U.S. sports, like a xenophobic Goodyear Blimp.
25 min
15
Slate Money | 2025 Hot Takes
37 min
16
ICYMI | Our Year of Brain Rot and Tech Dystopia
The most important internet moments of 2025.
53 min
17
Amicus | What We Got Wrong About SCOTUS in 2025
Hopes of moderation evaporated as the Supreme Court’s MAGA majority laser-focused on one thing in 2025. It’s only going to become more obsessed in 2026.
65 min
18
Slate Money | Money Talks: Altruism After USAID
33 min
19
Hang Up | 2025: The Year in Sports
We look back at the biggest sports stories from each month of the past year.
71 min
20
Slate Money | Christmas Adjacent Inciting Incident
42 min
21
Amicus | The Forgotten Lawsuits Targeting Trump...
The Alien Enemies Act litigation may have fallen off the front pages, but it’s about to make headlines again.
58 min
22
What Next: TBD | Data Center Space Race
Elon is eyeing two birds with one IPO.
22 min
23
Political Gabfest | Susie Wiles is a Sane Enabler
51 min
24
What Next | Why Antisemitism Is Everywhere
Australia’s mass shooting is just the latest attack on Jews. Why is antisemitism rising? And who should be responsible for stopping it?
26 min
25
What Next | The Unaffordable Economy
With tariffs dragging us down, Fed governors are torn on what to do with interest rates.
28 min