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What Next | Could We Get Peace In Ukraine?
The Trump administration’s proposed plan is fairly vague—but it would result in a clear victor.
21 min
2
Slate Money | Money Talks: Chicken and a Cold D...
35 min
3
What Next | How Planned Parenthood Got Defunded
Abortion bans may not be politically feasible—but cutting funding from the clinics gets you a lot of the way there.
29 min
4
What Next: TBD | The Surveillance Interstate
ICE is watching how and where you drive.
27 min
5
Slate Money | Good Riddance to Larry Summers
50 min
6
ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined.
45 min
7
Amicus | The DOJ's Prosecutorial Malpractice Ke...
New developments in the Epstein and Comey sagas have revealed a lot about how justice can still break through the lawlessness of this moment.
56 min
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What Next: TBD | Crypto Keeps Criming
Even with a crypto president, these guys can’t stop doing shady stuff.
21 min
9
Political Gabfest | DOJ is DOA
59 min
10
What Next | Who Killed the Penny? She Did.
Nickels, consider yourselves warned.
22 min
11
Sudan on the Brink
How an isolationist United States leaves more space for conflict, and less humanitarian aid.
26 min
12
What Next | Have the Epstein Files Broken MAGA?
Wait—Trump didn’t just wriggle out of this one?!
27 min
13
What Next | The National Guard Is Asking Questions
The crackdown is still searching for a crisis.
24 min
14
What Next: TBD | How Meta Profits Off Fraud
There’s a big financial incentive for Facebook and Instagram to tolerate scammers.
28 min
15
Slate Money | The Correct Opinion on 50-Year Mo...
44 min
16
Amicus | He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Amid unprecedented attacks on courts and judges, two champions for justice speak out.
75 min
17
What Next: TBD | Data Centers on the Ballot
A.I. companies are leading the data-center boom. Voters seem less enthused.
21 min
18
Political Gabfest | Who Really Won the Shutdown?
Democrats cave to end government shutdown as public pain starts swamping healthcare message; affordability politics take center stage; and the Epstein scandal flares back to life with a vengeance despite the best efforts of the White House.
58 min
19
What Next | Wikipedia Enters the Culture Wars
A user base with a commitment to the truth is what makes Wikipedia work—and what makes it a target.
22 min
20
What Next | No, Women Didn't Ruin the Workplace
“Are workplaces too girly?” and other questions asked bravely by the New York Times.
28 min
21
ICYMI | Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?
Alex Warren was an OG TikTokker. Now he’s nominated for a Grammy.
40 min
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What Next | How To Lose a Government Shutdown
Senate Democrats are letting the GOP off the hook in exchange for a promise for a future vote and a resolution that lasts until January?
23 min
23
Slate Money | Money Talks: Beyond The Pink Tax
38 min
24
Hang Up | Mamdani and the Knicks
How New York’s favorite team influenced the recent mayoral race.
60 min
25
What Next | Is Special Ed Getting Left Behind?
Federal funding that helps schools educate all children has stalled in the government shutdown—and it may never come back.
24 min