1
What Next: TBD | Data Centers on the Ballot
A.I. companies are leading the data-center boom. Voters seem less enthused.
21 min
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
ICYMI | Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?
Alex Warren was an OG TikTokker. Now he’s nominated for a Grammy.
40 min
6
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
7
Slate Money | Money Talks: Beyond The Pink Tax
38 min
8
Hang Up | Mamdani and the Knicks
How New York’s favorite team influenced the recent mayoral race.
60 min
9
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
10
What Next: TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Tri...
Post-DOGE, Musk’s empire is looking a little shaky, if still extremely lucrative for the man himself.
27 min
11
Slate Money | Meta’s Instascam Ads
50 min
12
Amicus | When Tariffs Crashed Into SCOTUS
SCOTUS has let this president do pretty much anything. Are tariffs really where they draw the line?
61 min
13
What Next: TBD | The Nick Fuentes Problem
What’s the difference between being a party with Nazis and being in a Nazi party?
21 min
14
Political Gabfest | Spectacular Night for Democ...
Democrats sweep races up and down the ballot across the country; the Supreme Court hears arguments on the legality of Trump’s tariffs; and the Trump administration plays chicken with SNAP benefits.
55 min
15
What Next | Trump’s Tariffs Have a Constitution...
It’s tough to carve out something that looks plausibly legal, even to this Supreme Court.
24 min
16
What Next | The Andrew Formerly Known as a Prince
Stripping the problematic royal of his title isn’t justice, but at least it’s something.
22 min
17
What Next | She Won the Election. The GOP Won’t...
Election Day only matters if you get to take office.
23 min
18
Hang Up | A World Series for the Ages
How the Dodgers won one of the greatest showdowns in baseball history.
75 min
19
What Next | The Redistricting Arms Race Is On
Trump wants to hold the House, but do state-level GOP operatives have the stomach for unpopular, undemocratic new maps?
25 min
20
Slate Money | A Second Gold Toilet!?
51 min
21
Amicus | The Federal Judiciary Is Trapped
Trump’s lawlessness demands judicial courage and candour. Federal judges got the memo. SCOTUS is asleep at the switch.
63 min
22
Political Gabfest | Live from Chicago!
75 min
23
What Next | How Will We Feed Our Neighbors?
Why you should consider giving out mac n’ cheese along with candy this Halloween.
28 min
24
What Next | The Volunteers Taking on ICE
The Harbor Area Peace Patrol attempts to protect undocumented neighbors in southern California, one parking lot at a time.
24 min
25
What Next | Where Sports Betting Got Us
Just when you think it’s all apps, the Mafia pops back into the picture.
26 min