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1
What Next: TBD | If You Give A.I. a Nuke
Don’t worry. Computers can’t decide to drop a bomb. Yet.
24 min
2
Amicus | The Three Faces Of Trumpism
Has Trump ushered in an authoritarian crisis, an overdue constitutional overhaul, or merely benefitted from America’s rotten politics?
51 min
3
Slate Money | The Coolest Thing in the World fo...
49 min
4
What Next: TBD | Rebroadcast: Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
30 min
5
Political Gabfest | Is This the End of the Trum...
62 min
6
What Next | Why You Can't Avoid Wicked
It's the way you're viewed, so it's very shrewd to be very very…weird?
25 min
7
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
8
Slate Money | Money Talks: Chicken and a Cold D...
35 min
9
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
10
What Next: TBD | The Surveillance Interstate
ICE is watching how and where you drive.
27 min
11
Slate Money | Good Riddance to Larry Summers
50 min
12
ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined.
45 min
13
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
14
What Next: TBD | Crypto Keeps Criming
Even with a crypto president, these guys can’t stop doing shady stuff.
21 min
15
Political Gabfest | DOJ is DOA
59 min
16
What Next | Who Killed the Penny? She Did.
Nickels, consider yourselves warned.
22 min
17
Sudan on the Brink
How an isolationist United States leaves more space for conflict, and less humanitarian aid.
26 min
18
What Next | Have the Epstein Files Broken MAGA?
Wait—Trump didn’t just wriggle out of this one?!
27 min
19
What Next | The National Guard Is Asking Questions
The crackdown is still searching for a crisis.
24 min
20
What Next: TBD | How Meta Profits Off Fraud
There’s a big financial incentive for Facebook and Instagram to tolerate scammers.
28 min
21
Slate Money | The Correct Opinion on 50-Year Mo...
44 min
22
Amicus | He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Amid unprecedented attacks on courts and judges, two champions for justice speak out.
75 min
23
What Next: TBD | Data Centers on the Ballot
A.I. companies are leading the data-center boom. Voters seem less enthused.
21 min
24
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
25
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