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What Next | The Trump Doctrine in Latin America
Why Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado made sure to thank the president.
29 min
2
What Next | Are Democrats Already Fumbling a Win?
What weird state-wide races in Virginia tell us about 2026.
29 min
3
What Next: TBD | Why Bands Are Leaving Spotify
Xiu Xiu explains their decision to leave the streaming platform following Daniel Ek's investments in defense tech.
17 min
4
Slate Money | Credit Cockroaches
47 min
5
Amicus | Voting Rights, But Mainly for White Pe...
Didn’t you hear? SCOTUS says racism’s over.
50 min
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What Next: TBD | Inside the MAGA Content Mill
How to make a city full of inflatable frog suits look like it needs the National Guard.
23 min
7
Political Gabfest | Trump Ends the Gaza War
55 min
8
What Next | He Wrote About Anti-Fascism—Then Fl...
How a book Mark Bray wrote in 2017 led to death threats and Bray relocating his family to Spain.
31 min
9
What Next | Time for a Blue-State “Soft Secessi...
If the federal government is deadset on punishing states run by Democrats, what options do those states have?
22 min
10
ICYMI | Stop Trying To Make A.I. Trendy
From vandalized subway ads to ChatGPT billboards, A.I. startups are flooding traditional marketing spaces and getting backlash for it.
38 min
11
Hang Up | How the Ceasefire Keeps Israel in Eur...
Trump’s peace deal pressed pause on a move to expel the country from UEFA.
64 min
12
What Next | Everything’s Coming Up Bari
Is Weiss perpetually on the rise, or is media coming down to her level?
25 min
13
Slate Money | Money Talks: Don’t Forget The 192...
33 min
14
What Next: TBD | A.I. for Cops
Silicon Valley wants your police department to use artificial intelligence. Do you?
24 min
15
Slate Money | What Even Is Money?
54 min
16
Amicus | Trump’s Insurrection Claims Could Lead...
Is the administration priming the American people to accept military intervention in the midterms?
52 min
17
What Next: TBD | The People Suing ICE
21 min
18
Political Gabfest | Portland is Not Actually Bu...
60 min
19
What Next | The People Joining ICE
As much of the government faces layoffs, slashed funding, and a shutdown, ICE’s budget has been tripled, and they’re casting a wide net for new recruits.
23 min
20
What Next | Inside the Portland “War Zone”
They blew up the Chicken Man in Portland last night…
26 min
21
ICYMI | Taylor Swift Is Rewriting Her Internet ...
We break down the surprising reactions to Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl and what it says about her current relationship to the internet.
42 min
22
What Next | Is the Gaza Deal Real?
Donald Trump’s premature announcement demonstrated just how much leverage he has over the situation.
26 min
23
Hang Up | Everything Is Sports Betting
How prediction markets are turning everything from elections to football games into wagering opportunities.
61 min
24
What Next | When You’re A Justice They Let You ...
Conversion therapy, racial redistricting, the president’s power to fire anyone he wants—are the conservatives lining ‘em up to knock ‘em down?
27 min
25
What Next: TBD | Saudi Arabia Gets into EA’s Games
What state investment in the video game company means for the industry.
20 min