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1
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
2
Slate Money | Schrödinger’s Equities
47 min
3
ICYMI | Twitter Is Dead (Really, We Mean It)
A new location feature exposed the app’s smoke and mirrors.
48 min
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
Political Gabfest | Greatest Hits
52 min
8
What Next | 2025: The Advice of the Year
In a year when things felt out of control, this advice kept us grounded.
28 min
9
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
10
What Next | 2025: The Game of the Year
One man’s presence loomed over U.S. sports, like a xenophobic Goodyear Blimp.
25 min
11
Slate Money | 2025 Hot Takes
37 min
12
ICYMI | Our Year of Brain Rot and Tech Dystopia
The most important internet moments of 2025.
53 min
13
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
14
Slate Money | Money Talks: Altruism After USAID
33 min
15
Hang Up | 2025: The Year in Sports
We look back at the biggest sports stories from each month of the past year.
71 min
16
Slate Money | Christmas Adjacent Inciting Incident
42 min
17
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
18
What Next: TBD | Data Center Space Race
Elon is eyeing two birds with one IPO.
22 min
19
Political Gabfest | Susie Wiles is a Sane Enabler
51 min
20
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
21
What Next | The Unaffordable Economy
With tariffs dragging us down, Fed governors are torn on what to do with interest rates.
28 min
22
What Next | Candace Owens at a Turning Point
The far-right can’t condone what she’s saying—but can’t look away either.
24 min
23
What Next | The Boot Camps Treating Kids’ Pain
Where does teaching pain tolerance end and further trauma begin?
27 min
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Slate Money | Disney Gets Ahead of the Darth Va...
52 min
25
Amicus | One Amendment Explains It All
A decades-long conservative project to reject the reconstruction amendments is riding the coattails of Trump’s lawless chaos all the way to SCOTUS.
62 min