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1
What Next: TBD | A Very Online Shooter
The memes that came before, and the memes that were made after.
32 min
2
Political Gabfest | The Domestic Terrorist
62 min
3
What Next | Trump’s Getting His Economy. Yikes.
The Fed cut rates, but it won’t be enough to save the economy from what this administration is doing.
22 min
4
What Next | Can Kash Patel Survive This?
The Patel era is less about investigations and more about posting stuff Trump likes.
26 min
5
What Next | Who’s Winning the War on Higher Edu...
The Trump administration has silenced professors, withheld more than two billion dollars in research funding, and forced administrators out.
30 min
6
Slate Money | Money Talks: Battle of the AI Bots
34 min
7
What Next: Hasan Piker Knew Charlie Kirk
The leftist streamer says that in the rush to mourn Kirk and condemn political violence, Kirk’s own words and politics are in danger of being whitewashed or ignored.
25 min
8
What Next: TBD | Her Daughter Killed Herself. T...
Should A.I. have warned someone?
31 min
9
ICYMI | Is #BodyPositivity Over?
Ozempic has turned social media from a safe space into a minefield.
47 min
10
Slate Money | The Hyundai ICE Raid
42 min
11
Amicus | Dear Justice Kavanaugh, “I’m American,...
Why Brett Kavanaugh’s unconstitutional freestyling on racial profiling just landed all of us in deep trouble.
47 min
12
What Next: TBD | You Can't Escape the Charlie K...
Content moderation is dead, algorithms are designed to serve you horrific videos - is this the future of life online?
32 min
13
Political Gabfest | Assassination of Charlie Kirk
59 min
14
What Next | How the Supreme Court Legalized Rac...
According to the court, college admissions offices can’t consider race. ICE, however…
26 min
15
What Next | Trump Blew Up 11 People. Is That Le...
The president takes the “because I say so” theory of authority into international waters.
28 min
16
ICYMI | Does SNL Need Internet Comedians?
And do internet comedians need SNL?
40 min
17
What Next | The Democrats Have Leverage. Will T...
Rep. Jamie Raskin and the Democrats are considering all of their options for stopping Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
23 min
18
Hang Up | When Trump Took Center Court
The president stole the spotlight – and tested the audience's patience – at the U.S. Open.
60 min
19
What Next | Can You Get a COVID Vaccine?
RFK Jr. undid in one summer something decades in the making.
24 min
20
What Next: TBD | End of an Electric Avenue
Are Americans ready and willing to pay full-price for an electric vehicle?
20 min
21
Slate Money | What Do You Pay the Man Who Has E...
45 min
22
ICYMI | The Gaylor Fandom Is Going Through It
Taylor Swift’s most misunderstood fandom is bearing the brunt of her engagement.
48 min
23
Amicus | How To Fix Our Broken Constitution
Historian Jill Lepore explains how the power to change the law through constitutional amendments was always intended to keep Americans from killing each other.
52 min
24
What Next: TBD | Is the A.I. Bubble Bursting?
An “A.I. hater” makes the case.
31 min
25
Political Gabfest | CDC DOA
Major courtroom losses pile up for the Trump administration; RFK Jr. dismantles US public health in real-time; and Democrats face government shutdown political calculus again as Congress returns.
57 min