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1
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
What Next | She Won the Election. The GOP Won’t...
Election Day only matters if you get to take office.
23 min
6
Hang Up | A World Series for the Ages
How the Dodgers won one of the greatest showdowns in baseball history.
75 min
7
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
8
Slate Money | A Second Gold Toilet!?
51 min
9
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
10
Political Gabfest | Live from Chicago!
75 min
11
What Next | How Will We Feed Our Neighbors?
Why you should consider giving out mac n’ cheese along with candy this Halloween.
28 min
12
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
13
What Next | Where Sports Betting Got Us
Just when you think it’s all apps, the Mafia pops back into the picture.
26 min
14
Slate Money | Money Talks: How Our Tax Code Mak...
43 min
15
Hang Up | The NBA’s Growing Gambling Affair
How legal prop betting may have set the table for the latest scandal affecting pro basketball.
55 min
16
What Next | Shutting Down and Finding Out
The government shutdown now enters its fourth week. Will Democrats finally play hard ball?
24 min
17
What Next: TBD | Did The Trump Administration C...
Anti-ICE posts and apps flourished online. The Trump administration had them taken down.
28 min
18
Slate Money | The Louvre Heist Affair
51 min
19
ICYMI | TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem
An incident at the 2025 convention has added new urgency to streamer safety.
47 min
20
Amicus | Demolition Man
The Department of Justice looks an awful lot like the East Wing of the White House these days… metaphorically speaking.
51 min
21
What Next: TBD | The AWS Outage is Only the Beg...
Why a mesh of cloud services and undersea cables make for a very delicate web.
28 min
22
Political Gabfest | Trump Literally Knocks Down...
54 min
23
What Next | Is the Peanut Allergy Dead?
Researchers reversed long-standing guidance about giving kids peanuts. It worked – a lot.
22 min
24
What Next | Why So Many Racist Group Chats?
From the chats to the policy proposals, no one’s hiding that the goal is a whiter America.
23 min
25
ICYMI | The Streamer and the Shock Collar
Conservative clout-chasers accuse Hasan Piker of animal abuse on livestream.
38 min