What Next - They Came For Ibram X Kendi. He’s Still Here.
Lurking behind—and sometimes explicitly out in front of — the Trump administration’s ire for DEI, its crackdowns on immigration, and its rhetoric about what kind of country America is, is “the Great R...
13 Huhti 34min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Who is Sam Altman Anyway?
If you had as much trouble getting along with other humans as Sam Altman does, you too might be eager to issue in the artificial intelligence revolution.Guest: Andrew Marantz, staff writer for the New...
12 Huhti 31min
Slate Money - Memestocks are Spreading
This week: Retail investors usually stick to the stock market, but many are rushing to make bets on oil futures. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss Emily’s piece about “dumb money”...
11 Huhti 50min
What Next - SchadenFriday: Washington Gets TMZ’d
With Congress again out for recess—instead of, say, working to end the partial government shutdown or doing something, anything, when the president threatens war crimes—one media organization had the ...
10 Huhti 7min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Why OpenAI Bought a Talk Show
As OpenAI prepares for its IPO, the company decided to…pay millions of dollars for a tech talk show? Is this just what rich tech guys like Sam Altman are like now? Guest: Mike Isaac, tech reporter for...
10 Huhti 20min
Political Gabfest - TACO Tuesday
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the state of the U.S. war with Iran including what Tuesday night's abject ceasefire means, a deeply unsettling profile of the internet...
9 Huhti 1h 7min
What Next - He Made 2026's "Most Controversial Film"
An Israeli filmmaker, who returned home from abroad after October 7, attempts to capture the feeling of mourning becoming a thirst for revenge among his compatriots, in a film he describes as a “bomb....
9 Huhti 25min
