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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - American Life is a Highway

America is caught in a vicious cycle of trying to alleviate traffic by expanding and building more highways, only for them to clog right up with more cars. How do you beat the traffic?

Guest: David Zipper, Senior Fellow at the MIT Mobility Initiative who writes about transportation policy.

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What Next - Why Ariana Grande Is Stepping Away

If you feel compelled to comment on a famous woman’s body, a good rule of thumb to remember is “don’t.” But to avoid feeling complicit or like we’re normalizing something we know to be harmful, there ...

6 Elo 29min

ICYMI - Don’t Fall For 90s Nostalgia Slop

The internet is never not nostalgic for the past, but something about the 90s is different. While previous trends like Y2K and “millennial optimism” have been mostly about the hair and clothes, 90s no...

5 Elo 41min

What Next - Will Laura Loomer Save Ukraine?

Laura Loomer may not have an official position in the White House (or anywhere?) but she nevertheless does have the president’s ear—and newfound affinity for Ukraine and its war against Russia.Guest: ...

5 Elo 28min

Slate Money - Money Talks: Live from the Library of Mistakes

In this Money Talks: Felix Salmon sits down with Lee Buchheit for an in-depth chat on sovereign debt at a live event hosted by The Library of Mistakes. Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes....

4 Elo 42min

What Next - A Test For Pro-Israel Democrats

More Democrats than ever are suspicious of big money in politics and against unconditional American military support for Israel. The prominent lobbying group AIPAC sits right where these issues inters...

4 Elo 34min

Death, Sex & Money - I Have a Crush on My Therapist. Now What?

Caroline started going to therapy as a teenager because of depression. After a couple of years working together, she expressed a fantasy. “I had a vision of us dancing to Pachelbel's Canon” she told h...

4 Elo 55min

What Next - The Odyssey’s Neverending Journey Through the Discourse

Roiling like a wine-dark sea since the casting was announced, controversies surrounding Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” didn’t stop with the film’s release. But what turned a summer blockbuster into...

3 Elo 27min

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - By The People | Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Long before the Supreme Court handed down the landmark Obergefell ruling on equal marriage in 2015, activists were canvassing door-to-door, courting any lawmaker who would listen, and losing at the lo...

1 Elo 45min