Political Gabfest - Trump and the Iranians Deserve Each Other
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump's need for a face-saving exit amid his economically disastrous standoff with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, how Kash Patel's de...
23 Huhti 1h
What Next - Congress’s Purge Era
Representatives Eric Swalwell, Tony Gonzales, and now Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick are out; Virginia is redistricting and Republicans are bracing for a tsunami of a blue wave in the fall midterms. What’...
23 Huhti 28min
What Next - Where’s MY Tariff Refund?
The government is getting ready to pay $166 billion in tariff refunds to American businesses. But the consumers who had to foot the bill for the higher costs? No such luck.Guest: Justin Wolfers, econo...
22 Huhti 26min
What Next - Taking ICE to Court
During the Trump administration’s winter immigration surge, high-level officials assured ICE agents that they could act with impunity. But two different legal cases from Minnesota and Maine are findin...
21 Huhti 26min
What Next - Why International Law Can’t Stop Trump
From bombing fishing boats in the Caribbean, to kidnapping Nicolás Maduro, to the Iran War, the Trump administration seems to operate like it has just as much immunity from international law as John R...
20 Huhti 25min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Iran's Memes Are Winning
This very online administration is facing push back from Iran in their own home territory: the world of insipid memes, A.I. videos, and online mockery.Guest: Ali Breland, staff writer for the Atlantic...
19 Huhti 26min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Trump Thwarted, Orban Toppled: The New Roadmap for Democrats
Hungary’s autocratic creep was turned back at the ballot box last weekend, in a stark rebuke to the forces of illiberalism and to the American conservatives who invested so heavily in former Hungarian...
18 Huhti 54min
Slate Money - Allbirds Aren’t Real
This week: Sneaker company Allbirds announced a pivot into A.I. infrastructure. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck explain why this absurd-sounding venture is actually a pretty clever piec...
18 Huhti 46min
