Slate Money - Jay Powell’s Tough Call
This week: Trump isn’t happy with Fed chair Jay Powell’s take on his tariffs. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers and guest host Cardiff Garcia discuss the economic reasoning for why Powell is resisting th...
19 Huhti 202547min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The U.S. vs Meta
This week, the FTC and Meta began a trial to determine if—by adding Instagram and WhatsApp to its portfolio with Facebook over a decade ago—the company became a monopoly in social media. If Meta loses...
18 Huhti 202520min
Political Gabfest - Trump vs. Harvard
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Trump administration’s ramped up attacks on Harvard and international students, the courts flirting with findings of contempt afte...
17 Huhti 20251h 3min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Kid’s a Pushover
On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Jamilah answer a letter from a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group who’s wondering how much people-pleasing is too much. This parent’s nine-year-old daught...
17 Huhti 202540min
What Next - Should Hospitals Drug Test New Moms?
In an ongoing opioid epidemic, hospitals drug testing new mothers and their babies has an intuitive logic. But applied unequally, rife with false positives, and prone to disrupting those important ear...
17 Huhti 202524min
Culture Gabfest - Putting the Asinine in Astronaut
On this week’s show, Julia, Stephen, and Dana are reunited! The panel starts with Apple TV+’s new prestige offering, Your Friends and Neighbors, starring Jon Hamm. Then, they talk about A Minecraft Mo...
16 Huhti 20251h 4min
What Next - When a State Tells Trump 'No'
In February, Donald Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills got into a spat over Trump’s executive order on trans athletes, that ended with both parties tersely agreeing to meet in court. Since then, the...
16 Huhti 202524min
ICYMI - Did Remi Bader Lie To Her Followers?
Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim break down the controversy surrounding 30-year-old influencer Remi Bader, who was recently accused of lying to her audience for undergoing a procedure without telling them...
16 Huhti 202524min
