Slate Money - Slate Money Goes to the Movies: This Is Spinal Tap
In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, director Rob Reiner gave the world a band named Spinal Tap. No one knows who they were or what they were doing … except for legendary de...
18 Joulu 202336min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Case Against CLEAR
Going through airport security is a legal requirement. Is it fair for a private company to interject itself in that process—and cut to the front of the line?Guest: David Zipper, visiting Fellow at Har...
17 Joulu 202322min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Texas Abortion Laws’ Cruel Outcomes
Earlier this week, the Texas Supreme Court said Kate Cox couldn’t have an abortion.Cox’s doctors had diagnosed the fetus with Trisomy 18, an almost certainly fatal genetic condition. On top of that, t...
16 Joulu 202357min
Slate Money - Is Starbucks Still a Union Buster?
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers speculate on the Federal Reserve’s surprising new interest rates, whether Starbucks’ store closings are anti-union, and the financial machinat...
16 Joulu 202341min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Shein’s Newest Offering? An IPO
Fast-fashion titan Shein is preparing for its initial public offering, even as questions of sustainability and labor practices linger. Guest: Jordyn Holman, business reporter covering the retail indus...
15 Joulu 202324min
Political Gabfest - Is Harvard Antisemitic?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the free-speech controversies that are roiling college campuses since the war in Gaza began; the questions related to Trump cases that...
14 Joulu 202359min
What Next - What Texas Abortion Laws Leave Unsaid
Kate Cox’s fight to abort her pregnancy and save her fertility in Texas says a lot about America’s post-Roe, fractured approach to reproductive rights.Guest: Selena Simmons-Duffin, health policy corre...
14 Joulu 202325min
What Next - Some Israeli Hostages Came Home. His Son Didn't.
Over 100 hostages being held by Hamas were released during the temporary ceasefire last month. But Sagui Dekel-Chen, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, was not among them. With Gaza under bombardment again...
13 Joulu 202326min
