What Next - Will HHS Survive RFK Jr?
At his first press conference as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. gave a glimpse of what the department will look like under his leadership: a smaller overall budget, relit...
29 Apr 202522min
What Next - Are Public Schools the Supreme Court's Next Target?
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases this month regarding religion in public schools that seem to contradict each other—a public school in Maryland where parents claim books with LGBTQ characters or...
28 Apr 202527min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Death of the Weather Forecast?
The Trump administration has already begun cutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the U.S. National Weather Service. What’s the advantage to understanding the weat...
27 Apr 202523min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Anti-Trump Cases That Have Changed The Game
As we approach President Trump’s 100th day in office (this time around) this Wednesday, Dahlia Lithwick checks in with one of the key architects of the litigation strategy that is successfully confoun...
26 Apr 20251h 8min
Slate Money - Say Goodbye to Hollywood
This week: Trump has reversed his stance on Jay Powell and his extreme tariffs on China. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Trump’s backtrack on his threat to fire the Fed chair as...
26 Apr 202545min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Immigration Data Dragnet
One of DOGE’s goals is to get government data out of “silos” and make it more easily shared across departments. But there are good reasons for some data to be kept apart. Guest: Vittoria Elliot, WIRED...
25 Apr 202525min
Political Gabfest - One Thing Even Trump Won’t Do
This week, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz are joined by Henry Blodget to discuss the financial and political fallout from the President’s threats to fire Fed Chair Powell and subsequent retreat; a Supr...
24 Apr 20251h 1min
What Next - The Flight Attendant Who Wants You to Go on Strike
The Trump administration’s actions on immigration and firing the federal workforce have drawn condemnation from all sorts of unions—from building trades to graduate students. What happens when labor s...
24 Apr 202523min
