One Year: 1990: Mandrake the Magician
It’s a holiday weekend, so the What Next team is taking a little break from the news, and dropping you one of our favorite other Slate podcasts. This time around, we’re listening to One Year: 1990. We...
15 Jan 202447min
Is Your Car Tracking You?
Covered in cameras, full of microphones, and always eager to use location data, our vehicles are “smartphones on wheels”—and privacy nightmares.Guest: Kashmir Hill, technology and privacy reporter for...
14 Jan 202419min
Boeing’s Max Mess
Shortly after take off from Portland, OR, the plug exit on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet blew out – causing an uncontrolled decompression of the plane. Now, accident investigators are hard at work, trying to...
12 Jan 202431min
2024’s Primary Season is Already Chaos
Primaries competing with caucuses; states going rogue; and parties totally out of sync with each other — the 2024 primary season has everything. Guest: Ari Berman, voting-rights reporter for Mother Jo...
11 Jan 202422min
The NRA’s Wayne’s World Era is Over
Long-time CEO Wayne LaPierre is out and legal challenges and lawsuits are mounting—but does that mean the NRA is losing its influence over American politics? Guest: Dr. Matthew Lacombe, the Alexander ...
10 Jan 202420min
The Anti-Defamation League at War
How the ADL’s commitment to the state of Israel threatens and undermines its ability to fight antisemitism at home. Guest: Mari Cohen, associate editor at Jewish CurrentsIf you enjoy this show, please...
9 Jan 202423min
GOP Bets It All on the Border
With not one but two spending cliffs on the near horizon—not to mention wars abroad and a crisis at the border—can one of the all-time least productive Congresses get anything done this session?Guest:...
8 Jan 202415min
Tesla's Cybertruck Problem
What the Cybertruck says about safety, regulation, and the degree to which Tesla is beholden to the whims of Elon Musk. Guest: Edward Niedermeyer, author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla M...
7 Jan 202421min
