Slate Money - Who Elected Elon?
This week: Elon Musk posted enough misinformation on social media to get a bill blocked and necessitate a government shutdown. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Anna Szymanski discuss the multi-billionair...
21 Des 202451min
Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: The Life and Legacy of John Lewis
Slate Political Gabfest host David Plotz talks with author David Greenberg about his new book, John Lewis: A Life. They discuss how Lewis went from marching with Martin Luther King, Jr. to an iconic c...
21 Des 202432min
What Next - Plus | A Karaoke Holiday With What Next
For a very special holiday edition of What Next, Mary chats with Death Sex & Money host Anna Sale about the anthems they’ll be belting out the next time they do karaoke—and they take calls from collea...
20 Des 20244min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Drones!??!!!?!!!
Reports of flocks of drones, flying overhead nightly, are coming in from New Jersey down to Maryland. Are they UFOs? Nefarious foreign powers? Something even more pernicious? Something even more banal...
20 Des 202419min
Political Gabfest - The Shutdown and the Great Capitulation
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the capitulation of American media and corporations to President-Elect Donald Trump; the government shutdown and surrender of House Re...
19 Des 202458min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Kid Was Late and Lost Their Helper Day
On this episode: Jamilah, Lucy, and returning guest host Dillon Michael White answer a question from a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group about being on time. This kindergartener’s class has...
19 Des 202429min
What Next - Can More Grocery Stores Fix Food Deserts?
How do you keep a grocery store open in a small or low-income community? The answer might involve regulating big box stores like Walmart and Kroger.Guest: Molly Parker, investigative reporter for Capi...
19 Des 202422min
Slow Burn - Decoder Ring | Mailbag: Fruit Snacks, Waterbeds, and Lobster Tanks
It’s our annual mailbag episode! We get a lot of wonderful reader emails suggesting topics for the show — and at the end of the year we try to answer some of them. This year, we’re tackling four fasci...
18 Des 202445min
