What Next - What Was The Point of Israel’s Pager Attack?
What message was Israel sending to Hezbollah, its backers, and the population of Lebanon, by blowing up pagers and walkie-talkies last week? And does the international community view this act as a vio...
23 Sep 202426min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Making (And Keeping) Parent Friends
On this episode: it’s Friendship Week at Slate, and we’re hopping aboard the friendship train to talk about the beauty, and challenges, of making friends in the parenting world… with special guest hos...
23 Sep 202449min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Trump Called. Laura Loomer Answered.
Given Laura Loomer’s history of saying outright offensive and often bewildering things, how did she get into the Trump campaign’s inner circle? Guest: Ken Bensinger, New York Times politics reporter....
22 Sep 202422min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Chief Justice Tips His Hand
Chief Justice John Roberts has been labeled by some as the serious centrist at the court, and he seemed to embrace and internalize that. But the New York Times’ revelations about behind-the-scenes man...
21 Sep 202441min
Slate Money - The Fed Rate Cut is a New Beginning
Mortgage rates are down! Inflation is less inflation-y! Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss what the Fed’s interest rate cut means for the American economy — and American voters. Al...
21 Sep 202445min
ICYMI - “Celebrity Number Six” Was Found, But Not Forgotten
Candice Lim is joined by 404 Media co-founder Jason Koebler to discuss “Celebrity Number Six,” an intriguing internet mystery that was finally solved after four years. In January 2020, a Reddit user p...
21 Sep 202430min
What Next - Bonus: The Surge | 45 Days from Election Day
It’s just 45 days until election day—and the polls are telling us…a little bit of everything. In our first Slate Plus exclusive crossover, Mary sits down with one of the nation’s foremost experts on p...
20 Sep 20244min
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Instagram’s new default privacy settings for teenagers are designed to keep kids safe from strangers online. It’s a worthy endeavor, but are privacy settings enough? And what about all the other hazar...
20 Sep 202427min
