Slate Money - Musk vs. the AI Overlords
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers ponder the future of computers, cars, and…fast food? They discuss why Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman and OpenAI and the altruistic origins of Ch...
2 Mar 202443min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The IVF Decision We Should Have Seen Coming
It was a wild week at the High Court (another seven days crammed with a year’s worth of news). SCOTUS heard cases about bump stocks, and how Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would do as Facebook conte...
2 Mar 202458min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Supreme Court Takes on Content Moderation
Is it censorship for social media platforms to moderate their content, or is censorship when the state tells social media platforms how to moderate their content? Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate write...
1 Mar 202425min
Political Gabfest - Could They Actually Leap Over Biden And Dunk Him?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign; the Supreme Court’s boost for Donald Trump and review of social media’s content moderation...
29 Feb 202455min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The Pop Culture Moms Who Changed Us
On this episode: Jamilah sits down with Andie and Sabrina of Pop Culture Moms, ABC’s newest podcast. The three talk through the origins of the show (and Andie and Sabrina’s friendship), and the onscre...
29 Feb 202428min
What Next - Biden’s Commitment Problem
With Biden losing thousands of votes to “uncommitted” and Trump unable to pull incumbent numbers, the Michigan primaries seemed to show that the electorate isn’t exactly enthusiastic about either cand...
29 Feb 202423min
Decoder Ring - The Gen X Soda That Was Just "OK"
Thirty years ago, a new kind of soda arrived in select stores. Instead of crowing about how spectacular it was, it offered up a liquid shrug, a fizzy irony. OK Soda was an inside joke for people who k...
28 Feb 202439min
What Next - What Happened to Nex Benedict?
Sixteen-year-old Nex Benedict died one day after being beaten in an Oklahoma high school bathroom. His death has drawn attention to the more-than 50 bills that have been introduced in the state legisl...
28 Feb 202424min
