What Next - Are the Democrats Making Child Care Even Worse?
Child care has long been a “textbook example of a broken market,” as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said this fall. How have government efforts so thoroughly failed to fix this industry? And does Bid...
30 Nov 202125min
Decoder Ring - The Philosophy of Vampires
In literature, the choice to become a vampire is a metaphor for transformative experiences. On this episode, we bring you a story from Slate's Hi-Phi Nation podcast, which explores problems in contemp...
30 Nov 202131min
Hang Up and Listen - Michigan Finally Beat Ohio State
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk with Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley about the Michigan football team’s big win over Ohio State. They also discuss Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Rile...
30 Nov 20211h 11min
What Next - RIP to the SAT
If you had to take the SAT for your college admissions process, you largely have the University of California System to thank for that. When the university adopted the test in 1968, hundreds of other ...
29 Nov 202124min
Slate Money - Succession: “Rubberneck the Train Wreck”
Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO's wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family. So, every Monday, we'll be discussing the previous night's episode with spoiler-filled glee....
29 Nov 202141min
ICYMI - The End of the Dislike Button
YouTube recently announced that it’s doing away with publicly displaying the dislike count on videos. The buttons will still be there, but the numbers will be made private for creators. On today’s epi...
27 Nov 202124min
Slate Money - Fist Bumps for Zelda
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael are joined by Gene Park of The Washington Post for a very special all-gaming episode. They get into the massive economy behind video games, ...
27 Nov 202155min
What Next - TBD | Best of 2021: Inside the Subreddit That Blew Up GameStop
This episode originally aired in January 2021The story of how GameStop went from the verge of a bankruptcy to a $15 billion market value isn’t an easy one to wrap your head around. But it helps to go ...
26 Nov 202120min
