What Next - One Senator’s Decades-Long Fight for Universal Childcare
Patty Murray began her career in the Senate pushing for a landmark piece of legislation: the Family and Medical Leave Act. Now, nearly 30 years later, she’s putting her weight behind a plan to grant u...
20 Mai 202121min
Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - ACT UP History and Queer Portraits
This month, Christina, Bryan, and Rumaan are joined by Sarah Schulman, whose new book Let the Record Show sets out to correct inaccurate representations of ACT UP New York, its tactics, and its philos...
19 Mai 20211h 8min
Death, Sex & Money - A Former Pro Climber On Enduring Chronic Illness
Former pro rock climber Mason Earle's career ended in 2018, when he was diagnosed with the chronic illness ME/CFS. He now spends most of his time in bed, and in a series of three phone calls, he refle...
19 Mai 202152min
Slow Burn - Extra: More on the Road to Iraq
This week, we're highlighting a few excerpts from this season's Slate Plus episodes—interviews with Ann Curry, Slate writers and editors who blogged about the war in 2003, and people who personally kn...
19 Mai 202113min
What Next - A Cuomo Accuser on Watching Him Stay Put
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faces two investigations regarding accusations of sexual harassment and a culture of bullying in his office. Despite multiple calls to resign, the governor has clung to ...
19 Mai 202127min
ICYMI - Should You Post That Israel-Palestine Meme?
For the past week, while the violence between Israel and Palestine has escalated, a separate battle has accelerated on social media, one fought with rocket emojis and celebrities like Israeli actress ...
19 Mai 202126min
Culture Gabfest - Godot vs. the Machines
This week Steve, Dana, and Julia discuss Netflix’s animated film The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Next, the panel dives into the cultural resonances of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck aka “Bennifer.” Fi...
19 Mai 202156min
What Next - Our Very Weird Economic Recovery
After the passage of Joe Biden’s big coronavirus stimulus package, economists expected to see a huge jobs report in May. In the end, only a quarter of the expected 1 million new jobs materialized. Why...
18 Mai 202124min
