What Next - Food Stamps Face Their Biggest-Ever Cut
The federal government ended the COVID-19 increase to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program this month. What does this mean for people who depend on SNAP to put food on the table?Guests: Helen...
7 Mar 202321min
What Next - The Fight To Return Native Remains to Their Tribes
The “Native American Graves and Repatriation Act” passed more than 30 years ago, with the goal of returning human remains, which were taken from native burial sites, back to their tribes. But museums ...
6 Mar 202321min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Hollywood Weight Loss Wonder Drug
The diabetes medication Ozempic has exploded in popularity, particularly amongst those in Hollywood looking to lose a few extra pounds. But a silver bullet for weight loss leads to a number of questio...
5 Mar 202328min
Slate Money - Microchips and Child Care
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss a stipulation in the CHIPS Act that requires companies who take federal funding from the CHIPS Act to provide child care options for t...
4 Mar 202342min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What Would Convince a Lab Leak Skeptic?
It was reported this week that the U.S. Department of Energy now believes, “with low confidence,” that the COVID-19 virus came from a lab. But is there enough evidence for the “lab leak theory” to con...
3 Mar 202329min
Political Gabfest - So It Was A Lab Leak?
This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the Supreme Court challenge to loan forgiveness; lab leak v. wet market Covid politics; and the future of humanities education–with Jo...
2 Mar 202354min
What Next - Will SCOTUS Kill Student Loan Relief?
President Biden’s student loan debt relief plan goes before the Supreme Court this week. Though the court’s conservative majority seems opposed to the program, debt-relief detractors are struggling to...
2 Mar 202327min
What Next - Why Insulin Prices Keep Rising
It’s a rare bi-partisan point of agreement: the price of insulin is too high—and it’s still rising. With the stakes literally life-or-death for millions of Americans, what can be done?Guest: Bram Sabl...
1 Mar 202323min
