Political Gabfest - Is San Francisco a Hellscape?
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss Tuesday’s primaries, the economy (is it as bad as we all think it is?), and are joined by Susan Matthews to talk Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade. Here are ...
9 Jun 202246min
What Next - What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really About
The House hearings to examine the events of Jan. 6, 2021, begin this week and the party lines are drawn. Republicans are calling the hearings a distraction from issues that voters care about—inflation...
9 Jun 202219min
What Next - Can 20 Years of Oversight Reform a Police Department?
In the early 2000s, following a civil lawsuit with over 100 plaintiffs against a group of Oakland police officers known as “the Riders,” the Oakland PD was put under federal oversight. Now after nearl...
8 Jun 202224min
What Next - The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army
Republicans who still haven’t accepted that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in 2020 are recruiting “a volunteer army” of poll watchers and poll workers for upcoming elections. For those who want transpare...
7 Jun 202222min
What Next - Does Proof Matter at the Supreme Court?
The Sixth Amendment is supposed to guarantee the right to a fair trial—including a lawyer, even if the defendant can’t afford one. But Indigent Defense is woefully underfunded and, sometimes, State-ap...
6 Jun 202222min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is Elon Musk Any Good at Business?
Some call him revolutionary. Others call him a hack. Is his success warranted?Guest: Ashlee VanceHost: Lizzie O'LearyThanks Avast.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5 Jun 202225min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Our Guns Problem is a Democracy Problem
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mark Joseph Stern to tee up the final weeks of the Supreme Court term. Several blockbusters are still to come, from abortion to gun rights to religious liberty to climate ...
4 Jun 202253min
Slate Money - Happy Platy Jubes!
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Sheryl Sandberg’s exit from Meta, how the war in Ukraine is affecting the international food supply, and Queen Elizabeth’s Platy Jubes...
4 Jun 202233min
