What Next - Greg Abbott’s PR Play at the Border
Back in March, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a couple hundred members of the Texas National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to counteract what he called President Biden’s “open border policies.” Alm...
12 Jan 202224min
What Next - Chicago’s Public School Meltdown
Chicago Public Schools canceled classes for three consecutive days this year, following a vote by the teachers union to defy in-person teaching orders amid a rise in COVID-19 cases. The union wants ad...
11 Jan 202219min
What Next - J.D. Vance’s Long Game
J.D. Vance became a sought-after cultural translator when he published Hillbilly Elegy. Now, he’s a rhetorical bomb-thrower running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Ohio. But underneath Van...
10 Jan 202223min
Slate Money - Stacy’s Goodbye Cocktails
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Stacy-Marie Ishmael talk about the split verdict in the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, the short supply (and high prices) of COVID rapid tests, and...
8 Jan 202246min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Aftermath of Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of defrauding investors this week in federal court. The former CEO, wunderkind, and blood mogul has been the subject of intense legal interest and public fascination ...
7 Jan 202223min
Political Gabfest - Well, Obviously It’s Jan. 6
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss Jan. 6, with guest Jamelle Bouie and what to make of omicron's impact on schools, and the Theranos case.Here are some notes and references from th...
6 Jan 20221h 7min
What Next - Rapid Test Blues
Back in March of 2020, a scientist working at MIT developed a rapid test for the novel coronavirus. It wasn’t quite as accurate as a PCR, but would have gone a long way in detecting infectious cases d...
6 Jan 202222min
What Next - Is the Pandemic Getting Better... Or Worse?
It's easy to look at the latest pandemic-related disruptions and assume we're careening into another full-blown COVID crisis. But in many ways, we’re getting better at combating this coronavirus. Gues...
5 Jan 202221min
