What Next - TBD | Does Google Actually Want to Hire Black Engineers?
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12 Mar 202121min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Does Google Actually Want to Hire Black Engineers?
Back in 2014, Google released in-depth diversity data for its workforce for the first time. 1.1 percent of its tech team identified as Black. Six years later, after millions of dollars spent and a muc...
12 Mar 202121min
What Next - The Fight to Reopen Schools in Memphis
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11 Mar 202119min
What Next - White, Republican, and Vaccine Skeptical
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10 Mar 202123min
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9 Mar 202156min
What Next - Who Gets to Work on Capitol Hill?
The 117th U.S. Congress is the most diverse ever. But that distinction does not extend to senior staff on the Hill. How does the makeup of Congressional staff influence legislation?Guest: Maya King, a...
9 Mar 202117min
What Next - Derek Chauvin on Trial
George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police last year sparked an international protest movement and amplified calls for police accountability. Now, as the former police officer Derek Chauv...
8 Mar 202120min
Slate Money - The Plague Cycle
Charles Kenny, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, joins Felix Salmon and Emily Peck to talk about his new book The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disea...
6 Mar 202158min
