What Next - When the Vaccine Skeptic Is Your Dad
Gustavo Arellano’s father is what he would call a ‘pandejo’ - someone who doesn't take COVID safety seriously. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Gustavo has been fighting the uphill battle to dissu...
16 Feb 202122min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Impeachment’s Message and Meaning
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by renowned communications researcher and campaign adviser Anat Shenker-Osorio to talk about the messaging of impeachment outside the lens of the law. Then, Bob Bauer, former...
13 Feb 20211h 22min
Slate Money - The Bitcoin Simulation
Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Anna Szymanski talk about Tesla’s $1.5 million Bitcoin investment, the recent growth of fast fashion and Bumble’s IPO. In the Slate Plus segment: Birkinstocks. (Not to be ...
13 Feb 202144min
What Next - TBD | How Clubhouse Cracked China’s Firewall
For most of the last year, Clubhouse—the audio-only social media app—has been dominated by conversations about business, branding, and Elon Musk. But as users picked up the app around the globe, somet...
12 Feb 202121min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How Clubhouse Cracked China’s Firewall
For most of the last year, Clubhouse—the audio-only social media app—has been dominated by conversations about business, branding, and Elon Musk. But as users picked up the app around the globe, somet...
12 Feb 202121min
Political Gabfest - The Impeachment Trial Again
David, Emily and John discuss Trump’s impeachment trial; lawsuits about election lies; and the execution of a possibly innocent man.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Talk Radio’...
11 Feb 202159min
What Next - The Fight to Unionize an Amazon Warehouse
On Tuesday, workers in an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama started voting on whether or not to form a union. Amazon has been fighting the vote on multiple fronts. A “yes” vote could possibly spar...
11 Feb 202121min
What Next - The Most Powerful Man in Washington?
As soon as the Democrats won a slim 50-50 majority in the senate, the jokes about President Joe Manchin started flying. The Senate's self described “conservative Democrat” from West Virginia is in a k...
10 Feb 202122min
