Slate Money - The World is Falling Apart
This week Ben Hubbard, author of “MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman”, joins Felix, Emily, and Anna to discuss the global economic effects of the Coronavirus, the oil situation in the Middl...
14 Mar 202045min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Law of Public Health
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Professor Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at the University of California Irvine Schoo...
14 Mar 202053min
What Next - WN TBD: What If They Close All the Schools?
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work.Last week, the superintendent of the Northshore school ...
13 Mar 202015min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What If They Close All the Schools?
Last week, the superintendent of the Northshore school district near Seattle made a difficult decision. With the coronavirus spreading rapidly in the area, she closed all 34 schools in her district an...
13 Mar 202015min
Political Gabfest - Flatten the Curve
Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the coming COVID-19 crisis, Biden as the presumptive nominee, and guest Leon Neyfakh joins the show to talk about his podcast Fiasco Season Two: ...
12 Mar 20201h 6min
What Next - If Prisoners Could Vote
We talk about polls a lot on this podcast. State polls, national polls, polls that make you shrug and vote for the other guy. Today, we’re talking about one of the most unusual polls we’ve ever seen: ...
12 Mar 202022min
What Next - What the World Left Behind in Syria
Even though Kareem Shaheen left Syria a few years back, the reminders of his time there are everywhere. For nine years a brutal conflict has left millions seeking refuge with millions more still stuck...
11 Mar 202022min
What Next - Will the Coronavirus Tank the Economy?
On Monday morning, the Dow saw its biggest one day drop since 2008. This time, the cause was a combination of a volatile oil market and heightened fears of a pandemic. The usual economic tools may not...
10 Mar 202020min
