What Next - He Got a Pardon. Now He’s Administering Them.
For a long time, Brandon Flood kept his criminal history quiet - he worked in the Pennsylvania state government, and didn’t want his former convictions to detract from his career success. But now, tha...
20 Jun 201915min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - When a Scooter Makes More Sense Than a Car
In this episode, guest host Henry Grabar looks at how Zillow is trying to disrupt the real estate business—and why it might work in some cities but not others. Then Horace Dediu answers Henry’s questi...
19 Jun 201930min
What Next - How Pelosi Holds the Line on Impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s political philosophy is an elegant one: If you want to do something bold, you must follow public sentiment, not lead it. Now why can’t House Democrats seem to shape public...
19 Jun 201922min
What Next - Strange Alliances on the Supreme Court
It’s June, which means it’s the season of highly anticipated Supreme Court rulings. We’re taking a look at two cases that shook up the typical partisan fault line on the bench. How did conservative an...
18 Jun 201921min
What Next - For Women’s Soccer, An Elusive Goal
At the Women’s World Cup this year, the U.S. players talk about living in a “bubble” -- thinking of nothing but the game, eschewing any distractions. What looms outside that bubble is their lawsuit ag...
17 Jun 201921min
Slate Money - The Tweak Harder Edition
This week, Felix, Anna and Emily discuss the issues with Youtube’s policies, how bookstoresare actually surviving the Amazon Era and the job that nobody seems to want--Well Fargo’sCEO.And in the Slate...
15 Jun 201938min
What Next - What Bernie Gets Wrong About Socialism
The Bernie Sanders campaign billed his speech on Wednesday as a “major address on how democratic socialism is the only way to defeat oligarchy and authoritarianism.” Besides being a mouthful, the spee...
14 Jun 201920min
Political Gabfest - The “Little Diddy About Mitch and Elaine” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao’s conflicts of interest, partisanship in state legislatures, and YouTube’s radicalizing recommendation algorithm....
13 Jun 20191h 1min
