Slate Money - Money on the Mind: To Have Kids or Not to Have Kids
In a new, very special, Death, Sex and Money and Slate Money crossover, Felix Salmon and Anna Sale dig into the difficult decision of whether or not to have kids. Child care? School? New vehicle? All ...
30 Okt 202534min
What Next - The Volunteers Taking on ICE
Having successfully gotten their photo ops, the National Guard receded from the streets of Los Angeles, but an aggressive border patrol, with an eye on raising arrest numbers, has taken their place. I...
29 Okt 202524min
Slate Money - Money Talks: How Our Tax Code Makes the Rich Richer
In this Money Talks: Emily Peck and Felix Salmon are joined by legal scholar Ray D. Madoff to discuss her new book The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy. Ray lays out how th...
28 Okt 202543min
What Next - Where Sports Betting Got Us
Last week, the FBI indicted more than 30 people in a series of NBA gambling scandals. The sports leagues are promising drastic action – but with everyone from the states to the owners getting rich off...
28 Okt 202526min
What Next - Shutting Down and Finding Out
Isn’t a government shutdown supposed to be a crisis? The Republicans, in control of the White House, Congress and Supreme Court haven’t taken steps to end it on their own, and the ship may have alread...
27 Okt 202524min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Did The Trump Administration Censor Speech?
For years, conservatives claimed that the Biden administration was pressuring tech companies to censor conservative speech with no solid evidence. In Trump 2.0, the administration is explicitly braggi...
26 Okt 202528min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Demolition Man
Bulldozers and bulwarks are the twin themes of this week’s show, as Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Joyce White Vance, a longtime federal prosecutor and clarion voice in defense of the rule of law, despi...
25 Okt 202551min
Slate Money - The Louvre Heist Affair
This week: A spectacular heist unfolded at the Louvre, with thieves stealing priceless jewels within 7 minutes in broad daylight. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck unpack what happened, ...
25 Okt 202551min
