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
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
Bonus: The Scariest Halloween Costume
The streets are full of ghouls, masked horrors, and terrifying make-up—also it will be Halloween soon. Guest: Luke Winkie, Slate staff writer.This episode is member-exclusive. Listen to it now by subs...
24 Okt 20256min
The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning
This week’s AWS outage illustrates just how fragile and vulnerable our interconnected world really is—and how far we’ve fallen from the vision of a decentralized internet. Guest: Samanth Subramanian, ...
24 Okt 202528min
Is the Peanut Allergy Dead?
Thousands of children may be avoiding peanut allergies thanks to research indicating that early exposure to—rather than avoidance of—the legume is key. Now there’s reason to believe this is true for t...
23 Okt 202522min
Why So Many Racist Group Chats?
Right after JD Vance was done dismissing concerns about racism in a group chat of GOP staffers and Young Republicans, POLITICO released messages from Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia that were so explicit...
22 Okt 202523min
The Trump Doctrine in Latin America
The whole spectrum of Trump’s foreign policy is on display when it comes to South America: The US Navy is gathering off the coast of Venezuela, while the Treasury Department prepares to send tens of b...
21 Okt 202529min
Are Democrats Already Fumbling a Win?
Off-cycle elections generally favor the party that isn’t in the White House. And with a large voting bloc of federal employees, Virginia Democrats were feeling good about the upcoming elections for go...
20 Okt 202529min
