Andrew Cuomo Wanted To Be President. He’ll Settle For Mayor.
Andrew Cuomo—the hard-headed former governor of New York state —became something of a national hero in 2020 with his no-nonsense press conferences. By 2021, he was mired in a sexual misconduct scandal...
11 Mars 202523min
Til Trump Do Us Part
They were three Harris-supporting women, from across the country, all married to Trump-supporting men—and they were all contemplating divorce.Guest: Scaachi Koul, Slate senior writer who wrote about w...
10 Mars 202523min
Zuckerberg and the Post-Factcheck Era
After the election, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was doing away with Facebook’s fact-checking apparatus in the US. With content creators getting paid based on reach, and content spreading wider a...
9 Mars 202526min
From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE
To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture that gave birth to it.Guest: Elle Reeve, CNN correspondent who reported on the 2017 Unite the Right rally in ...
7 Mars 202527min
How Worried Are Ukrainians?
Aware of Donald Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker, Ukrainians had some hope as he took office—maybe Trump could break the stalemate with Russia and find peace. Then that Oval Office meeting happened…G...
6 Mars 202522min
The True Cost of Slashing the Government
Republicans have been talking about cutting the size of the government down for decades. Now that the Trump administration is following through on those plans, the process is laying bare just how much...
5 Mars 202522min
Why Trump Needs Congress
Congressional Republicans are trying to extend Trump’s first-term tax cuts, appease GOP budget hawks and increase defense spending—all in a single budget. Can it be done?Guest: Jim Newell, senior poli...
4 Mars 202525min
Why Women Kill
A survey of people incarcerated in California found that 20 percent of women in for homicide had killed their abusive partners. How have self-defense laws failed women in abusive relationships—and how...
3 Mars 202530min
