What Next - On Epstein, Democrats Go Low
Why the Epstein scandal—more than any of Trump’s other, lengthy list of scandals—is so damaging that even the Democrats can wield it effectively. Guest: Brian Beutler, author of the Substack “Off Me...
22 Juli 202527min
Slate Money - Money Talks: Contemplations on Consumption
In this Money Talks: Elizabeth Spiers is joined by Emily Mester to discuss her book American Bulk: Essays on Excess. They’ll get into the dopamine-driven appeal of haul videos and Costco, the comforts...
22 Juli 202538min
What Next - Getting Anti-Vaxxers To Roll Up Their Sleeves
Their son was immunocompromised and couldn’t get the measles vaccines. So his dad asked if everyone going to his school would get vaccinated. And the thing is—people listened.Guest: Carl and Rhett Kr...
21 Juli 202527min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - When Bots Go Nazi
It’s kind of strange that Grok, Elon Musk’s chatbot, went full Nazi a few weeks ago, and is just…still out there. But, then again, how are you supposed to hold an LLM accountable?Guest: Drew Harwell, ...
20 Juli 202525min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - How To Build A Police State (With The Supreme Court’s Blessing)
Over the last six months, life has been upended for millions of people in America as Stephen Miller's extreme immigration policies have been unleashed. And while the first weeks of the second Trump a...
19 Juli 202552min
Slate Money - Which Coke's For You?
This week: A judge has blocked a Biden era rule that would prevent medical debt from affecting credit scores. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss the logic behind the proposed rule ...
19 Juli 202547min
Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | A Beach Read for the Outraged
David Plotz talks with author Carl Hiaasen about his new book, Fever Beach. Fever Beach is a political satire that follows a couple of dimwitted white supremacists, a corrupt congressman, and the peop...
19 Juli 202524min
What Next - Bonus: A Muslim, a Dad, an American
In this political moment where hostility towards immigrants and outsiders is openly espoused, one of our own colleagues has released a book about growing up as a Muslim-American in the post-9/11 era—a...
18 Juli 20253min
