Nancy Pelosi’s Legacy
Villainized by the right, protested from the left, Nancy Pelosi led the Democrats through the Iraq War, the fight for Obamacare, and two impeachments. As Congress resumes, she will step down from lead...
3 Jan 202327min
One Year 1942: The Black-Japanese Axis
As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.In 1942, federal officials targeted a group of Black Americans who were allegedly ...
29 Dec 202236min
One Year 1942: When Internment Came to Alaska
As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan launched another attack on the United States....
28 Dec 202238min
One Year 1942: The Info Wars of World War II
As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.In March 1942, a new nightly radio show hit the American airwaves. The stated goal...
27 Dec 202244min
One Year 1942: The Year Everyone Got Married
As we catch our breath over the holidays, enjoy this episode of Slate's One Year podcast. What Next returns next week.There were 1.8 million weddings in 1942, the most that had ever been recorded in a...
26 Dec 202240min
One Year - 1942: The Most Hated Man in America
At the beginning of World War II, the greatest threat to the American war effort wasn’t the Nazis or the Japanese—it was runaway inflation. The man in charge of stopping it was the country’s “price cz...
23 Dec 202243min
2022 Retrospective | Dua Lipa’s Copyright Problem
This week we look back on some of our favorite stories from a year that had us asking—sometimes with excitement and sometimes with exasperation—"What Next”? This episode originally aired March 29. Aft...
22 Dec 202223min
2022 Retrospective | How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got Paid
This week we look back on some of our favorite stories from a year that had us asking—sometimes with excitement and sometimes with exasperation—"What Next”? This episode originally aired June 1. If yo...
21 Dec 202226min
