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Jacob Weisberg chats with Slate's Justin Peters who spent 3 weeks watching Fox News. Plus, Jacob jumps on a quick call with Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen to talk about their new book You Can't Spell America Without Me - a parody of Donald Trump's first year in office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Nov 201730min

The shocking results of the 2016 election left people wondering how our country would change under a Trump presidency. Many Americans feared the worst, some hoped for the best, and others leapt into action. Now, one year out, Slate will take stock of the year that was and celebrate the work of those who have served as a check on the administration. Join Slate writers for a series of one-on-one conversations with those at the forefront of politics, media, the law, and activism as they compare notes on the lessons, challenges, and victories they’ve seen over the past year—and what they expect from the next. Featuring … Jamelle Bouie, Slate chief political correspondent, in conversation with Tom Perriello, former Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia Isaac Chotiner, Slate writer, in conversation with Jelani Cobb, staff writer for the New Yorker and professor at Columbia Journalism School Michelle Goldberg, New York Timescolumnist, in conversation with Tamika Mallory, Women’s March national co-chair and activist Dahlia Lithwick, Slate senior editor and legal writer, in conversation with Becca Heller, founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent, in conversation with Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change and hosted by Julia Turner, editor in chief of Slate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Nov 20171h 22min

Josh King talks to Mark Updegrove, author of The Last Republicans, about why Bush 41 & Bush 43 may just be the last establishment Republicans to hold the presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Nov 201727min

Jamelle Bouie is joined by former Virginia congressman, Tom Perriello, to discuss Tuesday's election and the Democrats moving forward. This is one of the five conversations from Wednesday night's live show. Follow us on Twitter for a heads up of when the full version will be available. And here's the best way to subscribe to Family Ghosts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Nov 201721min

Virginia Heffernan chats with Slate's Laura Bennett & Allison Benedikt about the cover story they co-edited this week – The Year in Push Alerts: How Breaking News Became Our Lives, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Nov 201725min

Jacob Weisberg gets an explainer from The New Yorker’s Adam Davidson about money laundering. Why do people do it? What does he see in the Manafort indictment?  Plus, Adam runs a theory of money laundering and the Trump organization by us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Nov 201736min

Jacob Weisberg chats with the historian and author David Greenberg about how the latest revelations in the Trump-Russia scandal compare to those of Watergate. Plus, Sarah Huckabee Sanders deflection training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Nov 201726min

Jamelle Bouie talks to Slate's Jordan Weissmann about the GOP tax plan rollout and the nomination of new Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Nov 201719min