Slate Money - How Nike Shoes Got Lame
This week: the tragic tale of Nike, Foot Locker, and Bed Bath and Beyond. Bloomberg’s Kim Bhasin joins Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers to discuss his recent piece on the downfall of the...
28 Sep 202457min
What Next - Bonus: The Surge | Indicted for Swagger
A throwback week in politics finds New York’s Boss Tweed of Swagger in trouble, a Republican bucking the party line for his constituents and a name Democrats thought they were done with.Guest: Jim New...
27 Sep 20243min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - What’s 1984 Got to Do with It Edition Part 2
A decade ago, Rolling Stone magazine called 1984 “Pop’s Greatest Year.” A bold statement…but a lot of critics agree. A confluence of factors—the comeback of dance music, the peak of MTV, the Second Br...
27 Sep 202457min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Big Tech Fears Her
Over the last decade, the European Union has been the vanguard regulating Big Tech, and the push has been led by Margrethe Vestager. As she steps down, Vestager is looking both back at the battles she...
27 Sep 202428min
Political Gabfest - North Carolina Crazies
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss what’s happening with the Kamala Harris v. Donald Trump race, what to expect with the Tim Walz v. JD Vance debate, how crazy Mark Robi...
26 Sep 202458min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - There Are Mean Girls in… Kindergarten?
On this episode: Lucy, Zak and Elizabeth answer a question from a listener who’s worried that her preschooler has already encountered a lot of bullying and cliques… so what is kindergarten going to be...
26 Sep 202443min
What Next - Will North Carolina Pick The President?
Winning North Carolina would make Kamala Harris’s path to the White House much easier. And to judge from the huge campaign push, Democrats think the state is in play. Can a strong ground game—and a ma...
26 Sep 202425min
Culture Gabfest - Colin Farrell Quacks Like a Penguin
On this week’s show, two of our favorite Slate-sters, Nadira Goffe (culture writer) and Dan Kois (author of Hampton Heights), fill in for Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf. The trio first pays a visit...
25 Sep 202459min
