Slate Money - Money Talks: How to Escape the Invisible Factory
For this edition of Money Talks: Are you feeling trapped in Zoom/Teams/Slack purgatory? Author Cal Newport’s book Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout has a way forward. H...
2 Apr 202436min
What Next - How a Democrat Flipped a Seat in Alabama
Democrat Marilyn Lands will be sworn in to the Alabama House of Representatives this week, having won a special election in the deep-red state by 25 points. How did Lands do it—and what can the nation...
2 Apr 202421min
Hang Up and Listen - The Kim Mulkey Profile Is Here
Joel Anderson and Stefan Fatsis are joined by USA Today’s Lindsay Schnell to talk about the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament and by Buzzer’s Eamonn Brennan to discuss the men’s tournament. F...
1 Apr 20241h 11min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Why Can’t I Find (Or Keep) A Babysitter?
On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth help a listener who’s having trouble securing a babysitter for their toddler… and starting to resign themselves to just not going anywhere. We’ll talk about...
1 Apr 202428min
What Next - The Group Behind Christian Conservatives’ Winning Streak
The group that brought the case that overturned Roe v. Wade is back before the Supreme Court arguing for more restrictions on mifepristone, the “abortion pill.” Who are Alliance Defending Freedom, and...
1 Apr 202424min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Psychological Toll of Mars
From science fiction writers to American presidents to Elon Musk, everyone’s eager to send people to Mars. But, even if you could nail the physical aspects, are Earthlings cut out for life on Mars men...
31 Mars 202421min
Slate Money - How Do You Bribe a President? Meme Stocks.
This week: Truth Social is the latest meme stock, and buying it could win favor with a president. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss what Truth Social means for Trump, whether Sam ...
30 Mars 202439min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - When RAGA Rhymes with MAGA
It’s not quite red-yarn-on-a-corkboard, but given how often we’ve been thinking about the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) over the years, it may as well be. The group has become a vita...
30 Mars 202447min
