Culture Gabfest - True Detective’s Coldest Case Yet
On this week’s show, Jamelle Bouie (Opinion columnist at The New York Times) sits in for Julia Turner. The hosts first begin with a trip to Ennis, a fictional Alaskan town at the heart of True Detecti...
24 Jan 202452min
What Next - Trump’s Courtroom Campaign
How has Donald Trump managed to turn multiple indictments into a nigh unassailable lead in the Republican primary—and what looks like a dead heat for the general election?Guest: Isaac Arnsdorf, nation...
24 Jan 202420min
What Next - Are We at War in the Middle East?
Ships are avoiding the Suez Canal at great expense; Iran has launched attacks in Iraq and Pakistan; Israel is exchanging fire with Hezbollah as well as Hamas—has the regional conflict that leaders wer...
23 Jan 202422min
Slate Money - Money Talks: Live in an Empty Office
For this edition of Money Talks, Grace Rauh, director of the 5BORO Institute, makes the case for office-to-residential conversion. The pandemic pushed people out of offices, and they don’t want to com...
23 Jan 202438min
Hang Up and Listen - Sports Illustrated Is Dead Again
Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss Kansas City’s win over Buffalo in the NFL playoffs. Adam Duerson also joins to talk about the collapse of Sports Illustrated and ESPN’s Myron Medca...
23 Jan 20241h 5min
What Next - The Fall of Ron DeSantis
Once, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was Trump’s biggest rival. Now, his campaign is over – and Trump seems to be sailing to the Republican presidential nomination. How did DeSantis squander his lead? And ...
22 Jan 202419min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Private School Guilt
On this episode Elizabeth Newcamp, Zak Rosen, and Lucy Lopez weigh in on a classic question: what school is right for your family? Our letter writers’ kid is gifted and their family has fallen in love...
22 Jan 202419min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Have Algorithms Ruined Our Culture?
How much of our lives—our tastes, preferences and choices—have been fed to us through an interlocking, impersonal network of algorithms? Guest: Kyle Chayka, staff writer at the New Yorker and author o...
21 Jan 202432min
