Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Zadie Smith Knows You're a Fraud
Emily Bazelon talks with author Zadie Smith about her new book, The Fraud. They discuss what happens when justice comes through an unjust symbol, how much Zadie does and doesn’t know about her charact...
23 Sep 202327min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What Instacart’s IPO Means for Tech
As other tech companies that rode the pandemic to success started sinking, Instacart managed to stay above water—they turned a profit and even made it to an IPO. But a stubbornly static stock price ha...
23 Sep 202323min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - SCOTUS Is Not Done With Guns and Abortion
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Ryan Busse, a former gun-industry executive turned gun-safety advocate, who is now running for governor in his home state of Montana. As the right to bear arms for domesti...
23 Sep 20231h 11min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Did AirBnB Need to Go?
The sword of regulation, which has been swinging over New York AirBnBs for over a decade, is falling at last. But will new laws for short-term rentals have the effect housing advocates are hoping for?...
22 Sep 202321min
Political Gabfest - Who’s Winning The Autoworkers Strike?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the UAW autoworkers’ strike against the Big Three automakers, talk with Yoel Roth about social media trust and safety, and weigh teach...
21 Sep 202358min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - When Does Pushing Kids to Succeed Become Toxic?
On this episode: Zak Rosen, Jamilah Lemieux, and Elizabeth Newcamp talk about toxic achievement culture.The three of them talk with Jennifer Breheny Wallace, journalist and author of Never Enough: Whe...
21 Sep 202330min
What Next - The Case For Harm Reduction—And Beyond
Following “The Call,” our series on the opioid epidemic continues in Seattle. Harm reduction focuses on meeting people where they are, including enabling them to use drugs safely when experiencing add...
21 Sep 202329min
Slow Burn - One Year: 1955 | 4. Siberia, USA
When Alaskans wanted their own mental-health facility, a rumor took hold all over America. This week, Evan Chung traces the origins of that far-right conspiracy theory: that the government was buildin...
21 Sep 202351min
