What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Tech Disrupts the School Bus
When Howard County signed a $27 million contract with the start-up Zum, the company promised to modernize the way schools provide transportation. But when the school year started, that’s not what happ...
8 Sep 202324min
Political Gabfest - Is Biden The Last Politician?
This week, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz are joined by The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer to discuss Joe Biden’s White House and The Last Politician; the war in Ukraine and the possible meeting of Kim Jong ...
7 Sep 202353min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The Power Of Aunts and Uncles w/ Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, and Dan Santat
On this episode: Zak interviews Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, and Dan Santat about their new book, The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles. They dive into what makes that particular relationship so spec...
7 Sep 202330min
Slow Burn - One Year: 1955 | 2. The Crockett Craze
In 1955, the frontiersman Davy Crockett became the most famous man in America, more than a century after his death at the Alamo. This week, Evan Chung dives into a cultural phenomenon nobody saw comin...
7 Sep 202353min
What Next - Can Kids Catch Up After the Pandemic?
Math and reading scores plummeted during the year of virtual learning. Kids are now back in the classroom—but they aren’t back on track. What will it take to catch up a generation —and do schools have...
7 Sep 202323min
Death, Sex & Money - A Headline Stays Static Even As A Life Transforms
Lawrence Bartley was first on the show in 2014 while he was still in prison. In this new episode, he talks about becoming an award-winning journalist and the negative impact of a headline from our sho...
6 Sep 202331min
What Next - Our Aging Congress Is a Problem
The problem with a Congress that is statistically so much older than the country it represents is systemic and—like almost everything in Washington—much of the issue can be traced back to money in pol...
6 Sep 202322min
Culture Gabfest - Bottoms Queers the High School Comedy
This week, the panel jumps into Bottoms, the chaotic second feature from director and co-writer Emma Seligman that satirizes… something (what that thing is, they have yet to discover). They then discu...
6 Sep 202352min
