Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: The Art of Writing Political Satire
David Plotz talks with author Alexandra Petri about her new book, Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents. They discuss how to transform staid history documents into rollicking paro...
22 Apr 202321min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Will A.I. Close Off the Internet?
Reddit announced it will start charging companies to use its huge, ever-growing trove of text to train A.I. chatbots. It’s another expense for the fledgling tech and another knock against the “open in...
21 Apr 202322min
Political Gabfest - Was Fox News Punished Enough?
This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the $787.5 million settlement of the Dominion Voting v. Fox News defamation lawsuit; the political game being played with raising the ...
20 Apr 202350min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Too ‘Touched Out’ For Sex
On this episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth answer a question from an exhausted parent of two little kids. She is tired and ‘touched out.’ It has left her wanting to scale back physical intimacy on m...
20 Apr 202326min
What Next - So Fox News, What Did We Learn?
Just as the defamation trial was set to begin, Fox News settled with Dominion Voting Systems at a cost of $787.5 million. While not nearly as expensive as a Rupert Murdoch divorce, surely the settleme...
20 Apr 202323min
ICYMI - How the Internet Broke Netflix’s “Love is Blind”
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Jonquilyn Hill, reporter and host of Vox’s politics and policy show The Weeds. The two take a deep dive into the most recent season of the Netflix reality dating...
19 Apr 202347min
Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - Are Advice Columns Intrinsically Queer?
Spring is in the air, and the Outward hosts are gay like tulips and queer like allergies! First, they discuss a new animated version of the beloved Frog and Toad series of children’s books, which prem...
19 Apr 20231h 19min
What Next - Dianne Feinstein's Last Stand
The 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein has stated she plans to retire at the end of her term, but her health-related absences have stymied the Democrats’ ability to confirm judges—one of the few things the ...
19 Apr 202320min
