Slate Money - The Edit Button
This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about Elon Musk taking a board seat on Twitter, a Staten Island Amazon warehouse’s successful unionization, and whether individuals sen...
9 Apr 202241min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Fundamental Rights Doublespeak
On the great legal history episode of Amicus, host Dahlia Lithwick is joined first by David Gans, director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountabili...
9 Apr 20221h 15min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Elon Trolls the SEC
With 9.1% ownership of Twitter—and a board seat—Elon Musk is the new master of Twitter's future. Why did the wealthiest man in the world just take over the world's most influential platform?Guest: Ran...
8 Apr 202219min
Political Gabfest - Hey, Groomer
Emily, John and David discuss Russia’s war crimes; Disney’s reaction to “don’t say gay”; and Amazon’s first union.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Andrew Exum for The Atlantic:...
7 Apr 20221h 5min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The ‘Mind Your ‘P’s and ‘V’s’ Edition
On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth tackle body boundaries. Our listener has two little kids who are pretty comfortable doing things like sharing a bath or getting changed in the same vicinit...
7 Apr 202223min
What Next - Who Can Hold Russia Accountable?
In a speech before the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of the worst war crimes since World War II. But whether there will be accountability on the international s...
7 Apr 202224min
Death, Sex & Money - Hard: Little Pill, Big Pharma
How Welsh coal miners and a pants-dropping presentation eventually led to the invention of Viagra. If you missed the first episode in our Hard series, go back and take a listen. And look out for the f...
6 Apr 202230min
ICYMI - How Is TikTok’s Grammy-Winning Bridgerton Musical Legal?
This Sunday, the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical took home a Grammy. But how was it allowed to compete in the first place? On the show today, Rachelle is joined by our producer, Daniel, to discuss why t...
6 Apr 202226min
