What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Are We Getting COVID Testing All Wrong?
In the U.S., the PCR test is the gold standard for COVID testing. Common knowledge would have it that the test is more accurate—and therefore more effective at containing the spread of the dease—than ...
24 Sep 202125min
Political Gabfest - True Crime
Emily, John and David discuss what it will take to save the Biden agenda, the abortion doctor's defiance of the Texas ban; and true crime mania.Here are some notes and references from this week’s show...
23 Sep 202158min
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Baby Bank Account Edition
On this week’s episode: Aymann, Elizabeth and Jamilah discuss their triumphs and fails for the week. Then they answer a question from a listener whose baby has received a lot of monetary gifts. At 5 m...
23 Sep 202144min
What Next - How Biden’s Agenda Could Fall Apart
Congressional Democrats are struggling to bring together their moderate and progressive factions to pass an infrastructure bill and its gigantic sidecar, a budget plan filled with tax hikes, climate-r...
23 Sep 202124min
Death, Sex & Money - "You Should Be Carrying This. Not Me."
Last year, a listener named Chloe had an unusual opportunity: to get on a Zoom call with the man who she says sexually assaulted her 10 years ago. If you or someone you know is a sexual assault surviv...
22 Sep 202135min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Sponsored: Tech Solutions that Serve L.A. Citizens with Ted Ross
The final episode of Season 1 features Ted Ross, Chief Information Officer for the City of Los Angeles. His role became more vital than ever during the pandemic, with L.A.’s 4 million residents and 50...
22 Sep 202130min
Culture Gabfest - Who Butchered the Goat?
This week, Steve and Dana are joined by culture writer extraordinaire, Karen Han. First, the panel reviews the definitely problematic, yet overall divisive, popular Netflix film Kate—which Karen wrote...
22 Sep 202154min
What Next - The Haitian Refugees Blocked at the Border
By last weekend, nearly 14,000 migrants primarily from Haiti had amassed along the border in Texas. Then the Biden administration began a massive deportation effort.Now, Haitians facing violence and i...
22 Sep 202123min
