What Next - 22 States Hiked the Minimum Wage. Now What?
The federally mandated minimum wage hasn’t gone up since 2009, but across the country states, counties, and cities are raising their minimum wage. Is this long overdue help for America’s poor, or mere...
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What Next - How Ukraine Loses The War
How much longer can Ukraine and Russia fight at a stalemate? And does the outcome of the war depend on Biden winning a second term?Guest: Fred Kaplan, Slate’s “War Stories” correspondent and author of...
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What Next - The Murder of Wadee Alfayoumi
On Oct. 14, 2023, Wadee Alfayoumi, a six-year-old Arab-American boy, was stabbed to death by his landlord, Joseph Czuba. Months later, his parents are struggling to make sense of it.Guest: Aymann Isma...
2 Jan 202423min
What Next - The Renewable Energy Shell Game
Buying “renewable energy certificates” is a way for companies to claim to reach their renewable energy goals—instead of, say, putting solar panels on their roof. One of the most enthusiastic consumers...
1 Jan 202421min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Who’s Afraid of A.I.? | 2023 In Review
While the What Next: TBD team spends some time with their families during the holidays, we revisit some of 2023’s biggest, strangest, and best stories. Regularly scheduled programming resumes in Janua...
31 Dec 202330min
Slate Money - America’s Boring Superweapon
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers chat with Henry Farrell, author of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy. Henry explains how American hegemony shifted ...
30 Dec 202349min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Very Worst of SCOTUS 2023
From the Chief Justice seeing the funny side of stalking and harassment, to Justice Samuel Alito’s tiny violin, to fighting in the footnotes and a bench dissent snapback, to THAT painting, it’s been q...
30 Dec 202353min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - America’s Killer Car Problem | 2023 In Review
While the What Next: TBD team spends some time with their families during the holidays, we revisit some of 2023’s biggest, strangest, and best stories. Regularly scheduled programming resumes in Janua...
29 Dec 202333min
