What Next - The Rise of a Red State Democrat
Andy Beshear, Kentucky’s Democratic governor, maintained a Biden-like moderate image and rode it to victory in this year’s election. His state knows him best as the “infrastructure governor”—but his s...
13 Nov 202322min
Slate Money - Slate Money Travel: Jet-setting Like A Journalist
In the first episode of Slate Money’s Travel series, Felix Salmon talks with The New York Times’ Lydia Polgreen about her time as a foreign correspondent and big-time business exec. What was it like t...
13 Nov 202330min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Will A.I. Take My Job?
A review website became suddenly flush with new bylines, right as the newsroom was negotiating with management. But information on their new contributors was hard to find—were they people at all, or w...
12 Nov 202318min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Dunking On Trump's Lawyers Might Not Be The Win You Think It Is
If we are to take Donald J. Trump seriously (and at this stage it’s surely a fool’s errand not to), then the rule of law and democracy are on the line if (when) he becomes the Republican nominee for 2...
11 Nov 20231h
Slate Money - The Bully of Bridgewater
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Rob Copeland of The New York Times to discuss his new book The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a ...
11 Nov 202343min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Tesla vs. the Swedes
In late October, Tesla mechanics in Sweden began to strike after the company refused to sign a collective agreement. This week, the country's other major unions joined in the fight as well. Can Sweden...
10 Nov 202323min
Political Gabfest - Was That A Great Or Terrible Night For Biden?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the 2023 election results and Democratic wins in Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky; President Joe Biden’s numbers in recent polls and the y...
9 Nov 202357min
What Next - The Real Goal of Trump's Indignant Testimony
When Donald Trump took the stand in his civil trial in New York this week, maybe he wasn’t trying to convince the judge who will decide this case—maybe he was playing for the MAGA audience outside, wh...
9 Nov 202324min
