What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Fight Over Online Speech Headed to the Supreme Court
Conservative lawmakers in Florida and Texas are taking aim at content moderation on social media, with implications that go far beyond just the platforms.Guest: Mark Joseph SternHost: Lizzie O'Leary ...
23 Sep 202228min
Political Gabfest - Ron DeSantis’ Sadistic Plan
This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson New York’s massive fraud case against the Trumps; Ron DeSantis’ treatments of asylum seekers; and Dahlia Lithwick’s Lady Justice. Here are so...
22 Sep 202248min
What Next - Puerto Rico Without Power, Again
When Hurricane Maria hit in 2017, it destroyed Puerto Rico’s power grid, leaving vast swathes of the island in the dark and claiming almost 3,000 lives. $9.5 billion was set aside to rejuvenate the is...
22 Sep 202222min
What Next - A Student Ran For School Board … and Won
Public schools have become hotly debated—what’s on the curriculum and what isn’t; which books are allowed and which aren’t. But one voice frequently missing from these debates is that of the people mo...
21 Sep 202221min
What Next - Is Hunter Biden’s Laptop Actually a Big Deal?
An obsession with Hunter Biden’s laptop has been written off as the byproduct of a right-wing media bubble—but the reality is that what you don’t know can hurt you. It’s past time for Democrats and th...
20 Sep 202223min
What Next - Abortion Can’t Be Settled by the States
For years anti-abortion activists have argued that Roe v. Wade wasn’t just immoral, it was federal overreach, and abortion laws should be written on the state level. Only months after Roe’s overturn, ...
19 Sep 202227min
Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Searching for a Happy Ending
John Dickerson talks with author Ada Calhoun about her new memoir, Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me. What started as Calhoun’s attempt to finish the biography of Frank O’Hara that her fath...
18 Sep 202229min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Hidden Abuse Behind Those Spam Texts You're Getting
Victims of a new and high tech kind of human trafficking are forced to scam people all around the world.Guest: Cezary PodkulHost: Lizzie O'LearyHuman Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into C...
18 Sep 202226min
