What Next - What Biden Learned From the Last Crash
Joe Biden and his chief of staff have negotiated a massive fiscal stimulus package before. How should the incoming administration regard the 2009 Recovery Act -- as a blueprint, or a cautionary tale?G...
18 Nov 202023min
What Next - El Paso’s COVID Spike Didn’t Have To Happen
Bob Moore has covered all kinds of crises as a journalist in El Paso, Texas. But the COVID-19 surge is enough to make him crack. There’s a time for dispassionate journalism. This isn’t it. Guest: Bob ...
17 Nov 202022min
What Next - Worst. Transition. Ever.
In the summer of 2020, a group of people tried to imagine the most likely outcomes of the presidential election. They nailed it. But what may come next is harder to fathom. Guest: Rosa Brooks, co-foun...
16 Nov 202026min
Slate Money - Self-Loathing Postmodern Hypebeasts
Jacob Weisberg returns to Slate Money to discuss the impact of Pfizer’s vaccine announcement, Spotify’s acquisition of Megaphone to and Supreme being sold for $2.1 billion.In the Slate Plus segment: J...
14 Nov 202057min
What Next - TBD | How Tough Will Biden Really Be on Big Tech?
When Barack Obama first won the White House, back in 2008, with Joe Biden as his vice president, the executive branch’s stance towards tech and tech companies was seen as cooperative, progressive, and...
13 Nov 202018min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How Tough Will Biden Really Be on Big Tech?
When Barack Obama first won the White House, back in 2008, with Joe Biden as his vice president, the executive branch’s stance towards tech and tech companies was seen as cooperative, progressive, and...
13 Nov 202018min
Political Gabfest - Biden Biding
The Slate Political Gabfest is turning 15 years old! We will be celebrating with a special live show on Dec 9th-- with wine! Please join us (drinking is optional). Learn more here.Notes and references...
12 Nov 202059min
What Next - Not All of the Polls Were Wrong
In the lead-up to the 2020 election, Iowa polls had Biden and Trump running neck and neck to win the state’s 6 electoral votes. However, one poll in late October showed that Trump had taken a seven-po...
12 Nov 202027min
