What Next - America’s Top Elections Official Isn’t Happy
The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed FEC is something less partisan, and more pr...
21 Nov 201918min
What Next - Pete Buttigieg Surges
Pete Buttigieg will take the stage at the fifth presidential democratic debate as the front-runner in the Iowa polls. His rise, while surprising for some, can’t simply be explained as luck. So, how di...
20 Nov 201922min
Slate Money - Slate Money: SWAG: Gold
In this Slate Money mini-series, Felix Salmon will investigate SWAG -- Silver Wine Art Gold -- and other things people invest in. This week, Felix talks to Justina Vasquez of Bloomberg News about how ...
19 Nov 201935min
What Next - The Backstory to Bolivia’s Coup
Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, was pushed out of office this month after attempting to secure an unprecedented fourth term. Now, the country is consumed by a power vacuum and the e...
19 Nov 201920min
What Next - What Is Devin Nunes Thinking?
Rep. Devin Nunes has been in Congress for over a decade. In those years he built up a lot of political capital in the Republican party–Nunes is currently a member of the Gang of Eight, a bi-partisan s...
18 Nov 201921min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Live Bonus: Press Freedom
Recorded at the Miami Book Fair, in partnership with the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Laura Moscoso from the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo in Pue...
16 Nov 20192min
Slate Money - Cloud Kitchens
This week Felix, Emily, and Anna discuss the potentially sexist tendencies of the Apple Card algorithm, why tech is killing restaurants and the new big player in streaming, Disney+.And in the Slate Pl...
16 Nov 201943min
What Next - This Week in Impeachment: New Evidence
Testimony of a phone call between President Donald Trump and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland has set the stage for a dramatic Week 2 in the inquiry. What does the revelation of that call tell us about h...
15 Nov 201923min
