Political Gabfest - Introducing Charged: A True Punishment Story
For two and a half years, Emily Bazelon has been following people through a special court in New York designed to be a speedy machine for the harsh punishment of illegal gun possession. Along the way,...
17 Apr 201927min
What Next - What Ilhan Omar Gets Right
How did a March speech by Rep. Ilhan Omar get shrunk down to a single phrase and turned into an attack on her character?Guest: Aymann Ismail, Slate writer and host of the upcoming podcast, Man Up. Pod...
17 Apr 201918min
What Next - Trump’s Plan to Politicize the Fed
President Donald Trump has floated the idea of nominating former presidential candidate Herman Cain and conservative pundit Stephen Moore to policy seats on the Federal Reserve’s board. Would Cain and...
16 Apr 201919min
What Next - Democrats Could Lose Wisconsin Forever
Last week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race got ugly, fast. The Republican favorite, Judge Brian Hagedorn, eked out a win by about 6,000 votes. Our guest today says it’s hard to overstate the political f...
15 Apr 201915min
Political Gabfest - The “Wahoo” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Jamelle Bouie discuss the arrest of Julian Assange; Trump’s purge of the Department of Homeland Security; and the 2020 contenders for President.Topic id...
13 Apr 20191h 13min
Slate Money - The Puerto Rico Edition
This week, the Slate Money hosts are joined by Natalie Jaresko. She talks about her time as theMinister of Finance in Ukraine and her current position as the Executive Director of the FinancialOversig...
13 Apr 201946min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Death Penalty Dust-Ups at the High Court
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Harvard Law School Professor Carol Steiker, co-author of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment to explore recent death penalty cases before the Supreme ...
13 Apr 201946min
What Next - Mexico Fuels the Humanitarian Crisis on the Border
To understand what’s happening on the border, you have to look at the policies and leaders on both sides of it. So, how has Mexico, under its new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, changed its ap...
12 Apr 201916min
