What Next - She Won the Election. The GOP Won’t Swear Her In.
She won a special election on Sept. 23 but still hasn’t been sworn into the House of Representatives—even though new members have been sworn in during government shutdowns in the past. What explains S...
4 Nov 202523min
What Next - The Redistricting Arms Race Is On
Fearing a Democratic-led House of Representatives, Donald Trump set off a state-redistricting arms race when he asked Texas to find him five more safe GOP seats. This triggered California to go huntin...
3 Nov 202525min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Why Trump Keeps Pardoning Crypto Criminals
President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance who had been convicted for violating anti-money laundering laws, after months of Zhao boosting Trump’s own crypto company. The crypto...
2 Nov 202527min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Federal Judiciary Is Trapped
“The Chief Justice… is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America”. That quote did not come from host Dahlia Lithwick, but this week’s guest, former Federal Circuit Court Judge and George H....
1 Nov 20251h 3min
Slate Money - A Second Gold Toilet!?
This week: OpenAI has moved away from being run as a non-profit. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss the stated reasons behind the move and what it actually means to be a not-for-p...
1 Nov 202551min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Inside the Goonerverse
One legacy of the internet is the millions of subcultures that it helps flourish. Another is pornography—and lots of it. At a “gooner meet-up,” the two collide. Guest: Daniel Kolitz, author of “The Go...
31 Okt 202526min
Political Gabfest - Live from Chicago!
This week, live from Chicago to celebrate 20 years of the Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Trump vs. Chicago showdown and the dynamics between progressive ...
30 Okt 20251h 15min
What Next - How Will We Feed Our Neighbors?
Why SNAP benefits potentially won’t be replenished Nov. 1, and what happens to the people who depend on them to eat.Guest: Dr. Lindsay Allen, health economist and policy researcher at Northwestern Uni...
30 Okt 202528min
