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After the Trump administration launched a massive Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operation in Minnesota, protesters gathered to defend immigrant neighbors. Renee Nicole Good, a mother of a six year old, showed up with her wife and dog to film altercations between officers and community members. What happened next changed everything. Guest: Jon Collins, senior reporter on the Minnesota Public Radio News race, class and communities team. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to…
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Slate NewsSlate Money - Perfecting the Balance Between Tourists and Locals
In this special episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers. They talk discuss why you should never get the hotel breakfast, whether…
Slate NewsWhat Next - The Glaring Problem with Headlights
As What Next celebrates Memorial Day, please enjoy this episode from our colleagues at Decoder Ring. What Next will be back in your feed tomorrow. Something…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Crypto's Big Win
The crypto industry poured tons of money into the last election cycle. Is the GENIUS Act, which has bipartisan support, their big payoff? Guest: Hilary Allen…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Two Tracks of Justice
This week’s episode attempts to understand the ways in which the law of Trump unfolds along two tracks at the same time. First, Mark Joseph Stern joins us to…
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Slate Money - Elon Backs Off
This week: The bond vigilantes are being summoned by Trump’s take bill. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the contents of the…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Bonus: Main Character: The One Big Beautiful Bill
Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” cleared the House this week and heads off to the Senate where…actually let’s bring in an expert to explain what happens next…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Inside OpenAI's Empire
OpenAI started as a non-profit dedicated to building safe A.I. Now, they’re obsessed with building artificial general intelligence by any means necessary -…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - Big and Beautiful or Huge and Horrendous
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the huge House tax bill and its broad economic implications with Harvard economist Jason…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Can A “Morality Coalition” Succeed Against Trump?
Rev. Dr. Barber II is objecting to Republicans’ budget bill on the grounds of morality as much as politics—which is why he’s been praying, protesting, and…
Slate NewsWhat Next - If Trump Guts FEMA, Are Tornado Victims On Their Own?
One of the more surprising targets of Project 2025—and now, therefore, the Trump administration—is FEMA. How will proposed changes affect what FEMA can do, as…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Here’s How the GOP Cuts Medicaid
In a return to a classic party policy goal, Republicans want to add “work requirements” to Medicaid to offset costs in Trump’s “one big beautiful bill.” Work…
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Slate Money - A Disneyland Guide
In this special episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck are joined by Slate editor in chief, Hillary Frey. They talk all things Disneyland…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Is Immigration Still Trump’s Strongest Issue?
As Donald Trump strives to deliver on his harsh immigration enforcement campaign promises, the president’s approval rating on the issue has dropped. But very…
Slate NewsWhat Next - TBD | You’ve Been Deepfaked
What do you do when your likeness has been turned into A.I.-generated pornography?—it’s a problem people are already facing. But legislation moving through…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - You’ve Been Deepfaked
What do you do when your likeness has been turned into A.I.-generated pornography?—it’s a problem people are already facing. But legislation moving through…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - SCOTUS Is About to Suffer Buyers Remorse, Again
Our eyes this week were trained on the arguments over birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court on Thursday. While Solicitor General John Sauer advanced wild…
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Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | How to Create an Exceptional Family
Emily Bazelon talks with author Susan Dominus about her new book, The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success. They discuss the…
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Slate Money - Did You Fill Yer Boots With Stocks?
This week: The stock market is coming back after its post Liberation Day fall. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss what this does, and…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Newarkification of Flying
Aging equipment and chronically understaffed air traffic control have made flying in and out of Newark’s Liberty International Airport a delay-snarled mess…
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Political Gabfest - Just a Modest $400 Million Gift
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss how Trump’s trip to the Middle East is wildly off the scale of any past corruption and…
Slate NewsWhat Next - The Qatari Plane Is Just The Start
Between the crypto ventures, real estate deals, and a gift-wrapped tricked-out 747, it feels like Donald Trump is more open-for-business than ever this term…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Trump’s Middle East Diplomacy
Ahead of his first trip to the region, Donald Trump’s policies toward the Middle East have been full of surprises. He wants sanctions on Syria lifted; he…
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Slate Money - Money Talks: An Economist Shares Her Cheat Codes
In this Money Talks: Redfin’s Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather has a new book, Hate The Game, where she shares the "economic cheat codes” she’s discovered for…
Slate NewsWhat Next - David Hogg Wants Democratic Politicians to Be Afraid
What if the Democratic Party’s problem isn’t just messaging—it’s the Democrats themselves, and “seniority politics” that never call incumbents to account? Is…
Slate NewsWhat Next - The War Over Pete Hegseth
Despite being perhaps the least experienced person to ever hold his position, Pete Hegseth has set about dramatically reforming the Department of Defense to…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Online and Pregnant
The intimate and extremely personal experience of bringing a child into this world? There’s an app for that…and forums…and so much advice…that contradicts…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - SCOTUS, Meet The Broligarchs
After Silicon Valley’s yeet to the right after Donald Trump was elected in 2016, and the DOGE-ification of the federal government (read: chaos and abuse as the…
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Slate Money - Tariff Stockholm Syndrome
This week: The UK and the US agreed to the framework for a trade deal. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the details of the agreement and…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Bonus Main Character Syndrome: Your Mom
As we head into Mother’s Day weekend (there’s still time to get to the florist if you hurry!), we dive into “motherhood in the moment”—where “pro-natalism”…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Chatbots All The Way Down
Why artificial intelligence isn’t waiting for consumer demand. Guest: Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter for The Washington Post. Want more What Next TBD?…
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Political Gabfest - Trump Backlash, Australian-Style
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss anti-Trump sentiment in foreign elections with former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Yes, Shelves Will Be Empty
The consequences of Donald Trump’s new tariffs are working their way through the supply chain and soon will start showing up for consumers in the form of empty…
Slate NewsWhat Next - The Arts of the Deal
How Donald Trump is attempting to shape the arts to his own liking, from installing himself as head of the Kennedy Center to canceling grants from the National…
Slate NewsWhat Next - A Marco Rubio for All Seasons
Marco Rubio has been collecting titles. In addition to Secretary of State, he’s now also the acting administrator of USAID, the acting archivist for the…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Trump v. the Judiciary
Is the arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan the start of Trump’s open war on judges? Guest: Jeremy Fogel, retired federal judge and executive director…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How Elon Wields Power
What is it about the way that Elon Musk wields power that led 65 percent of Americans to agree he has too much influence on the federal government? Guest: Faiz…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Un-American Project
Whether it’s attempting to overturn birthright citizenship, effectively stripping citizenship from American children, or claiming Alien Enemy Act war powers…
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Slate Money - Everyone Cares About Power Grids This Week
This week: The entire Iberian peninsula lost power for 18 hours. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by energy expert John Kemp to talk…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Marc Andreessen’s New Deal
What drove Marc Andreessen’s transformation into a political actor, and what is he looking for from having Washington in his thrall? Guest: Zoe Schiffer, WIRED…
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Political Gabfest - Only 100 Days
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Trump administration’s first 100 days and recent polls, the state of American health…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Many of the policy changes in Trump’s first 100 days have come from the White House—but now, it’s Congress’s turn. Republicans have roughly a month to pass a…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Inside the ICE Prison Holding Student Detainees
After Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted off the streets of her district, Rep. Ayanna Pressley is not mincing words when it comes to the Trump…
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Slate Money - Money Talks: The Family Squabble That Could Change Right-Wing News
In this Money Talks: Succession may be over but the drama continues for the Roy family’s real world counterparts. Felix Salmon is joined by McKay Coppins to…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Will HHS Survive RFK Jr?
At his first press conference as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. gave a glimpse of what the department will look like under his…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Are Public Schools the Supreme Court's Next Target?
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases this month regarding religion in public schools that seem to contradict each other—a public school in Maryland where…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Death of the Weather Forecast?
The Trump administration has already begun cutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the U.S. National Weather Service…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Anti-Trump Cases That Have Changed The Game
As we approach President Trump’s 100th day in office (this time around) this Wednesday, Dahlia Lithwick checks in with one of the key architects of the…
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Slate Money - Say Goodbye to Hollywood
This week: Trump has reversed his stance on Jay Powell and his extreme tariffs on China. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Trump’s…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Immigration Data Dragnet
One of DOGE’s goals is to get government data out of “silos” and make it more easily shared across departments. But there are good reasons for some data to be…
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Political Gabfest - One Thing Even Trump Won’t Do
This week, Emily Bazelon and David Plotz are joined by Henry Blodget to discuss the financial and political fallout from the President’s threats to fire Fed…
Slate NewsWhat Next - The Flight Attendant Who Wants You to Go on Strike
The Trump administration’s actions on immigration and firing the federal workforce have drawn condemnation from all sorts of unions—from building trades to…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Fed Up!
Why Trump wants to ouster his own appointee, Jerome Powell, from the Fed chair—and why the rest of the world is rooting for Powell to stay put. Guest: Liz…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Ciao Papa
Preaching for empathy and compassion, Pope Francis was at times seen as an agent of dramatic change in the Catholic Church. Did he succeed? Is that even an…
Slate NewsWhat Next - Why Did Big Law Fold So Easily?
Some of the nation’s biggest law firms have found themselves in Trump’s crosshairs and have pledged pro-bono legal service to maintain their security…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Baby Monitor Trap
If setting up a baby monitor in the room with your sleeping kids doesn’t allow you to pop out and enjoy the cruise ship, what are they actually good for?…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Playing Chicken With the Constitution
Ever since March 15, when three flights carrying hundreds of men who had been afforded zero due process left United States airspace and landed in El Salvador…
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Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads | How to Turn the Creative Process Into “Good Trouble”
John Dickerson talks with author Maggie Smith about her new book, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life. They talk about the…
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Slate Money - Jay Powell’s Tough Call
This week: Trump isn’t happy with Fed chair Jay Powell’s take on his tariffs. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers and guest host Cardiff Garcia discuss the economic…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The U.S. vs Meta
This week, the FTC and Meta began a trial to determine if—by adding Instagram and WhatsApp to its portfolio with Facebook over a decade ago—the company became…
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Political Gabfest - Trump vs. Harvard
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Trump administration’s ramped up attacks on Harvard and international students, the…