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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 NewsWhat Next - Haiti’s Power Vacuum
With gangs controlling much of the capital and the prime minister out of office, what is Haiti’s path to stability? What role should the international…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - When Private Equity Gets in to Health Care
Private equity firms have been buying up doctors’ offices and hospitals around the country. But if profits are the primary goal, what happens to the cost and…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Who Gets to Lie Online?
While all eyes and brains are on what SCOTUS thinks about making Trump emperor-king, a lesser known case will be heard Monday that could have a huge impact on…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: How Tana French Uses Genre Tropes to Tell Great Human Stories
Emily Bazelon talks with author Tana French about her new book, The Hunter. They discuss the different perspectives French uses throughout her books, how…
Slate NewsSlate Money - Work is Mid 🤷♀️
This week: Americans don’t care as much about work. They have better things to do. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the prospect of a…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is TikTok Cooked This Time?
TikTok’s connection to the Chinese government has been a Washington talking point since the Trump administration, but earlier this month lawmakers in the House…
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Political Gabfest - Did Hur Exonerate Biden?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address and Special Counsel Robert Hur’s…
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What Next - Mexico Is Full Of American Guns. So the Country’s Suing.
How Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against American gun manufacturers and distributors could pave the way for new gun control tactics in the U.S. and abroad…
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What Next - Where is Kate Middleton?
Kate Middleton’s on-going absence has the internet tied in knots, and the heavily edited photo that the royal family released—and then rescinded—only made…
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Slate Money - Money Talks: Her Boyfriends Couldn’t Handle Her Success
In a special episode of Money Talks, Emily Peck chats with writer/director Chloe Domont, whose feminist thriller Fair Play explores what happens when an…
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What Next - Biden's War on Junk Fees
Extra charges and fees for everything from booking a hotel to buying concert tickets have become an insidious part of daily life. President Biden is hoping…
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What Next - He Quoted Hitler. Now, He Could Be Governor.
On Super Tuesday, Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson secured the Republican nomination for governor in North Carolina. His history of anti-semitic…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Instagram’s Pedophile Problem
As the debate around child safety online rages on, an investigation by The New York Times found a seedy world of pedophiles interacting with child influencer…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Lies Destroying America
It’s not just the justices on the Supreme Court who can’t seem to agree with each other anymore. As we slide into Trump v. Biden 2 (The Second One), it seems…
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Slate Money - Are Wallets Obsolete?
The New York Times declared that physical wallets are on the outs. But is digital enough? Felix Salmon Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers discuss! Also: Steve…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Why TikTok Went Silent
Thousands of songs have disappeared from TikTok in recent months as music giant Universal Music Group, or UMG, has pulled its catalog from the app. UMG claims…
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Political Gabfest - The Dismal Biden Polls
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Biden v. Trump polls and Super Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s decision to leave Donald…
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What Next - Rep Jayapal Says the Biden Coalition is 'Fractured'
With Biden trailing Trump in the polls and thousands of Democrats casting votes for “uncommitted” in the primaries, can the president make his case for a…
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What Next - Can Gaza Survive on Airdropped Aid?
Airdropping aid, food, and supplies is expensive, inexact, and inefficient and usually only a last resort when your enemies have left you no other options. So…
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Slate Money - Money Talks: Citibank’s Kid Millionaire
In this Money Talks. Felix Salmon chats with former trader Gary Stevenson, author of The Trading Game: A Confession. In the book and conversation, Gary tells…
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What Next - Why Adam Schiff Is Running Ads for a Republican
Nancy Pelosi is no longer in charge of the House Democrats, and Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat is now up for grabs. Will a new generation of progressives step…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Yes, You Can Vote for an Insurrectionist
This episode is member-exclusive. Listen to it now by subscribing to Slate Plus. By joining, not only will you unlock exclusive SCOTUS analysis and extended…
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What Next - Florida's Anti-Vaxxers Won. Then the Measles Surged.
Measles happens, but this outbreak in Florida is unfolding in a post-pandemic world where mistrust in public health officials and vaccinations is practically…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Google’s Scam Obituary Problem
Why scam obituaries are edging out earnest ones, with the help of artificial intelligence and an adept Google game. Guest: Mia Sato, reporter for The Verge…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The IVF Decision We Should Have Seen Coming
It was a wild week at the High Court (another seven days crammed with a year’s worth of news). SCOTUS heard cases about bump stocks, and how Clarence Thomas…
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Slate Money - Musk vs. the AI Overlords
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers ponder the future of computers, cars, and…fast food? They discuss why Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Supreme Court Takes on Content Moderation
Is it censorship for social media platforms to moderate their content, or is censorship when the state tells social media platforms how to moderate their…
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Political Gabfest - Could They Actually Leap Over Biden And Dunk Him?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign; the Supreme Court’s boost for Donald Trump and…
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What Next - Biden’s Commitment Problem
With Biden losing thousands of votes to “uncommitted” and Trump unable to pull incumbent numbers, the Michigan primaries seemed to show that the electorate…
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What Next - What Happened to Nex Benedict?
Sixteen-year-old Nex Benedict died one day after being beaten in an Oklahoma high school bathroom. His death has drawn attention to the more-than 50 bills that…
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What Next - War in Ukraine, Two Years In
The situation for Ukraine is slipping from a stalemate to again losing territory to the Russian invasion. After two years of combat, will American and EU…
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What Next - Will Trump Take Over the RNC?
Is RNC chairperson Ronna McDaniel to blame for Republicans’ poor fundraising and recent underperformance in elections? Guest: Shelby Talcott, reporter covering…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Alabama’s IVF Mess
Fertility doctors and their patients trying to conceive via in vitro fertilization (IVF) were stopped in their tracks this week, as the Alabama Supreme Court…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - A Series of Lawsuits That We Call an Election
Dahlia Lithwick is drinking from the firehose of legal news again and this week is joined by election law professor Rick Hasen to figure out why we’re all…
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Slate Money - Is Capital One’s Discover Deal Doomed?
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers come with 0% interest and no fees! They discuss what the proposed merger between Capital One and…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Coasts are Sinking
Studies have found that, in tiny increments, America’s East Coast is sinking into the ground thanks to climate change. Can a new approach to urban planning…
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Political Gabfest - Can Putin Be Stopped?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the tragic death of Alexei Navalny and the fallout in the US; Donald Trump’s civil fraud case…
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What Next - The Basketball Phenom Shaking Up the NCAA
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark has scored more points than any other NCAA women’s basketball player in history, but her impact extends even further than her substantial…
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What Next - Why a Hi-Tech Gun Safety Tool Isn’t Working
Shotspotter lost a huge contract and some face when Chicago opted out of its partnership with the gunfire-identification tech company. Why can’t new policing…
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Slate Money - Money Talks: I Was a Billionaire’s Right Hand
Felix Salmon sits down with Carrie Sun, whose book Private Equity: A Memoir recalls her life as the right-hand woman of a billionaire hedge fund manager. Burnt…
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What Next - Who’s Left to Help Migrants?
The migrant crisis has come to Denver. With no federal help on the way and temperatures dropping well below freezing, a local church tries to pick up the…
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What Next - Alexei Navalny Is Dead. Is His Movement Gone With Him?
Alexei Navalny died last week at age 47 in the prison where he was serving a 19-year sentence for extremism. With just one month left before a presidential…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Apple Vision Pro: The Ultimate Surveillance Device?
Apple Vision Pro goggles might be a crime against fashion but with the amount of data they can collect—both on the world around the user and on the users…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Fani Willis and a Tale of Two Ethics Violations
The future of the Fulton County, Georgia election subversion case against Donald J. Trump and many many accused co-conspirators was cast into doubt this week…
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Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Race, Money and Fictional Life at the University of Arkansas
David Plotz talks with author Kiley Reid about her new book, Come & Get It. They discuss how money can work in the same way as language, writing realistic…
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Slate Money - America is Beating Everyone
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers explain why factories, energy, stimulus money, and immigration have helped the U.S. economy succeed…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Warfare Enters the A.I. Era
The war in Ukraine reordered the priorities of the country’s growing tech sector, and has become a place for foreign companies to test out new tools with less…
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Political Gabfest - Well-Meaning, Elderly Man With A Poor Memory
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Special Counsel Robert Hur’s description of President Joe Biden; House Republicans’…
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What Next - The Attack on Rafah
Israeli Defense Forces have extended their campaign to Rafah, the southern-most city in Gaza, and where many Gazans have been gathering to escape the war…
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What Next - The American Oligarch Class
How did America end up back in a Gilded Age of incredible wealth disparity, and how did a new generation of oligarchs bend society to their vision? Guest: Tim…
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What Next - The Fight for George Santos’s Seat
The special election for George Santos’s vacated U.S. House seat has attracted tons of spending and a lot of attention—all to hold the position for less than a…
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What Next - Is Biden Too Old?
The special prosecutor’s report into Biden’s classified documents case is out… and it says Joe Biden’s memory is too bad for a jury to convict him. Is the…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Breaking Up with Dating Apps
For a while, it seemed like the only place to meet potential partners was through an app—Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, etc. But as the apps are trying to monetize…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Is SCOTUS Afraid of Holding Trump to Account?
Oral arguments at the Supreme Court Thursday in Trump v. Anderson revealed a lot about some of the justices’ commitment to the primacy of originalism. Noah…
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Slate Money - Disney's Wish Upon a (Pop) Star
BREAKING NEWS: Felix Salmon paid money to watch the Taylor Swift concert movie, he reveals it in a tell-all chat with Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers. They…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The NFL’s Concussion Settlement Farce
The NFL's concussion settlement was meant to provide financial support and medical help for players who developed traumatic brain injuries from the sport. So…
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Political Gabfest - Congress Can’t Aid, Can’t Arm, Can’t Legislate, Can’t Impeach
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Republicans’ beginning and end of both the border bill and the impeachment of Secretary…
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What Next - How Trump Gets Kicked off the Ballot
The Supreme Court now has to decide if the 14th amendment’s provision to keep insurrectionists off the ballot applies to Donald Trump. Guest: Jamelle Bouie…
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What Next - A Mass Shooter’s Mom Found Guilty
Yesterday, a jury found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the mass-shooting carried out by her son Ethan at his high school in Oxford…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Trump Trials Doomsday Clock Just Ticked a Second Closer to Midnight
Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock the full version of this emergency episode. After weeks of waiting, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down a…