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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: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Can FEMA Keep Up With Climate Change?
Climate change is causing unprecedented severe weather. Is the agency prepared for it to get worse? Guest: Craig Fugate and Ashley Nerbovig Host: Lizzie…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Is The Major Questions Doctrine Bogus?” Edition
This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss the Supreme Court’s gutting of administrative authority in West Virginia v. EPA, the case…
Slate NewsWhat Next - How to Fix the Economy
Last month, inflation hit a new 40-year high. Americans are feeling it in their grocery bills, at the gas pump, in airline tickets, electrical bills, and…
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What Next - The Supreme Court Needs an Upgrade
The Supreme Court treated its most recent term like the opening salvo in a conservative revolution, approving prayer in schools, establishing a constitutional…
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What Next - A Fight to Put Abortion on Arizona’s Ballot
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the question of abortion rights became a state issue. Although Arizona was one of 26 states with so-called…
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What Next - Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Roe Against Wade
Harry Blackmun wasn’t Richard Nixon’s first choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. But after Blackmun was confirmed, he got the assignment of a…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Good Hackers
According to the Justice Department, there’s a right way — and a wrong way — to be a hacker. Guest: Josephine Wolff Host: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - SCOTUS Wraps, Precedent Collapses, and KBJ Takes her Oath
The term is over, and the ground upon which all Americans stood, has fundamentally shifted. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Professor Dorothy Roberts to discuss…
Slate NewsSlate Money - RIP Coupons
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the repercussions of states banning abortions, Lydia DePillis’ piece in The New York Times…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - TikTok’s Mental Health Influencers
Social media makes mental health information accessible. But it's not a perfect solution. Guest: Lindsay Lee Wallace Host: Mary C. Curtis Hosted on Acast. See…
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Political Gabfest - Gabfest Live! Grab the Steering Wheel Edition
This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson are live at Sixth & I in Washington, DC discussing the new insurrection revelations; the overturning…
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What Next - The Shocking Jan. 6 Hearing Was Not a Slam Dunk
A surprise session of the House’s Jan. 6 committee featured testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, the former executive assistant to White House chief of staff…
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What Next - What Texas Can’t Forget
One tragedy replaces another in the headlines—that’s just how things go. The Texas state legislature isn’t scheduled to convene until January 2023, when the…
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What Next - The State That Brought Down Roe
How did Mississippi go from resoundingly voting down a “fetal personhood” amendment in 2011 to being the state that brought down Roe v. Wade? Outsiders have…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Slate Plus Bonus: Praying at the 50 Yard Line and Dunking on the Libs
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern on Kennedy v Bremerton School District: a referendum on the status of truth at the high court, and another nail in the…
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What Next - Your Body, Their Choice
For years the conservative justices slow rolled abortion restrictions, limiting how the procedure is done and who can perform an abortion, making accessing…
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What Next - TBD | Does Crypto Investment Need to Be Regulated?
Fidelity made headlines when they announced you could invest your retirement savings in Bitcoin. Then the crypto market crashed. Guest: Anthony Lee Zhang Host…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Does Crypto Investment Need to Be Regulated?
Fidelity made headlines when they announced you could invest your retirement savings in Bitcoin. Then the crypto market crashed. Guest: Anthony Lee Zhang Host…
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Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Corrections in Ink
Emily Bazelon talks with author Keri Blakinger about her new memoir, Corrections in Ink which recounts Blakinger’s path from Olympic ambitions, to heroin…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Just Doing The Job They Were Put On The Court To Do
Well it happened, Roe v Wade has been swept away and Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and the…
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Slate Money - The Supertall Episode
This week Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by author and architect, Stefan Al to talk all about skyscrapers and his new book…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Can the Law Keep Up With the Internet?
The openness of the internet is its greatest strength. Or a glaring weakness, depending on who you ask. Does something need to change? Guest: Jared Schroeder…
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Political Gabfest - SCOTUS Guts The Establishment Clause
This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the Supreme Court decision requiring that government funding for private schools include…
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What Next - The Poll Workers Targeted by Trump
The third week of the House of Representatives investigation into the Jan. 6 riot is focusing on the weeks-long pressure campaign waged by Trump and his…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Slate Plus Bonus: Carson v Makin
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern react to the Supreme Court’s decision in Carson v Makin, a blockbuster religious liberty case that sees the court…
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What Next - Why Biden Can’t Ice Out Saudi Arabia
On the campaign trail, Joe Biden called Saudi Arabia a “pariah” and said its ruling regime should be held accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal…
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What Next - An Overlooked Tool to Stop School Shootings
A school with armed teachers and every door locked sounds a lot more like a prison than a nourishing educational environment. How does the discussion around…
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What Next - Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Women vs. Connecticut
Soon after Ann Hill arrived at Yale Law School in 1968, she realized she was pregnant. Her options were limited: she could give birth—or get an illegal…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - From the Vault: It's Hot. It's Flooding. Is This the New Normal?
This episode originally aired in July 2021. Last year, North Americans saw record-breaking heat, droughts, wildfires, and floods. The science is clear: we are…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Somewhere, John Roberts is Screaming into an Expensive Pillow
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic and election law Professor Richard Hasen for what could be called “Amicus: Wheels Coming Off…
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Slate Money - Bubblicious Crypto
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the Fed raising interest rates by 75 basis points, the crypto crash, and Revlon filing for…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Culture War Over Electric Cars
One state wants to stop people from buying one. But can electric vehicles be stopped? Guest: Ryan Cornell Host: Sonari Glinton Hosted on Acast. See…
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Political Gabfest - Drunk as Rudy Guiliani
This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the January 6th hearings, Jason Furman on the economy, and debates among providers of…
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What Next - Bill Barr Calls B.S. on Trump
The hearings have started for the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. The televised hearings have already…
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What Next - The Real Lesson of San Francisco's D.A. Recall
San Francisco is all but short-hand for “liberal American city,” but their progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin just got booted from office in a…
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What Next - The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Last month, Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israeli military raid of a Palestinian refugee camp in…
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What Next - Does Gun Violence Need an Emmett Till Moment?
To the people who deal with the reality of bullet wounds, the aftermath of shootings aren’t so abstract. If politicians and the public had to see what military…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
She wanted to be an icon for working women. What went wrong? Guest: Sheera Frenkel Host: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The January 6th Committee Revelations You Might Have Missed
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Ryan Goodman, professor of Law at NYU and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security. While we wait for the High Court to release…
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Slate Money - Bad Vibes Economics
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss everyone’s premature bad vibes about the economy right now, financial literacy programs in…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Bots! What Are They Good For?
Elon Musk isn't wrong that Twitter has a bot problem. But he's kind of missing the point. Guest: Samuel Woolley Host: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See…
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Political Gabfest - Is San Francisco a Hellscape?
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss Tuesday’s primaries, the economy (is it as bad as we all think it is?), and are joined by Susan Matthews…
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What Next - What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really About
The House hearings to examine the events of Jan. 6, 2021, begin this week and the party lines are drawn. Republicans are calling the hearings a distraction…
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What Next - Can 20 Years of Oversight Reform a Police Department?
In the early 2000s, following a civil lawsuit with over 100 plaintiffs against a group of Oakland police officers known as “the Riders,” the Oakland PD was put…
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What Next - The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army
Republicans who still haven’t accepted that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in 2020 are recruiting “a volunteer army” of poll watchers and poll workers for…
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What Next - Does Proof Matter at the Supreme Court?
The Sixth Amendment is supposed to guarantee the right to a fair trial—including a lawyer, even if the defendant can’t afford one. But Indigent Defense is…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is Elon Musk Any Good at Business?
Some call him revolutionary. Others call him a hack. Is his success warranted? Guest: Ashlee Vance Host: Lizzie O'Leary Thanks Avast.com! Hosted on Acast. See…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Our Guns Problem is a Democracy Problem
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mark Joseph Stern to tee up the final weeks of the Supreme Court term. Several blockbusters are still to come, from abortion to…
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Slate Money - Happy Platy Jubes!
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Sheryl Sandberg’s exit from Meta, how the war in Ukraine is affecting the international food…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?
Schools have spent millions to detect threats online. It mostly doesn’t work. Guest: Arijit Sen Host: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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Political Gabfest - Forgive Me, Joe
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the response to the Uvalde shooting, Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness, and a bunch of ignored…
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What Next - How Gun-Makers Are Arming the Culture War
After a mass shooting, gun manufacturers follow a set playbook—they offer “thoughts and prayers,” go quiet, and wait for the bump in sales driven by fear of…
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What Next - How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got Paid
If you want to understand the way inequality is baked into the systems and structures all around us, examining the pay equity issue in U.S. soccer is a pretty…
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What Next - Reporting on Guns from Texas
Following the shooting in Uvalde, we talked to a Texas reporter who has covered mass shootings for five years. The Lone Star state remains a GOP strong-hold…
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Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Coming of Age in the Nineties
John Dickerson talks with author Elif Batuman about coming of age as a college student in the 1990’s, and the similarities between herself and her main…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World
What can current surveillance infrastructure tell us about online privacy after the fall of Roe? Guest: Lily Hay Newman Host: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - When a Shooter Comes to Your School
In light of the Uvalde school shooting, we’re rebroadcasting a special audio presentation from Amicus that originally aired in 2018. Dahlia Lithwick spoke to…
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Slate Money - The Man Who Broke Capitalism
This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers talk to David Gelles of the New York Times about his new book The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack…
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What Next - TBD | Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?
Is El Salvador heading for default after going all in on crypto? Guest: Anna-Cat Brigida Host: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?
Is El Salvador heading for default after going all in on crypto? Guest: Anna-Cat Brigida Host: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…