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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 - How to Hold an Election During a Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, the United States might have to figure out how to hold an election in a time of social distancing. Will local, state and…
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What Next - Can Congress Save the Economy?
To understand where the country is right now in battling this pandemic you have to confront some pretty grim statistics. Roughly one in three Americans are…
Slate NewsSlate Money - A Bigger Hammer
This week, the Slate Money hosts discuss the government’s plan to send out checks, the senators who used inside information to profit off the COVID-19…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - How Long Will It Last?
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz are joined by Dr. Amesh Adalja to discuss efforts to address the pandemic, journalist Neil Irwin on whether the…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: Big Tech Eyes the Pandemic
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Google has…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Big Tech Eyes the Pandemic
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Google has…
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What Next - Italy's Message From the Future
Many Americans still can’t imagine how the coronavirus pandemic will upend their lives. In northern Italy, no imagination is needed. Coffins pile up in…
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Slate Money - Slate Money: COVID-19: March 18, 2020
In this weekly, day-of update, the Slate Money hosts discuss what’s going on right now amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast…
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What Next - How Long This Could Last
As the novel coronavirus spreads sickness and anxiety around the U.S., it’s tempting to point fingers at government agencies that seemed wholly unequipped for…
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What Next - We Still Have to Talk About Elizabeth Warren
When Senator Elizabeth Warren announced the end of her presidential campaign, she was asked about the role of sexism in the race. Warren didn’t venture an…
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Slate Money - Slate Money: Food: Costco
In this Slate Money mini-series, Felix Salmon talks to guests about the economics of food. In the first episode of the mini-series, Felix talks to Zachary…
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What Next - Can Our Economy Handle This?
In the face of the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. political leaders are moving faster than they have in years. But it still might not be fast enough. Guest: Jordan…
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What Next - An ER Doctor Prepares for the Worst
Open or closed? Across the country, state governors and mayors are asking themselves that question: Are we safer staying open, or are we safer closing down?…
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Slate Money - The World is Falling Apart
This week Ben Hubbard, author of “MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman”, joins Felix, Emily, and Anna to discuss the global economic effects of the…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Law of Public Health
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Professor Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: What If They Close All the Schools?
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Last week…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What If They Close All the Schools?
Last week, the superintendent of the Northshore school district near Seattle made a difficult decision. With the coronavirus spreading rapidly in the area, she…
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Political Gabfest - Flatten the Curve
Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the coming COVID-19 crisis, Biden as the presumptive nominee, and guest Leon Neyfakh joins the show to…
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What Next - If Prisoners Could Vote
We talk about polls a lot on this podcast. State polls, national polls, polls that make you shrug and vote for the other guy. Today, we’re talking about one of…
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What Next - What the World Left Behind in Syria
Even though Kareem Shaheen left Syria a few years back, the reminders of his time there are everywhere. For nine years a brutal conflict has left millions…
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What Next - Will the Coronavirus Tank the Economy?
On Monday morning, the Dow saw its biggest one day drop since 2008. This time, the cause was a combination of a volatile oil market and heightened fears of a…
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What Next - Donald Trump Wants Your Digits
The Trump 2016 campaign had unprecedented success on Facebook. Ever since, Trump's reelection campaign has been pumping out ads and collecting data on a…
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Slate Money - Jack Jack
This week Felix, Emily, and Anna discuss the Fed’s emergency, coronavirus-driven rate cut; the life of Jack Welch and the troubles of Jack Dorsey; and…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: Did the Internet Doom a Pregnancy?
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work. For pregnant…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Did the Internet Doom a Pregnancy?
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work. For pregnant…
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Political Gabfest - Wash Your Hands
Emily, John and David discuss Super Tuesday, COVID-19's spread and the Supreme Court's hearing of a crucial abortion case. For this week’s Slate Plus bonus…
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What Next - How Biden Made His Comeback
Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Super Tuesday…
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What Next - He Saw the Coronavirus Coming
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, started in China as a bat virus that eventually made contact with humans. Researchers say this leap between species…
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What Next - Who’s Left Standing for Super Tuesday?
The Democratic primary field has been dramatically re-shuffled since Saturday. After Joe Biden swept up votes and delegates in South Carolina, moderate…
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What Next - Is The Border Patrol Accountable to Anyone?
Lower courts have consistently ruled against the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies. But at the Supreme Court, the conservative majority…
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Political Gabfest - Slate Plus Bonus Episode: South Carolina and Super Tuesday
David Plotz and John Dickerson discuss Biden's win in South Carolina and what it could mean for Super Tuesday and the Democratic Primary overall. Become a…
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Slate Money - Old Bob, New Bob
This week, Felix Anna and Emily talk about how coronavirus is affecting the stock market, Disney’s two Bobs, and the crazy story of the “Madoff of France.” In…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Have Progressives Lost the Courts for Good?
Dahlia Lithwick asks the new president of the American Constitution Society, Russ Feingold, if it’s too late for progressives to respond to the conservative…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: Did Money Corrupt an A.I. Utopia?
OpenAI was founded in 2015 with a billion dollars and an idealistic mission: Create artificial intelligence that could address humanity’s biggest problems, and…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Did Money Corrupt an A.I. Utopia?
OpenAI was founded in 2015 with a billion dollars and an idealistic mission: Create artificial intelligence that could address humanity’s biggest problems, and…
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Political Gabfest - Bern, Baby, Bern
Emily, John and David discuss the Democratic presidential primary, Harvey Weinstein’s conviction, and conservative ascendency in the courts. For this week’s…
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What Next - Can Bernie Beat Trump?
As Bernie Sanders becomes the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, pundits have started wringing their hands about Bernie’s chances of winning in a…
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Political Gabfest - [Special] How To Vote for the Next President
Hey Gabfest listeners, today we're featuring a special election-themed episode of the Slate podcast How To! with Charles Duhigg. Anthony is that rarest of…
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What Next - The Toxic Combo Behind Colorado’s Police Shootings
Colorado has one of the highest rates of officer involved shootings in the country. After looking at the data, reporters from Colorado Public Radio found that…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Election Meltdown, Professor Brendan Nyhan
Brendan Nyhan is a political science professor at Dartmouth College who focuses on misinformation and so-called fake news. His views on how fake news affects…
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What Next - Did Bill Barr Break the Justice Department?
Attorney General William Barr has lost the confidence of more than 2,600 former Department of Justice employees. We talked to one of them. Guest: Donald Ayer…
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What Next - Why Republicans Always Win
Republicans have relied on one organization in particular to help pass conservative laws in states across the country: The American Legislative Exchange…
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Slate Money - Housing Bonanza
Conor Dougherty joins Slate Money to talk about his new book Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America and all things housing crisis. Plus: An extra long…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Election Meltdown, Part 5
In the fifth and final part of this special series of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is joined live on stage in Washington by former Florida gubernatorial candidate…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: Inside Facebook’s Supreme Court
After years of controversial content moderation decisions, from deepfakes to deplatforming, Facebook is trying something new. In January, the social network…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Inside Facebook’s Supreme Court
After years of controversial content moderation decisions, from deepfakes to deplatforming, Facebook is trying something new. In January, the social network…
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Political Gabfest - Two Stents
Emily, John and David discuss the fiery Democratic debate, Trump’s white-collar pardoning spree, and A Very Stable Genius with authors Philip Rucker and Carol…
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What Next - Will a Union Spoil Bernie’s Chances in Nevada?
The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has dominated Nevada politics for years. Last week, leaders announced that the union would not endorse any of the…
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What Next - How ICE Is Weaponizing Therapy
Unaccompanied minors at the border are required to speak to a therapist on a weekly basis. Now, officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement are able to…
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What Next - Is Michael Bloomberg Sorry?
Since he launched his bid for the Democratic nomination, Michael Bloomberg has been trying to distance himself from the legacy of ‘stop and frisk.’ He says…
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Slate Money - Jeff Bezos’ Midlife Crisis
On this week’s episode, Felix, Anna, and Emily discuss Judy Shelton, Trump’s nominee to the Federal Reserve Board, tech antitrust investigations, and the JEDI…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Election Meltdown, Part 4
In the fourth part of this special five-part series of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by election law professor Rick Hasen and Professor Carol Anderson…
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What Next - Introducing: The United States of Anxiety
Every so often, the What Next team wants to share another great podcast with our listeners. This time, it's The United States of Anxiety from WNYC. In its…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: Coronavirus Tests China's Surveillance State
Over the last month, as coronavirus spread across China, Xi Jinping’s vast surveillance and censorship infrastructure went into high gear. But with outrage…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Coronavirus Tests China's Surveillance State
Over the last month, as coronavirus spread across China, Xi Jinping’s vast surveillance and censorship infrastructure went into high gear. But with outrage…
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Political Gabfest - Bernie Burns It and Biden Bites It
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the Democrats after New Hampshire, Trump’s emboldened post-impeachment moves, and COVID-19. For this…
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What Next - The Trump Appointee on a Mission to Gut Medicaid
A few weeks back the Trump administration made an announcement. They rolled out a new health care policy called the Healthy Adult Opportunity. It’s a policy…
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What Next - Inside The Base, a Secret Neo-Nazi Group
This past summer, while Ryan Thorpe was doing his day job as a reporter at the Winnipeg Free Press, some frightening posters started appearing around town…
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What Next - The Border Patrol’s After School Program
In border towns across the country, high school students are participating in an after school program run by the U.S. Border Patrol. When journalist Morley…
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What Next - Los Angeles Confronts Its Housing Crisis
Homelessness in Los Angeles isn’t a new problem. But it has become a bigger problem. And it’s gotten really easy to see. Guests: Theo Henderson, host of the We…