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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 - The Uber Drivers Who Don’t Want to Be Employees
California recently passed a law that would classify rideshare drivers across the state as employees, rather than contractors. Among many other benefits…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - One Year From This Week
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss new polls and election results, impeachment, and leaving the Paris climate accord. For this week’s Slate…
Slate NewsWhat Next - 8chan, the Hate Site That's Hard to Kill
The 8chan message board has become synonymous with hate speech. It’s been a go-to forum for mass shooters’ manifestos. It courts devotees of the cultish QAnon…
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What Next - What Is Tulsi Gabbard’s Deal?
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii, has always had a maverick streak. But since launching a presidential campaign, her tactics have only…
Slate NewsSlate Money - Slate Money: SWAG: Art
In this Slate Money mini-series, Felix Salmon will investigate SWAG -- Silver Wine Art Gold -- and other things people invest in that don’t have any cash…
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What Next - Does Warren’s Medicare Plan Add Up?
At the last Democratic primary debate, Elizabeth Warren refused to say that her plan for Medicare for All would require raising taxes on the middle class…
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What Next - California’s Wildfire Problem Goes Beyond PG&E
In California, thousands of people have evacuated their homes in yet another season of dangerous wildfires. Thousands of other residents have had their power…
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Slate Money - Don't Be Evil
Rana Foroohar joins Slate Money to discuss her book Don’t Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us, the Facebook vs Twitter war…
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What Next - This Week In Impeachment: Let's Make It Official, Again
This week, Alexander Vindman testified with firsthand knowledge of the Ukraine call and the House voted to formalize the impeachment inquiry. Plus, who’s the…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: The Price of Automating Aviation
This week, Boeing’s CEO Dennis Muilenburg appeared in front of Congress. He was there to answer questions about what his company knew, and when, before two 737…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Price of Automating Aviation
This week, Boeing’s CEO Dennis Muilenburg appeared in front of Congress. He was there to answer questions about what his company knew, and when, before two 737…
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Political Gabfest - Halloween
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the impeachment resolution, Twitter’s ban on political ads, and the downfall of Katie Hill. For this…
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What Next - Partisan Gerrymandering Is Over in North Carolina
State court rulings have ended partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina on both the state and congressional levels. The rulings could lead the way for…
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What Next - Jailed Over Medical Debt
There’s a story unfolding in the courtroom of a small town in Kansas. It’s a story about runaway medical costs, aggressive debt collectors, and jail. Guest…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Bonus: Impeachment and the “Spy Stuff”
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, to talk about the role of intelligence and…
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What Next - What It Took To Close Rikers
This month, the New York City Council approved a plan to close Rikers Island in 2026. The jail has become a potent symbol for those fighting to reform the…
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What Next - Can Trump Save Kentucky’s Republican Governor?
Kentucky’s Republican Gov, Matt Bevin won a decisive victory in 2015 and has tethered himself to President Donald Trump ever since. But now, he’s up for…
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Slate Money - Pancake Brains
This week Felix, Emily, and Anna discuss the latest news on WeWork, Emily's article on the so-called leadership and empowerment seminar at Ernst & Young that…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Conservative Legal Resistance
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Stuart Gerson of the conservative legal group Checks and Balances to talk about developments in the border-wall case he helped…
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What Next - This Week in Impeachment: Storming the SCIF
We survey this week’s developments: the testimony from Ambassador Bill Taylor, a stunt at the SCIF, and what the founding fathers might have thought of our…
Slate NewsWhat Next - WN TBD: Inside Facebook's Political Ad Mess
Over the last week, Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have been under fire for declining to fact-check political ads. But a former insider says this is the wrong…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Inside Facebook's Political Ad Mess
Over the last week, Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have been under fire for declining to fact-check political ads. But a former insider says this is the wrong…
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Political Gabfest - Cooper, Taylor, SCIFer Spy
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss damning new impeachment testimony, Facebook under fire, and taking to the streets against Trump. For this…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Announcement: What Next: TBD
Hey If Then listeners! As of now, the new Slate podcast What Next: TBD will be taking over this feed. What Next: TBD is a weekly analysis with host Lizzie…
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What Next - Russia’s Play for the Middle East
Syria is in the midst of a civil war, a refugee crisis, a war on terror, and a massive demographic shift. Why does Russia want a piece of it? Guest: Deb Amos…
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What Next - The “Detective” Behind the Wealth Tax
Gabriel Zucman and his co-authors have become known for releasing these charts that go megaviral. In a new book, Zucman claims to have found that the 400…
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What Next - How El Chapo’s Son Got Away
Last Thursday, in the city of Culiacán, a massive gun battle between Mexican government forces and the Sinaloa cartel erupted in broad daylight. It was…
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Slate Money - Slate Money: Succession: Bonus Episode With Gerri!
Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous…
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What Next - Warren and Obama: It Got Messy
Guest: Alex Thompson, covers the Elizabeth Warren campaign for Politico. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, Danielle Hewitt, and Mara Silvers…
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Slate Money - The Robopocalypse Edition
This week Felix, Emily and Anna discuss the threat of robots taking our jobs, TurboTax and the Vanity Fair piece on Wall Street supposedly making money on the…
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Political Gabfest - Don't Be a Tough Guy. Don't Be a Fool! I Will Call You Later
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and John Dickerson discuss the US abandonment of the Kurds, the Democratic presidential debates, and guest Daniel Markovits’s new…
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What Next - This Week in Impeachment: Testifying Anyway
One week ago, the White House released a letter effectively stating to House Democrats: no more witnesses, no more documents. This week, witnesses in the…
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What Next - Meanwhile At Fox News
There have been indications of discord at Fox News -- tension between the news division and the more opinion-driven shows on the network. Shepard Smith and…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Smash Bros Side Hustlers
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What Next - What the Kurds Are Fighting For
When the US abandoned its Kurdish allies, it not only left the Kurds vulnerable to devastating attacks from Turkey, but it also abandoned Rojava, the Kurdish…
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What Next - Impeachment Froze the Democratic Primary
The impeachment inquiry has crowded out all but the most urgent news about the 2020 presidential election. In doing so, it’s frozen the Democratic primary in…
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Slate Money - Slate Money: Succession: S2E10: “Thank You For the Chicken”
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Slate Money - The Economists' Hour
New York Times writer Binyamin Appelbaum joins Slate Money to discuss his new book The Economists' Hour,the concept of putting a dollar value on a human life…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Impeachment Primer
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by all-star SCOTUS experts to walk us through this week’s biggest legal and constitutional developments. First, Laurence Tribe…
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What Next - This Week in Impeachment: Obstruct and Distract
As the impeachment inquiry rolls on, it’s easy to get lost in the paperwork and characters surfacing each week. We’re here to help sort through it all and tell…
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Political Gabfest - Great and Unmatched Wisdom
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss obstruction of impeachment investigations, the new Supreme Court term, and Bernie Sanders’ health. You…
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What Next - Why Don’t DC Residents Count?
Growing up in D.C. during the civil rights era made the fight for D.C. statehood deeply personal for civil rights advocate Wade Henderson. He’s said that being…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The People Who Hold The Internet Together
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What Next - America's Top Elections Official Isn't Happy
The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed…
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What Next - A Dream Supreme Court Term for Conservatives
The Supreme Court embarks on its new term with a solidly conservative majority and a sense of urgency when it comes to settling legal questions that keep…
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Slate Money - Slate Money: Succession, S2E9, "You Can’t Make a Tomlette Without Breaking Some Gregs”
Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous…
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What Next - How Long Will Affirmative Action Last?
Last week, a contentious affirmative action case came to a temporary resolution. In a lawsuit filed against Harvard by Asian American students and conservative…
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Slate Money - Money & Happiness
This week, Laurie Santos joins Felix, Anna, and Emily to discuss the ideas around money and happiness that she explores in her podcast The Happiness Lab, and…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Get Ready for the Most Significant Supreme Court Term in a Decade
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, who explains the biggest cases facing the Supreme…
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What Next - Between Trump and the Snake Moat
How independent can a Trump cabinet official be? Acting DHS chief Kevin McAleenan is testing the limits. Guest: Nick Miroff, Washington Post reporter covering…
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Political Gabfest - We’re Not Fooling Around Here
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the impeachment investigation, a new theory of why conservatives can’t quit Trump, and the court ruling…
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What Next - Adam Schiff's Inquiry
Adam Schiff was elected to Congress as part of the blowback against House Republicans after the Clinton impeachment saga in the late 1990s. Now he’s at the…
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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What it Takes to Study Online Harassment
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What Next - The Ukraine Scandal Was in Plain Sight
In the late spring and early summer of 2019 there were these stories. Stories that ran in the New York Times and BuzzFeed News about Rudy Giuliani and his…
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What Next - How Green is Amazon’s Future?
A growing contingent of Amazon employees has been pushing the company to be a leader in the fight against climate change. Recently, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos…
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Slate Money - Slate Money: Succession, S2E8, “L to the OG”
Slate Money is obsessed with Succession, HBO’s wonderful drama about the lives of the superrich Roy family, so every Monday we’ll be discussing the previous…
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What Next - Jeff Flake Talks Impeachment and More
In a week that saw the talks of impeachment boil over into Congressional action, a former Republican Senator says Speaker Nancy Pelosi was right to hold off on…
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Slate Money - Implosions
Felix, Emily and Anna sit down to discuss the continuing insanity at WeWork, the fate of Juul amid recent health scares and the mess made by the collapse of…
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - How Donald Trump Weaponizes the Law
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Walter Dellinger to discuss impeachment, and the role of White House lawyers in “Ukraine-gate”. And James Zirin, author of…
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What Next - In the Words of the Whistleblower
On Thursday morning, the House Intelligence Committee publicly released a whistleblower complaint providing evidence of President Trump’s alleged abuse of…