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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 - It Depends on the Price of the Bonds Edition
Public transit, pregnancy, and Rwanda on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Emily Peck. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder Hosted…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Wicked, Even for Trump” Edition
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Ruth Marcus discuss the future for children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, DOJ findings on the FBI…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Should Tech Companies Take a Stand Against Family Separation?
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the horrifying story that’s on everyone’s minds this week: the Trump Administration’s policy of…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The House of Cards Edition
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, Netflix, and Just Capital on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, Emily Peck and John Carreyrou. Podcast…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Special Place in Hell” Edition
John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Dahlia Lithwick discuss the U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, Husted v. A. Philip Randolph at the Supreme Court, and the…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Bonus: Live From the ACLU
Dahlia Lithwick moderates a discussion of civil rights and legal norms in the Trump era with the ACLU’s David Cole, president and CEO of the Leadership…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Failed Promise of the Gig Economy
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus is joined by guest co-host Maya Kosoff from Vanity Fair. They discuss the electric scooters that are suddenly wreaking…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Put a Fork In It Edition
GitHub, WhatsApp, and Australia on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, Emily Peck, and Paul Ford. Podcast Production by Daniel Schroeder…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Religious Belief, Sincerely Held
An epic Amicus this week, with a thorough analysis of Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission with Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern. What does is tell…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “I Beg My Pardon” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the President’s pardon power, the decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism in Puerto Rico.
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about how Microsoft is buying GitHub, Google is ending its Pentagon contract, and all the news from…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Five-Star Sandwich Edition
Italy, the Volcker Rule, and sandwiches on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Emily Peck. Podcast Production by Daniel Schroeder…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Ambien and Racism” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss #WhereAreTheChildren and new immigration policies, the death toll in Puerto Rico, and Roseanne’s racism…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Bloody Money and Blind Investors
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about GDPR, Europe’s sweeping new online privacy legislation that took effect last Friday. They…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Impeachment Question
While President Trump demands an investigation into the investigators investigating the investigation, the clamour to impeach grows ever more fervent in some…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Ticking Time Bomb Edition
Arbitration, the Pope, and customer returns on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Emily Peck. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Open Hostility” Edition
Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss the state of U.S.-North Korea relations, Stacey Abrams’ Georgia primary win, and Trump’s call for an…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Google’s Chokehold on the Web
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about a privacy invasion that’s arguably scarier than Cambridge Analytica, and why it’s not…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Where's My Tax Cut? Edition
Tax cuts, jobs, and Slate 90 on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, Emily Peck, and Catherine Rampell. Podcast production by Daniel…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Leaks and the Leaky Leakers Who Leaked Them” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss protests over the move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the rash of White House leaks…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Welcome to the Swamp
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about an unexpected move by President Trump that could save the Chinese electronics maker ZTE…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The State of the State Attorneys General
As the ripples from New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s resignation after allegations of violence against women continue, Massachusetts…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Give Your Mother a Century Bond Edition
Mothers, Michael Cohen and Argentina on this week's show with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Emily Peck. We recorded on Thursday this week so the Michael…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Is Every Attorney in New York a Crook?” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss news of multiple shady payments to Michael Cohen’s business and the downfall of Eric Schneiderman. Max…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Baby, You Can Self-Drive My Car
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about the hedge fund that’s gutting the newsrooms of local newspapers across the country—and racking…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Leapfrogging Edition
The Sprint–T-Mobile merger, remittances, and Apple buybacks on this week's show with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Yinka Adegoke. Podcast production by…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The "Live in St. Louis" Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Mueller team’s questions for President Trump and Missouri Governor Eric Greitens’ indictments. Jason…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Why an E-Waste Recycler Is Going to Prison
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about Facebook’s big privacy changes and its foray into online dating, as Glaser reports from the…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Self-Driving Office Edition
Self-driving cars, Ford, and WeWork debt on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Meredith Broussard. Meredith's new book Artificial…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Travel Ban 3.0 and Rinsing off Religious Animus for SCOTUS
This week Amicus takes you inside the chamber for a forensic discussion of the last, and possibly the most significant, oral arguments of this Supreme Court…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Hardest Job in the World” Edition
On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Ronny Jackson’s will-he-won’t-he Cabinet nomination, arguments…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Cost of Online Immunity
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about a somewhat surprising speech from the antitrust chief of Trump’s DOJ. They bring you up…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The #Brands Edition
Brands, airspace, and authenticity on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Kyle Chayka. Production by Daniel Schroeder, Hosted on Acast…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Slimeball” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss fallout from the Michael Cohen raid, James Comey’s world tour, and racism at Starbucks. Join Slate Plus!…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What If Facebook Used Data For Black Lives?
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus talk about trouble at Tesla: the company has suspended production of the Model 3, the car that…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Rule of Law and the Ethics of Poking the Bear
It seems as though a slow motion constitutional crisis may be upon us. In this episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Lawfare blog editor and senior…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Sovereign Debt Reminiscences Edition
The Rusal sanctions, lawyers, and credit default swaps on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Matt Levine. Production work by Daniel…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What Mark Zuckerberg Didn’t Share
Will Congress let Mark Zuckerberg get away with under-sharing? On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus break down the Facebook chief’s…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Farewell My Blue-Eyed Monster” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss whether Donald Trump should be panicking about the raid on Michael Cohen’s office, what Paul Ryan’s…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Congress Called. They Want Our Data Back.
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus bring us an early-week show in anticipation of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Mind the Gap Edition
Potential trade wars, the gender wage gap, and New Zealand in this week's episode from Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Emily Peck. Podcast production by…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Caravan of Gabfesters” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Robert Mueller's investigation, President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigration and Amazon, and…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Alexa, How Do You Really Work?
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss the outrage at the largest television station owner in the country—Sinclair…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Don’t Call It an Abortion Case
On this week’s show, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Priscilla Smith, director of the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice at Yale Law School, to unpack…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Hollywood Edition
Felix Salmon, political risk consultant Anna Szymanski, and guest co-host, The Wall Street Journal’s Ben Fritz, discuss Fritz’s book, The Big Picture: The…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “Pardon Me” Edition
Emily Bazelon, Jamelle Bouie, and Jack Hitt, co-host of Gimlet’s Uncivil, discuss the census citizenship question, Trump’s brewing legal trouble, and…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Facebook’s Deepwater Horizon
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus dissect the latest fallout from the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal, wherein the profile data…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Space Bees Edition
Felix Salmon, political risk consultant Anna Szymanski, and guest co-host, author Tim Fernholz discus Tim’s book, Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The "Delete Facebook" Edition
David Plotz, Emily Bazelon and New York Time's technology columnist Farhad Manjoo discuss Robert Mueller's job security, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Tech That Draws Your District
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus take a deep look into gerrymandering and the highly specialized mapping technology that has…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - All The President's Lawyers
This week Dahlia Lithwick calls on white-collar-crime specialist Jennifer Taub to follow the money in the Mueller investigation. She also speaks with Bob…
Slate NewsSlate Money - Jordan's Last Episode Edition
Listener questions about universal basic income, getting swole, McDonald's, and housing, with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Jordan Weissmann. Podcast…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The "Rex Wrecks" Edition
John Dickerson, David Plotz and Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post discuss the Twitter-firing of Rex Tillerson, the special election results from Pennsylvania…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - What Keeps Facebook Up at Night
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus discuss Elon Musk’s plan to… colonize Mars? They explain how sanctuary cities may unwittingly be…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Dread Pirate Trump Edition
Gary Cohn, South African land, and Dodd-Frank in this week's Slate Money with Felix Salmon, Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and political risk…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The "Stormy Weather" Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump’s tariffs and fledgling trade war, the Stormy Daniels lawsuit, and the relationships between…
Slate NewsWhat Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Nietzsche with a 3D Printer
On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus try to make sense of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s rare honest assessment of his company’s shortfalls…
Slate NewsAmicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - When Did Corporations Become People?
On this week’s show, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler to talk about his new book We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won…
Slate NewsSlate Money - The Natural Beauty Edition
Tariffs, Seychelles, and expert networks on this week's episode with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Jordan Weissmann. Production by Daniel Schroeder Please…
Slate NewsPolitical Gabfest - The “There Once Was a Union Maid But Not Anymore” Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the changes to gun sales following the Parkland shooting, the most recent White House shake-ups, and the…