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#690

What Next: TBD | This Is Your Brain On Ketamine

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Yesterday

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Yesterday


#689

Slate Money | Illegal Group Chats Are Everywhere

This week: A leaked Signal message revealed illegal use of the commercial app by the Defen... more

29 Mar 2025

51 MINS

51:54

29 Mar 2025


#688

What Next: TBD | We Made a Memecoin

Memecoins are a niche type of cryptocurrency with no intrinsic value. But they remain a po... more

28 Mar 2025

33 MINS

33:53

28 Mar 2025


#687

What Next TBD | Bezos 2.0

During his first term, President Trump and Jeff Bezos openly sparred with each other. Duri... more

23 Mar 2025

32 MINS

32:21

23 Mar 2025


#686

Slate Money | Who’s The Boss?

This week: DOGE is taking its chainsaw to the Social Security Administration. [Felix Salmo... more

22 Mar 2025

56 MINS

56:39

22 Mar 2025


#685

What Next TBD | Trump's War on Scientific Research

The National Institutes of Health is the primary engine of biomedical research around the ... more

21 Mar 2025

32 MINS

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21 Mar 2025


#684

What Next | Trump’s Animal-Spirit Economy

The economy that Donald Trump inherited from Joe Biden had low unemployment, slowing infla... more

20 Mar 2025

32 MINS

32:00

20 Mar 2025


#683

Slate Money | Money Talks: The Mighty Dollar

In this Money Talks: How does America assert its power globally? The short answer is money... more

18 Mar 2025

44 MINS

44:29

18 Mar 2025


#682

What Next TBD | How Trump Is Trying to Kill Press Freedom

With a Trump-friendly Supreme Court and a contentious relationship with the press, could D... more

16 Mar 2025

32 MINS

32:50

16 Mar 2025


#681

Slate Money | MrBeast and The Chocolate Factory

This week: The US Stock Market is plummeting during Trump’s second term. [Felix Salmon] (h... more

15 Mar 2025

55 MINS

55:42

15 Mar 2025


#680

What Next TBD | Will Tesla Survive Elon Musk?

The public’s anger towards Elon Musk and DOGE has found an outlet in the form of Musk’s ca... more

14 Mar 2025

29 MINS

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14 Mar 2025


#679

What Next TBD | Zuckerberg and the Post-Factcheck Era

After the election, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was doing away with Facebook’s fact-... more

09 Mar 2025

33 MINS

33:11

09 Mar 2025


#678

Slate Money | Eggistential Crisis

This week: Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China went into effect – only for him to ... more

08 Mar 2025

54 MINS

54:20

08 Mar 2025


#677

What Next TBD | From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE

To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture... more

07 Mar 2025

34 MINS

34:19

07 Mar 2025


#676

Political Gabfest | Trump’s Display of Dominance

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Trump’s author... more

06 Mar 2025

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1:07:15

06 Mar 2025


#675

Slate Money | Money Talks: The American Myth of Hard Work

In this Money Talks: [Emily Peck] (https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck) is joined by journ... more

04 Mar 2025

41 MINS

41:22

04 Mar 2025


#674

What Next TBD | Cracking the Egg Crisis

Everyone’s talking about the price of eggs—so why are they so expensive? And when can we e... more

02 Mar 2025

25 MINS

25:24

02 Mar 2025


#673

Slate Money | Trump Math & Techno-Fascism

This week: Trump has proposed a $5 million “gold card” for US citizenship, suggesting that... more

01 Mar 2025

53 MINS

53:27

01 Mar 2025


#672

Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming

On this week’s show, we preview the Oscars and Trump’s demolition throughout renowned inst... more

26 Feb 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:39

26 Feb 2025


#671

What Next TBD | $Trump

The crypto industry threw its weight and money behind Donald Trump, in hopes of legitimizi... more

23 Feb 2025

28 MINS

28:28

23 Feb 2025


#670

Slate Money | The Consequences of Getting on Europe’s Bad Side

This week: The US is weakening ties with its biggest ally while embracing an old enemy. [F... more

22 Feb 2025

50 MINS

50:43

22 Feb 2025


#669

Culture Gabfest: Congratulations! You Finally Got Your Severance.

On this week’s show, Slate Business and Tech reporter [Nitish Pahwa] (https://slate.com/au... more

19 Feb 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:19

19 Feb 2025


#668

Slate Money | Money Talks: The Disappearing Databases

In this Money Talks: [Lizzie O’Leary] (https://slate.com/author/lizzie-oleary) , host of [... more

18 Feb 2025

30 MINS

30:55

18 Feb 2025


#667

How To! | Outsmart Your Student Loans

At nearly 40, Valerie is itching to pay off her student loans and finally become debt-free... more

18 Feb 2025

51 MINS

51:43

18 Feb 2025


#666

What Next TBD | Can You Pay Attention, Please?

The infinite scroll has no purpose other than keeping your attention. But that doesn’t mea... more

16 Feb 2025

30 MINS

30:07

16 Feb 2025


#665

Slate Money | Is Bribery Back?

This week: Trump has signed an order suspending the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Pra... more

15 Feb 2025

46 MINS

46:49

15 Feb 2025


#664

What Next TBD | Is Elon Actually Trying to Buy OpenAI?

Is Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion offer to buy OpenAI genuine—or an irresistible opportunity to... more

14 Feb 2025

27 MINS

27:09

14 Feb 2025


#663

What Next TBD | Why Trump’s Data Purge is a Digital Book Burning

Using Github, you can watch as government websites are brought into compliance with Donald... more

09 Feb 2025

29 MINS

29:50

09 Feb 2025


#662

Slate Money | The Trade War That Never Was

This week: Trump almost started a trade war with our nearest neighbors. [Felix Salmon] (ht... more

08 Feb 2025

56 MINS

56:55

08 Feb 2025


#661

What Next TBD | Is Elon Musk Unstoppable?

You can’t doubt the enthusiasm of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. You can... more

07 Feb 2025

30 MINS

30:03

07 Feb 2025