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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 784
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Slate Money | Who’s The Boss?
This week: DOGE is taking its chainsaw to the Social Security Administration. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers examine the real reasons behind the Elon Musk led crusade against the SSA.…
00:54:39 |
Sat 22 Mar 2025
What Next TBD | Trump's War on Scientific Research
The National Institutes of Health is the primary engine of biomedical research around the world, which makes the Trump administration's dramatic cuts to its grant program both confusing and potential…
00:29:58 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
What Next | Trump’s Animal-Spirit Economy
The economy that Donald Trump inherited from Joe Biden had low unemployment, slowing inflation, and a growing GDP. So what is he trying to achieve by imposing heavy tariffs on our allies and trading …
00:29:00 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Mighty Dollar
In this Money Talks: How does America assert its power globally? The short answer is money. For the long answer, Felix Salmon calls in authors Edward Fishman (Chokepoints) and Saleha Mohsin (Paper So…
00:40:29 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
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 Donald Trump follow through on his 2016 campaign goal of making it easier to sue media companies for libel—and…
00:29:50 |
Sun 16 Mar 2025
Slate Money | MrBeast and The Chocolate Factory
This week: The US Stock Market is plummeting during Trump’s second term. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers explain why headlines very rarely affect the movements of the Stock Market–and …
00:53:42 |
Sat 15 Mar 2025
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 car company Tesla. How long can the company put up with a sinking reputation and stock price?
Guest: Pranshu …
00:26:54 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
What Next TBD | Zuckerberg and the Post-Factcheck Era
After the election, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was doing away with Facebook’s fact-checking apparatus in the US. With content creators getting paid based on reach, and content spreading wider …
00:30:11 |
Sun 09 Mar 2025
Slate Money | Eggistential Crisis
This week: Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China went into effect – only for him to turn around and suspend many of them. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss Trump’s love of …
00:52:20 |
Sat 08 Mar 2025
What Next TBD | From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE
To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture that gave birth to it.
Guest: Elle Reeve, CNN correspondent who reported on the 2017 Unite the Right rally …
00:31:19 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Political Gabfest | Trump’s Display of Dominance
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Trump’s authoritarian address to Congress and whipsawing on tariffs; the outright betrayal of Ukraine and alliance with Rus…
01:04:15 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
Slate Money | Money Talks: The American Myth of Hard Work
In this Money Talks: Emily Peck is joined by journalist and author Adam Chandler to discuss what he discovered about how Americans think about work while writing his book 99% Perspiration. They’ll ge…
00:37:22 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
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 expect—if ever—the price to come back down?
Guests:
Dr. Jada Thompson, associate professor at the University…
00:22:24 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Slate Money | Trump Math & Techno-Fascism
This week: Trump has proposed a $5 million “gold card” for US citizenship, suggesting that the US could sell 10 million of them to pay off the national debt. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth S…
00:51:27 |
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Culture Gabfest: The Oscars Go Streaming
On this week’s show, we preview the Oscars and Trump’s demolition throughout renowned institutions of art.
Isaac Butler — author of The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act and host of th…
01:10:39 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
What Next TBD | $Trump
The crypto industry threw its weight and money behind Donald Trump, in hopes of legitimizing the industry. Before his Inauguration Day was over, Donald Trump was already enriching himself via a memec…
00:25:28 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
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. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers explain how the Trump administration’s antagonization of Europe …
00:48:43 |
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Culture Gabfest: Congratulations! You Finally Got Your Severance.
On this week’s show, Slate Business and Tech reporter Nitish Pahwa sits in for Julia. The panel discusses Severance season 2 from Apple TV+. They then talk about the Oscar-nominated film No Other Lan…
01:00:19 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Disappearing Databases
In this Money Talks: Lizzie O’Leary, host of What Next: TBD, joins Felix Salmon to discuss her article on why government databases are crucial to our economy, and why it’s so worrisome that this kind…
00:26:55 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
How To! | Outsmart Your Student Loans
At nearly 40, Valerie is itching to pay off her student loans and finally become debt-free. But… how? On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace brings on Yanely Espinal, financial educator, author …
00:48:43 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
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