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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 784
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
What Next TBD | Can You Pay Attention, Please?
The infinite scroll has no purpose other than keeping your attention. But that doesn’t mean it’s value-neutral.
Guest: Chris Hayes, MSNBC news anchor and author of “The Siren's Call: How Attention B…
00:27:07 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
Slate Money | Is Bribery Back?
This week: Trump has signed an order suspending the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers speculate on his motives and on how likely it actu…
00:44:49 |
Sat 15 Feb 2025
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 troll Sam Altman?
Guest: David A. Fahrenthold, investigative reporter for the New York Times
Want more Wha…
00:24:09 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
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 Trump’s executive orders. Out goes the word “equity;” in comes “fair.” And health and science data, once pub…
00:26:50 |
Sun 09 Feb 2025
Slate Money | The Trade War That Never Was
This week: Trump almost started a trade war with our nearest neighbors. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers explain why Trump’s trade war with Canada and Mexico not happening is still news…
00:54:55 |
Sat 08 Feb 2025
What Next TBD | Is Elon Musk Unstoppable?
You can’t doubt the enthusiasm of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. You can question the legality of some of their early moves.
Guest: Makena Kelly, senior writer at WIRED.
Want mo…
00:27:03 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
Slate Money | Money Talks: Capitalism Extremists In the Trump 2.0 Era
In this Money Talks: Historian Quinn Slobodian’s 2023 book Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy explored the dark reality that many extremists seek a purely…
00:41:29 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
What Next TBD | The DeepSeek Panic
The artificial intelligence industry was thrown for a loop when the Chinese start-up DeepSeek rolled out a product that was more energy efficient, cheaper to produce, and open source. Where did DeepS…
00:25:57 |
Sun 02 Feb 2025
Slate Money | The Federal Employee ‘Buyout’ Makes No Sense
This week: The Trump administration offered a resignation deal to millions of federal employees. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss why this plan seems like a bad idea – for every…
00:51:57 |
Sat 01 Feb 2025
What Next TBD | The A.I. Will See You Now
Artificial intelligence is coming to a doctor’s office near you—if it isn’t already there, working in an administrative role. Are you ready for generative A.I. to help your doctor diagnose you? Is yo…
00:23:43 |
Sun 26 Jan 2025
Slate Money | Trump’s TikTok Backtrack
This week: Tiktok gets a stay of execution in America. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers speculate on the reasons Trump changed his mind on the TikTok ban and who will ultimately win the…
00:50:04 |
Sat 25 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Department of Government Elon
The Department of Government Efficiency was made to Elon Musk’s specifications, right down to its meme-indebted name. Now that DOGE is shaping up to be an actual part of the government, what can it a…
00:23:18 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Slate Money | Money Talks: The Cost of Caring
In this Money Talks: When his intellectually disabled brother-in-law suddenly came under their care, Professor Harold Pollack and his wife found themselves in a financial crisis. This huge life shift…
00:33:35 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Slate Money | Oligarchy in the USA
This week: In his farewell address, President Biden warns of a looming oligarchy in America. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers debate whether Biden is right, or if America is already an …
00:52:33 |
Sat 18 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta-Morphosis
Misinformation, disinformation, politics—Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is not going to shield users from those anymore. What’s behind the abrupt change in direction?
Guest: Sheera Frenkel, New York Times t…
00:26:53 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Decoder Ring | I am Tupperware, I Contain Multitudes
The storage container is a stealthy star of the modern home. It’s something we use to organize more of our stuff than ever before, and also something other people use to organize their stuff for our …
00:43:09 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
How To! | Switch Careers in Midlife
For three decades, Mike has worked in a field with an uncertain future: journalism. He loves the stability of his current job mentoring student reporters, but he can’t stop thinking about starting a …
00:41:19 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Why Tech Is Bending the Knee
How the FCC and its incoming head, Brenden Carr, could enact Trump’s top policy goal: punishing anyone who says mean stuff about Trump.
Guest: Drew FitzGerald, telecom reporter for the Wall Street J…
00:26:29 |
Sun 12 Jan 2025
Slate Money | The Dire Costs of the LA Fires
This week: Los Angeles continues to try and fight back its most devastating wildfire ever. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the fires raging in Los Angles and how they highlight…
00:53:20 |
Sat 11 Jan 2025
What Next TBD | Will the Supreme Court Save TikTok?
Will a First Amendment defense keep TikTok running in America?
Guest: Emily Baker White, tech reporter for Forbes.
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00:28:50 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
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