Podcast Episodes

How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 2 - Encore

Today we’re going to see if one American family can flip the usual, tortured and tedious script for arguing about politics and do something more inte…

1 year, 9 months ago

Hang Up | Who Gets Christmas: The NFL or NBA? Who Gets Christmas: The NFL or NBA?

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs close out 2024 Hang Up and Listen-style. They dig into the War for Christmas being waged betwee…

1 year, 9 months ago

What Next | Jimmy Carter’s Legacy

Former president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at age 100. Carter was a born-again evangelical Christian as well as a Democrat. Those two identities ex…

1 year, 9 months ago

What Next TBD | The Cost of Suicide Prevention Software

Between a third and half of American schoolchildren have a form of “mental health monitoring” software on their school devices, which scans for and f…

1 year, 9 months ago

Slate Money | The Truth Behind Donald Trump’s Tariff Talk

This week: Paul Krugman may have ended his iconic New York Times column but he’s still going to tell us what’s going on. Felix Salmon and Emily Peck …

1 year, 9 months ago

Amicus | Dead Amendment Walking

Maybe the court won’t listen to your complaints and questions - but we will. As a parting gift to you this year, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Ster…

1 year, 9 months ago

TBD | 2024 In Review: Would You Buy Poop On the Internet?

“Fecal microbial transplants” treat someone’s unhealthy gut with poop from someone else’s healthy gut, and proponents of FMT claim it can help treat …

1 year, 9 months ago

2024 In Review: Would You Buy Poop On the Internet?

“Fecal microbial transplants” treat someone’s unhealthy gut with poop from someone else’s healthy gut, and proponents of FMT claim it can help treat …

1 year, 9 months ago

What Next | 2024 in Review: What the WNBA Salary Debate Misses

While the What Next team takes some rest, enjoy this episode, originally aired on April 22.

With all eyes on the WNBA as Caitlin Clark was drafted, ma…

1 year, 9 months ago

Political Gabfest | The “2024 Conundrums” Edition

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz close out a confounding year by answering listeners’ Conundrums. 

Thank you to Conundrums c…

1 year, 9 months ago