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What Next - Elon, Please Log Off
Everyone needs a hobby. Unfortunately, instead of, say, model trains, the world’s first trillionaire’s seems to unwind by boosting calls for anti-imm…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Can ChatGPT Be a Criminal Accomplice?
People are asking artificial intelligence large language models how to do everything—even how to harm themselves and others. And while companies clai…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Political Gabfest - Another Treaty of Versailles
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss what the U.S. is getting and what it is giving up with the deal to end Trump's Iran…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Next - Trump’s War Is Still Going to Cost You
Oil prices fell when Trump announced a deal had been struck with Iran, but don’t mistake that for things going back to “normal.” We left “normal” a l…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Next - Israel Alone
Both the US and Iran are talking up a deal that will end the war and re-open the Strait of Hormuz. So why is Israel so upset about it?
Guest: Gregg C…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Next - The US Military’s Other War
From the firing of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr., to the removal of the first Black four-star general’s portrait from th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Next - An Obsession with Backrooms
Two horror films by two young directors have outmuscled an honest-to-Grogu Star Wars to become the early box office surprises of the summer.
Guest: J…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - A Huge Shift is Underway at SCOTUS
The Second Reconstruction is being dismantled piece by piece, and this past month has seen that project attain terminal velocity. On this week’s Amic…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Slate Money - We Hate the Inflation
This week: Inflation hit its highest rate in three years thanks to skyrocketing energy prices. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, parse …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What Next - My Clip Viral, My Spencer Pratt, My Kalshi Dived, Knicks In Five??
It’s real: The two great flavors of What Next and What Next TBD together at last. But what’s not real? Where does a sincere speaker using a medium wi…
3 months, 3 weeks ago