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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - IPO to the Moon
Is Elon Musk’s SpaceX leading humanity to Mars? Or is that just grandiose window-dressing for an A.I. company leading several other A.I. companies to…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Political Gabfest - California Is an Embarrassment
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss whether this week's resumption of open hostilities in the Iran war has changed the …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next - Fight House Lawn
How Donald Trump rearranging the White House lawn to accommodate a UFC fight neatly mirrors the way the organization and its parent company have resh…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next - What's the Beef with Screwworm?
After being eradicated in the United States in the ‘60s, screwworm is back—at a time when beef is even more in demand and the American herd is alread…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Slate Money - Money Talks: 500 Years of the Dollar
In this Money Talks: Author and financial journalist Brendan Greeley tells Elizabeth Spiers about his new book The Almighty Dollar—and the astonishin…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next - Trump’s B-Team
Why would Trump choose Bill Pulte to be the new acting Director of National Intelligence? Pulte may not have a background in national security, but s…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next - Did DOGE Cause the Ebola Outbreak?
He’s treated Ebola; he’s had Ebola. Here’s what he thinks of the growing crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and how America can and shoul…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Concrete Plans to Restore Law, after Trump
One of the challenges of modern legal journalism is recalling that case law, doctrine, and Supreme Court decisions aren’t a complete picture, without…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Slate Money - The Index Fund Problemtunity
This week: Google’s parent company announced an unexpected move to raise $80 billion for their AI ventures. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and guest…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next - SchadenFriday: Is the Pope Girlbossing AI?
It’s a bit of an overstatement to say “the Pope came out as anti-A.I.” with last week’s encyclical—after all, Anthropic’s cofounder was there for the…
3 months, 4 weeks ago