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Markets Will Be Markets
This week: The US stock market has reached a new all time high. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers are joined once again by investments e…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus: When the Internet Stopped Being Fun
Is anyone having fun on the internet anymore? Let’s all go touch grass.
Guest: Scaachi Koul, Slate senior writer and author of “It’s Time to Log Off.”…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next: TBD | Rerun: Death of the Weather Forecast?
This episode was originally published on April 27, 2025.
The Trump administration has already begun cutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Political Gabfest | Is Trump’s Reckless Bill Unpopular?
This week, David Plotz and guest hosts Will Saletan and Catherine Rampell discuss what the Senate’s regressive budget bill will do to the health of A…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next | One Big Deeply Unpopular Bill
Trump wants his “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed by July 4. But the bill is so large and expensive—with deep tax cuts only partially offset by huge cu…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
What Next | Is This the End of NPR and PBS?
The Trump administration’s plans to strip funding from PBS and NPR is the latest in a long line of Republican fights against public broadcasting. The…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Amicus | Our All-Star SCOTUS End-of-Term Breakfast Table
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern host the panel that’s guaranteed to help you understand what happened during the Supreme Court’s latest term – …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
What Next | We Need to Talk About the Supreme Court
Last week’s big Supreme Court decisions walked back rights for individuals and the powers of the lower courts—and in aggregate made it ever more diff…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
What Next | Why Is ICE Masked Up?
ICE agents have begun concealing their identities in masks and plainclothes while making arrests. Experts—including a former ICE official—say that en…
1 year ago
What Next: TBD | The FTC’s Merger Shakedown
Under a normal administration, a merger between two large advertising firms might attract the government’s interest for anti-monopoly reasons. Under …
1 year ago