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What Next | Was Democracy Voted Out?
Belief in democracy was, until quite recently, taken for granted in America. But what if democracy is less a static noun, and more of a dynamic ideal…
1 year, 2 months ago
Money Travels: The Eternal Baggage Question
In this special episode of Slate Money Travels, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the constant question on travelers’ minds: shou…
1 year, 2 months ago
What Next: TBD | The A.I. Data Center Push That Wasn't
OpenAI’s Sam Altman, flanked by President Trump and Softbank’s Masayoshi Son, announced a hugely ambitious investment in data centers across America …
1 year, 2 months ago
Bonus: When the French Bombed Greenpeace
Some disputes resist an easy “good vs. evil” dynamic, but when one side calls their plans “Operation Satanique,” it’s not too hard to figure who “the…
1 year, 2 months ago
Slate Money | The Nespresso Tariffs
This week: Trump’s big trade deal deadline expired. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck discuss where the global tariffs stand now, how th…
1 year, 2 months ago
ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by writer and senior editor at Playboy Magazine, Magdalene Taylor, to talk about Tea. The app for women to cr…
1 year, 2 months ago
Amicus | Don’t Give Up on the Law Just Yet
It’s easy to give up on the courts right now. SCOTUS is throwing down unreasoned decisions expanding Donald Trump’s authority, and Senate Republicans…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Death of an Online Whisper Network
A shadow app for the dating world had its data hacked and exposed, and it laid bare the perils of creating safe spaces for women online — and of rely…
1 year, 2 months ago
Political Gabfest: Gaza is Starving
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the international condemnations of Isr…
1 year, 2 months ago
What Next | How Elon Musk Colonized NASA
How an Obama-era decision to invest in space capitalism handed Elon Musk a monopoly on space.
Guest: Franklin Foer, staff writer at the Atlantic, a…
1 year, 2 months ago