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Plus | A Karaoke Holiday With What Next
For a very special holiday edition of What Next, Mary chats with Death Sex & Money host Anna Sale about the anthems they’ll be belting out the next t…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!
Reports of flocks of drones, flying overhead nightly, are coming in from New Jersey down to Maryland. Are they UFOs? Nefarious foreign powers? Someth…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Shutdown and the Great Capitulation
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the capitulation of American media and corporations to President-Elect Donald Trump…
1 year, 6 months ago
Political Gabfest | The Shutdown and the Great Capitulation
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the capitulation of American media and corporations to President-Elect Donald Trump…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next | Can More Grocery Stores Fix Food Deserts?
How do you keep a grocery store open in a small or low-income community? The answer might involve regulating big box stores like Walmart and Kroger.
G…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next | How Trump Got ABC to Pay Up
What ABC’s huge defamation settlement with Donald Trump says about the state of the media, heading into Trump’s second term.
Guest: David Folkenflik,…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next | How Shaboozey Broke the Mold
After a tepid embrace of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and a back-and-forth over Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” country music fans are all in on Shaboozey’s …
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next | Make Hollywood Great Again
The highest grossing documentary in 2024 was “Am I Racist?” from The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, and it’s not the only avowedly right-wing movie that’s …
1 year, 6 months ago
Well, Now: Is Longer Life Really Possible?
For eons, humans have been trying to find ways to live longer.
It’s a quest that’s inspired legends and myths across cultures and continues to fuel c…
1 year, 6 months ago
A Word | Flash Black
All good things must come to an end. For now. After close to four years at Slate, A Word will be moving on. For today’s episode of A Word, Jason John…
1 year, 6 months ago