Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Next | Why United Healthcare Is Easy to Hate
Last week’s killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO prompted an outpouring of glee online. A look into UnitedHealthcare’s business practices—and the Americ…
1 year, 6 months ago
Hang Up | Juan Soto: The New Mr. Met
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Juan Soto’s earth-shatteringly large contract with the New York Mets. They also talk ab…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next | The End of Assad in Syria
After more than a decade of civil war, Syrian rebels have toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in just about a week. How was the dictator final…
1 year, 6 months ago
Well, Now: Staying Sober This Holiday Season
For many, the holiday season is both a joyful time with friends and family and a period of high stress with dangerous ways to cope. This can be espec…
1 year, 6 months ago
A Word | Good to Go-Go
Many of the American musical genres that began in the Black community get taken over—artistically, financially, or both—by white Americans. Go-go, wh…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next TBD | Spotify Trapped
Spotify is shaping listening habits, so much so that musicians are shaping themselves for Spotify. It makes your musical world a little more prescrib…
1 year, 6 months ago
Slate Money | The Week of Minor Apocalypses
This week: South Korea and France are the latest governments to fall apart. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the public convers…
1 year, 6 months ago
Amicus | Meet Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s New Roy Cohn
What do people inside the Department of Justice think about their once-colleague and possible-future-overlord, Kash Patel? On this week’s Amicus, Dah…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Next TBD | The Influencer Administration
From Dr. Oz to RFK Jr. to Donald Trump himself—the incoming administration looks like it will be populated with pitchmen and influencers. Will anyone…
1 year, 6 months ago
Political Gabfest: Is The Democratic Party Doomed?
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss President Joe Biden’s pardon of son Hunter and President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomin…
1 year, 6 months ago