Podcast Episodes

Amicus | What We Got Wrong About SCOTUS in 2025

Over the past calendar year, the Supreme Court’s center has shifted to the right and then more to the right, and the justices’ decisions have time an…

9 months, 1 week ago

Hit Parade | The Bridge: Slate’s Music Club 2025

The Slate Music Club returns, in this special year-end edition of Hit Parade’s The Bridge! Host Chris Molanphy joins New York Times pop music critic …

9 months, 1 week ago

Hit Parade | Hooked to the Silver Screen Edition Part 2

If you need confirmation of Hollywood’s vast influence on mass culture, look no further than the pop charts. From the 1937 classic Snow White and the…

9 months, 1 week ago

Is the A.I. Bubble Bursting? | 2025 in Review

All this week, What Next and What Next: TBD are re-airing some of our favorite conversations from throughout the year and checking back with the peop…

9 months, 1 week ago

2025 Conundrums!

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, t…

9 months, 1 week ago

Care & Feeding | From What Next: What Kids Aren’t Learning About US History

The hosts are on vacation this week! But we’ve got an episode from What Next for you that we think you’ll love.

Conservatives have long complained th…

9 months, 1 week ago

A Rabbi’s Plea for Peace | 2025 in Review

All this week, What Next and What Next: TBD are re-airing some of our favorite conversations from throughout the year and checking back with the peop…

9 months, 1 week ago

ICYMI | Encore: Jubilee Is Making Debating Worse

On today’s encore episode, hosts Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate staff writer Aymann Ismail to discuss the controversial YouTube cha…

9 months, 1 week ago

Culture Gabfest: We Found Our Archives — The Abstract Noun Edition

After thinking it was lost to the sands of internet time, our team uncovered a 2013 gem from the archives. In the “The Abstract Noun Edition,”  your …

9 months, 1 week ago

Gutting Our National Parks | 2025 in Review

All this week, What Next and What Next: TBD are re-airing some of our favorite conversations from throughout the year and checking back with the peop…

9 months, 1 week ago