Podcast Episodes

Care & Feeding | Becoming a Parent Is a Process

On this episode: Slate’s own Aymann Ismail is with us to talk about his new book, Becoming Baba – which is out TOMORROW! 

We’ll talk about the book. …

9 months ago

What Next: TBD | How A.I. Lost (and Won) the Big Beautiful Debate

As the One Big Beautiful Bill bounced around Congress, one provision—the 10-year moratorium on states making laws to regulate artificial intelligence…

9 months ago

Slate Money | 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…

9 months ago

ICYMI | Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate senior tech editor Tony Ho Tran to parse through what Meta’s victory in a recent AI lawsuit means fo…

9 months ago

Sneak Preview: SCOTUS Made it Worse

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern answer your questions about threats to federal judges, how far religious opt-outs can go in public schools in l…

9 months ago

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…

9 months 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.”…

9 months 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…

9 months 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…

9 months ago

Care & Feeding | Comebacks For “I’m Bored”

On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Jamilah talk about summer boredom. We get questions about this every year — so we’re coming in early this year wi…

9 months ago