Podcast Episodes

Greenland’s a Distraction

With Republicans holding the House, the Senate, and the presidency, cabinet confirmation hearings may be the most prominent place for Democrats to make a stand.

Guest: Chris Murphy, US senator for Con…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Blake Lively Vs. Hollywood

After a summer on the receiving end of the internet’s ire, Blake Lively is back in the news, as her relationship with her former director and co-star Justin Baldoni has taken a turn for the litigious…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Justin Trudeau Steps Down

After nine years as Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau has resigned. Has Canada joined much of the rest of the world by jettisoning its progressive leadership, or does Trudeau’s career tell a di…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Is ISIS Back? Or Did It Never Leave?

Though their physical caliphate has been gone for more than five years, the terrorist organization ISIS has survived—through propaganda, in chatrooms, and as an inspiration and cheerleader for action…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

TBD | Bitcoin Takes the White House

Cryptocurrency spent generously on this last election cycle, and now they’ve got their top pick in the White House, and wins across Congress. Where is the industry looking to go with these favorable,…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

TBD | Musk vs. MAGA

On Christmas Eve a fracas erupted on X, when Elon Musk posted in favor of H1-B visas for specialized and high-skill workers and was met with anger from the MAGA base who view the visas as a way for i…

Published on 1 year ago

The Struggle to Get Aid to Gaza

Dispensing aid in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly difficult. No one knows this better than Hani. On a professional level, his employer, UNRWA—the main supplier of food, water, and shelter to …

Published on 1 year ago

How To Exorcise Your Fitness Demons

Happy New Year! What Next resumes regularly scheduled programming tomorrow, but for the holiday, check out this episode of How To! from December: How To Exorcise Your Fitness Demons.

Sandy is a former…

Published on 1 year ago

The Trump Restoration

The year is wrapping up and so is The Biden Era—oh who are we kidding? This was, and is, the Age of Trump…and now, apparently, Elon Musk. Brace yourselves. 

Guest: Jim Newell, Slate senior politics re…

Published on 1 year ago

Jimmy Carter’s Legacy

Former president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at age 100. Carter was a born-again evangelical Christian as well as a Democrat. Those two identities existed in harmony for him—but they would diverge in…

Published on 1 year ago