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Slate Money - Apocalyptic Vibes Jun 29, 2019

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This week, Slate Money talks about the exit of Jony Ive, the man behind Apple’s most iconic designs, discusses the employee upset at Wayfair over the company’s involvement with detention centers and answers a listener question about the Chinese bank Baoshang.

== That Photo of Jony Ive ==

And in the Slate Plus segment: Billionaires and their taxes.

Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas,@EmilyRPeck

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Ready, Set, Gerrymander! Jun 29, 2019

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A round table round-up of the 2018 Supreme Court term with Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern, Professor Pam Karlan of Stanford and Professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School. Analysis of the census case, the gerrymandering cases, and the down-docket items you might have missed, but whose repercussions you won’t.

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What Next - Supreme Court Hands Democrats Small Win and Big Loss Jun 28, 2019

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On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census and delivered a staggering win for the Republican party in the case of partisan gerrymandering. Is this just another case of a small win for progressives and a huge win for conservatives? And what do the decisions tell us about the roles of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh on the court moving forward?

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, covers courts and the law for Slate

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Trumpcast: An Interview With E. Jean Carroll Jun 28, 2019

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Dahlia Lithwick joins Trumpcast as a special guest co-host for an intimate conversation with journalist E. Jean Carroll, author of "What Do We Need Men For."

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Political Gabfest - The “Please Send Soap and Toothpaste” Edition Jun 27, 2019

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David French discuss President Trump’s backpedalling, the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on gerrymandering and the U.S. Census and “Frenchism.”

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank. Research by Claire Saint-Amour.

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What Next - Oregon Republicans Walked Out, Democrats Caved Jun 27, 2019

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Republican state senators in Oregon are refusing to go to work. In a state legislature where Democrats hold a supermajority, the walkout is one way Republicans can put a halt to their rivals progressive agenda. With several statehouses throughout the nation being held by a supermajority, is walking out going to become more common?

Guest: Jason Wilson, journalist and columnist at The Guardian

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - When Tech Journalism Took A Critical Turn Jun 26, 2019

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In this episode, April Glaser catches up with her former co-host Will Oremus. Then the two of them are joined by Future Tense editor Torie Bosch and New York Times opinion writer Farhad Manjoo to discuss why tech journalism has become far more critical in recent years.

Plus, April and Will discuss futuristic science fiction scenarios on this week’s edition of Don’t Close My Tabs.

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What Next - Mayor Pete’s Policing Problem Jun 26, 2019

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Eric Logan, a black resident in South Bend, Indiana, was shot and killed by a police officer in the early morning hours on Father’s Day. Mayor Pete Buttigieg returned to the city, putting a halt to his presidential campaign, to deal with the fallout. The return home hasn’t been so welcoming.

Guest: Adam Wren, contributing editor at POLITICO and Indianapolis Monthly

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What Next - A Polluted Town Fights for Its Right to Breathe Jun 25, 2019

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For years the residents of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana thought their town was simply the victim of bad luck. Suffering more than their share of illnesses. Almost everyone in the town knows someone that has died of cancer. It was only in July 2016 that the EPA informed the people of St. John that the local neoprene plant was emitting carcinogens leaving the small town with the highest risk of cancer from air pollution in the whole nation. With the residents in a fight for their very lives, what could the way politicians reacted to another town’s poisonous air pollution tell us about why nobody has acted to save St. John, Louisiana?

Guest: Sharon Lerner, environmental reporter at The Intercept

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What Next - An Iran Deal Architect Watches It Get Nuked Jun 24, 2019

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Last week, a series of escalations brought the US to the brink of a strike on Iran. But only a few short years ago, the leaders of both countries were celebrating a landmark nuclear agreement. What changed? One of the architects of the Iran Nuclear Deal takes us through the journey, and lays out the Trump Administration’s limited options in the coming weeks.

Guest: Ambassador Wendy Sherman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

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