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Slate Money - Literally Making Money Jun 22, 2019

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This week, Slate Money talk about Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, the merits of upzoning and the Beyond Meat IPO. And in the Slate Plus segment: The billionaire who bought Sotheby’s. 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 - Flowers, Crosses, Clauses and Oaths Jun 22, 2019

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A flurry of decisions this week, but few big-ticket items. Mark Joseph Stern takes us through the opinions and dissents in Flowers v Mississippi, Gundy v United States and American Legion v American Humanist Association. Dahlia Lithwick is also joined by Jed Shugerman and Andrew Kent of Fordham University Law School, two of the authors of the Harvard Law Review article, Faithful Execution and Article II, which examines whether the constitution holds the President to some higher standard than just not doing crimes.

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What Next - The Smugglers Getting Rich Off Trump’s Policies Jun 21, 2019

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Mexico has agreed to crack down on immigration in response to threats from President Trump. But that isn’t stopping the flow of migrants -- it’s pushing it further underground.

Guest: Emily Green, freelance reporter. You can read her latest story on VICE News.

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Political Gabfest - The “Keep America... Oh Forget it” Edition Jun 20, 2019

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Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump’s latest campaign relaunch, Elizabeth Warren’s rise, and Harvard’s decision to rescind Kyle Kashuv’s acceptance.

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What Next - He Got a Pardon. Now He’s Administering Them. Jun 20, 2019

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For a long time, Brandon Flood kept his criminal history quiet - he worked in the Pennsylvania state government, and didn’t want his former convictions to detract from his career success. But now, that history makes him uniquely suited for his new job as secretary of the state’s Board of Pardons. How did he go from submitting his own pardon application - to one year later, leading the body that helps make those clemency decisions? This episode was originally posted in April.

Guest: Brandon Flood, Secretary of the Pennsylvania state Board of Pardons.

Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Ethan Brooks

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - When a Scooter Makes More Sense Than a Car Jun 19, 2019

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In this episode, guest host Henry Grabar looks at how Zillow is trying to disrupt the real estate business—and why it might work in some cities but not others.

Then Horace Dediu answers Henry’s questions about bikes, scooters, and other miniature contraptions that might replace the automobile in cities.

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What Next - How Pelosi Holds the Line on Impeachment Jun 19, 2019

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s political philosophy is an elegant one: If you want to do something bold, you must follow public sentiment, not lead it. Now why can’t House Democrats seem to shape public sentiment? And what makes them so afraid to cross their caucus leader?

Guest: Rachael Bade, Congress reporter for the Washington Post.

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What Next - Strange Alliances on the Supreme Court Jun 18, 2019

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It’s June, which means it’s the season of highly anticipated Supreme Court rulings. We’re taking a look at two cases that shook up the typical partisan fault line on the bench. How did conservative and liberal justices find themselves making unusual alliances on double jeopardy and racial gerrymandering?

Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate’s courts correspondent.

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What Next - For Women’s Soccer, An Elusive Goal Jun 17, 2019

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At the Women’s World Cup this year, the U.S. players talk about living in a “bubble” -- thinking of nothing but the game, eschewing any distractions. What looms outside that bubble is their lawsuit against their federation for gender discrimination, and it’s already shading the reactions to their games.

Guest: Nancy Armour, sports columnist for USA TODAY.

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Slate Money - The Tweak Harder Edition Jun 15, 2019

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This week, Felix, Anna and Emily discuss the issues with Youtube’s policies, how bookstores

are actually surviving the Amazon Era and the job that nobody seems to want--Well Fargo’s

CEO.

And in the Slate Plus segment: Why you should be careful when talking about Chinese pork.

Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter: @felixsalmon, @Three_Guineas, @EmilyRPeck

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