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What Next - How Long Will It Take the Death Penalty To Die? Mar 22, 2019

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California has a new moratorium on executions, despite the fact that voters upheld capital punishment twice in recent statewide elections. Could this mark the beginning of a lasting policy change?

Guest: Jordan Steiker, director of the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas School of Law.

Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.

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Political Gabfest - The “The President is Not a White Supremacist” Edition Mar 21, 2019

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and guest host Jamelle Bouie discuss the Christchurch massacre; why Democratic presidential candidates who are straight, white and male are dominating the news coverage; and whether the Electoral College should be abolished.

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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.Research and show notes by Bridgette Dunlap.

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What Next - When Are We Going to Start Planning For Floods? Mar 21, 2019

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This week, we’re following the enormous flooding in the Midwest. Climate change is magnifying the shortcomings of our river policies. We build in the flood plains, and we bracket our rivers with dams and reservoirs. But is it folly to think that we can control where the rivers run?

Guest: Tony Messenger, metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.

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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Livestreaming A Massacre Mar 20, 2019

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On today’s show, April Glaser and Will Oremus first talk to two researchers who’ve uncovered new information about the way the U.S. government trains its facial recognition software. According to their findings, the government uses photos of immigrants, children, and even deceased prisoners to train their programs.

Then NBC News reporter Ben Collins talks about the role of online extremism in last week’s New Zealand attacks, specifically with regard to Facebook and other platforms that allow live broadcasting. Collins also discusses how the shooter left a manifesto riddled with white supremacist signals from online communities and the difficulty of reporting on these racist communities without broadening their reach.

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What Next - Court Packing Is Not That Extreme Mar 20, 2019

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Some of your favorite presidents have tried to pack the Supreme Court. So why does it sound like such an extreme tactic? And why are top Democrats finally embracing it as a way out of the wilderness?

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

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What Next - How the Internet Makes Murderers Mar 19, 2019

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The Christchurch shooter lurked in corners of the internet that most people don’t understand. But there are ways to fight extremists who are radicalized online -- and the U.S. has done it quite recently.

Guest: Robert Evans, writer for Bellingcat and host of the podcast Behind the Bastards.

Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.

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Slate Money - Slate Money: Travel: What’s the Point? Mar 19, 2019

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This week on Slate Money: Travel, Felix talks to Ron Lieber, the ‘Your Money’ columnist for The New York Times, about whether or not credit card rewards programs are really worth the hassle--not to mention the potentially hefty annual fees.

Email: slatemoney@slate.comTwitter: @felixsalmon

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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What Next - Why is Beto Running? Mar 18, 2019

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After weeks and weeks of mulling a decision, Beto O’Rourke finally entered the 2020 presidential race. What is he bringing to the table? Anything?

Guest: Josh Voorhees, Senior Writer at Slate.

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Lawyers are Tackling our Democracy Problem Via the Take Care Clause Mar 16, 2019

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Dahlia Lithwick pans back this week to assess what’s holding and what’s buckling in terms of norms and institutions, two years and change into the Trump presidency. She’s joined by Ian Bassin of Protect Democracy, a new kind of litigation shop looking at global trends toward authoritarianism and trying to resist those trends in the United States.

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Slate Money - The Uninhabitable Earth Edition Mar 16, 2019

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On this week’s episode of Slate Money, David Wallace-Wells joins Emily, Felix, and Anna to discuss his new book "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming” and, frankly, freak everyone out about global warming.

In the Slate Plus segment: Aerosols and other geoengineering.

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

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