*TAPS MIC* … I need you all to know about my new shoes

This was a great convo

Best part of waiting for some big live event to start on CSPAN is listening to the live callers work themselves up. Need more nerdy party line situations

I was wondering how some people were taking tonight’s news, and anyway this is what Stephen Miller is tweeting. It’s ugly. But it is a sign of how thin skinned the WH is

NYC hits 2 million votes, breaking the 1989 record (1.9M) and taking us back to records set in the 1960s! (1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)

This convo with @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social was great, and at this point, I think we all must respect the energy she is bringing to this moment: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

This whole interview is worth reading, but this extended namecheck for @brigidbergin.bsky.social is fantastic (and makes a great case for supporting WNYC if you don't already) nymag.com/intelligence...

Not only that, but they put up Halloween decorations, too! And the artist is on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/care...

This is the energy, put it straight in my veins

The person who realized a trick or treating pigeon should be an avatar of democracy deserves a raise

New Yorkers, I see you this weekend Stay safe out there

TLDR diversity only “weakens” you when you let the bosses tell you it should

Today's show is one where reporting the plain facts of what is about to happen felt unreal, impossible, and yet here we are slate.com/podcasts/wha...

yup

Oh hi I am basically mainlining lozenges at this point (tune in tomorrow to find out why!) so decided to rank them for fun

I think not infrequently about how the Trump admin told us years ago what the animating force was behind his governing style

When your voice goes and you really really have to take a sick day, it's nice when a charmer like @1robgunther.bsky.social can fill in on the fly slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Dems who are serious about fighting Trump’s authoritarianism should seriously listen to this convo w/ @jvl.bsky.social & @maryharris.bsky.social. “Pain is the great teacher, people should be touching the stove… Dems should be in ‘I told you so mode’ not ‘I fixed it and I saved you from it’ mode.”

I will be thinking about one couples costume I saw this weekend for a while. She was an oyster, he was a shucking knife The rare costume showing no skin that I would still be embarrassed to wear around my parents

Can't stop, won't stop with the SCHAUDENFRIDAY magic (thanks to @lukewinkie.bsky.social for being game for our weird, wild experiment) slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Well that Canadian anti tariff ad sure was triggering! It’s interesting to compare their edit to the original speech, which in some ways makes an even stronger case by raising the specter of the Great Depression youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

And now! A link! slate.com/podcasts/wha...

An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.

Today on the show: the group chats from hell (with @dgraham.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Today's show was really useful framing on what's going on in Latin America rn -- who gets bailed out and who gets bombed? (with Brian Winter) slate.com/podcasts/wha...

I think all the time about this interview I did a year ago, where @bartongellman.bsky.social from the Brennan Center told me that, in their authoritarian war games, it was faith leaders who prevented troops from firing on civilians

A very good morning to @nycparks.bsky.social

This image of the facade of the East Wing being destroyed to build Trump a ballroom is a little too metaphorically on the nose, AND YET

Thanks to @evamckend.bsky.social for laying out exactly what's happening in the VA gubernatorial race - and how it fits into a bigger picture for the Dems: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

“Our nation has arrived at a moment in its history where staying silent for personal comfort isn’t an option anymore”: www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

I was today years old when I learned there is German chocolate called “cat’s tongue” (no cats were harmed in the production of this product. I don’t think)

Whatever you’re up to today - dress for success

To be clear I listen to most pods on 1.5 for purely mercenary reasons, but it only sounds right in my earbuds. Whenever I listen in the car it sounds WAY too chaotic. When I play the sped-up versions on a speaker my children berate me

Ok podcast people, whaddya think (ducks, hides)

Happy decorative gourd season to my family, which has inhaled half of a pumpkin olive oil cake in the last 2 hours

Congrats to @davidfaris.bsky.social for giving me my favorite moment of the week when we chatted about the idea of "soft secession"

This was a great convo that went deeper than just why @mark-bray.bsky.social fled the country. We get into the limits of leftism and the absurd/ominous split screen of Trump 2.0: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Really great to be back on What Next with @maryharris.bsky.social talking about the sustained assault on the union being mounted by the Trump administration.

Last night I went to an author talk with Jason Reynolds and lemme tell you - this man is just a great communicator. One of his first lines was "I've been thinking a lot about whales" 🧵

Yessssssss - we love to move product 😍 Throw in a membership to Slate Plus and you will have my heart

Man, this was a great convo with @davidfaris.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...

*TAPS MIC* Oh hello there! What Next is doing a fun experiment. On Fridays, we're releasing a bonus episode called "SchaudenFriday". BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU NEED IT 🧵 slate.com/podcasts/wha... @slate.com @alexsammon.bsky.social

Sure, Trump is sending federal agents into your cities but I'm pretty sure he's ALSO bringing you THIS www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

Supreme Court keeps on keepin' on: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

hypnotic tbh

Oopsie slate.com/news-and-pol...

Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican. PUERTO. RICAN. Which makes this an impressive display of what's really happening atm

"It's not about catching criminals. It's about catching vibes"

For, like, a month I've been looking around for some kind soul to bring the FAFO energy to this government shutdown, and in @ddayen.bsky.social I found my guy slate.com/podcasts/wha...

TIMELINE CLEANSE from @jillfilipovic.bsky.social slate.com/technology/2...