On Thursday, the CDC announced that unvaccinated people can go unmasked in most situations. The decision was followed with many private companies dropping their mask requirements but not everyone is ready to go barefaced just yet.
Guest: Megan Ranney, ER Doctor at Brown Emergency Medicine
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TBD | The People Suing ICE
Though ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services denied their Freedom of Information Act requests, these journalists aren’t giving up without a fight—not until they get their hands on a document that outlines how much information ... Show More
25m 14s
Oct 8
Inside the Portland “War Zone”
It’s clear President Trump wants to send troops to Portland, Oregon. But it’s not clear why—especially to people who live there. Guests: Isaac Stanley-Becker, staff writer for The Atlantic. Elizabeth Lopatto, senior reporter at The Verge. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate P ... Show More
30m 5s
Apr 2022
What Next: L.A.’s Alarming Latino Mortality Rate
People may want to throw their masks in the trash, but in communities with the highest COVID-19 mortality rates, the pandemic is not over.
Guest: Dr. Don Garcia, medical director at Clínica Romero in Los Angeles.
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25m 38s
Sep 2021
What Next: Why a Hollywood #MeToo Organization Imploded
Time’s Up was founded in 2018 in the wake of the #MeToo movement to fight sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the workplace. How, then, was the organization felled by accusations of a toxic work environment and close associations with abusers? Guest: Lili Loofbourow, s ... Show More
26m 41s
May 2023
What Next: TBD | The Trouble With TikTok Songs
How the music streaming business opened the door to billions of dollars in fraud.
Guest: Ashley Carman, Bloomberg News reporter covering the podcasting, music, and audio beat.
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21m 54s
Jan 2024
What Next TBD: Have Algorithms Ruined Our Culture?
How much of our lives—our tastes, preferences and choices—have been fed to us through an interlocking, impersonal network of algorithms?
Guest: Kyle Chayka, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture.
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36m 5s
Jan 2024
What Next TBD: Boeing’s Max Mess
Shortly after take off from Portland, OR, the plug exit on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet blew out – causing an uncontrolled decompression of the plane. Now, accident investigators are hard at work, trying to determine what happened in what's the latest catastrophe for the respected comm ... Show More
35m 2s
Dec 2021
Is Pfizer's antiviral pill the game changer we've been waiting for? Plus, is it still accurate to call this a pandemic of the unvaccinated?
Promising data from Pfizer shows its antiviral Covid-19 pill reduces severe illness, hospitalizations, and death. And it appears to hold up against the Omicron variant.A healthcare professional who is fully vaccinated and boosted just came down with Covid-19 for a second time.Cal ... Show More
24m 20s