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The Slate Daily feed includes new episodes from more than 30 shows in the Slate Podcast Network. You'll get thought provoking analysis, storytelling, and commentary on everything from news and politics to arts, culture, technology, and entertainment. Discover new shows you never knew you were missing.

    What Next TBD: Can California Save Journalism?

    What Next TBD: Can California Save Journalism?

    The California Journalism Preservation Act would make companies like Google and Meta pay publishers for the news content appearing in their feeds and search results—and force news organizations to spend that money on their journalists. How have similar laws worked in Canada and Australia? And could it solve journalism’s on-going revenue problem?

    Guest: Matt Pearce, former LA Times journalist, the president of Media Guild of the West.


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    • 23 min
    Working: Writer Anne Lamott’s Difficult Personal Truths

    Working: Writer Anne Lamott’s Difficult Personal Truths

    This week, host June Thomas talks to the prolific writer Anne Lamott, whose latest book is called Somehow: Thoughts on Love. In the interview, Anne discusses the origin of her new book, the challenges of writing deeply personal memoirs, and the importance of writing groups. 

    After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler discuss Anne’s “bird-by-bird” writing advice. They also talk about why they share certain personal details–and not others–in their nonfiction writing and on the podcast. 

    In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Anne talks about the legacy of her book Bird By Bird and shares some of her favorite books on writing. 
     
    Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.

    Podcast production by Cameron Drews.

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    • 53 min
    John Dickerson’s Notebooks: Remembering Early 1990s New York

    John Dickerson’s Notebooks: Remembering Early 1990s New York

    In this week’s essay, John discusses an onboarding memo for his assistant Laura, and recounts his early days living and working in New York City. 
     
    Notebook Entries:
    Notebook 75
    Onboard memo for Laura

    Notebook 3, page 44. May 1991
    June 17 start job. Good stuff

    Notebook 3, page 46. May 1991
    Tips on buying renting in NYC
    Ask about broker
    20s and 30s East side. Murry Hill
    Live on no major avenue
    Interest bearing account for security deposit
    Medeco locks

    Notebook 4, page 15
    Scared standing on 34th and Broadway
    $6 cab fare

    Notebook 4, page 42
    Getting lost in the village

    References:
    The Little Brown Book of Anecdotes by Clifton Fadiman 
    Medeco Locks
    “Here is New York” by E.B. White
    “Silly Job Interview” - Monty Python 
    John Cleese on Creativity in Management
    Herbie Hancock: Miles Davis’ Essential Lesson On Mistakes


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    Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.
    Email us at navelgazingpodcast@gmail.com
     
    Host
    John Dickerson
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    • 44 min
    Amicus: How Originalism Ate the Law: The Trick

    Amicus: How Originalism Ate the Law: The Trick

    Get your tickets for Amicus Live in Washington DC here.
    In this, the first part of a special series on Amicus and at Slate.com, we are lifting the lid on an old-timey sounding method of constitutional interpretation that has unleashed a revolution in our courts, and an assault on our rights. But originalism’s origins are much more recent than you suppose, and its effects much more widespread than the constitutional earthquakes of overturning settled precedent like Roe v Wade or supercharging gun rights as in Heller and Bruen. Originalism’s aftershocks are being felt throughout the courts, the law, politics and our lives, and we haven’t talked about it enough. On this week’s show, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern explore the history of originalism. They talk to Professor Jack Balkin about its religious valence, and Saul Cornell about originalism’s first major constitutional triumph in Heller. And they’ll tell you how originalism’s first big public outing fell flat, thanks in part to Senator Ted Kennedy’s ability to envision the future, as well as the past.
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    • 47 min
    ICYMI: How Challengers Took Over the Internet

    ICYMI: How Challengers Took Over the Internet

    On today’s show, Rachelle and Candice join the rest of the internet in yapping about Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers which features Zendaya as tennis prodigy Tashi Duncan and her paramours, Art (Mike Faist) and Patrick (Josh O’Connor). In a spoiler-filled discussion, they dive deep into the scenes, needle drops and press tour moments that have kept social media abuzz.
    This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.
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    • 39 min
    Slate Money: Will New DEA Rules Light Up the Weed Business?

    Slate Money: Will New DEA Rules Light Up the Weed Business?

    This week: A new DEA designation for cannabis means high times for pot smokers, but what about the industry? Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the future of the cannabis business, Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s lax, four-month prison sentence, and why Americans keep buying more cheap junk (but spend fortunes on ravioli). In the Plus segment: Elon Musk fired Tesla’s Supercharger network team: a bold move, or just a dumb one?
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    • 50 min

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